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La La Land comes out on top despite gaffe over Oscar for Best Picture

Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty mistakenly gave the evening's top prize to Damien Chazelle's musical when the rightful winner was Moonlight

Published Mon, Feb 27, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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BARRY Jenkins's coming-of-age drama Moonlight won the coveted best picture statuette at Sunday's Oscars - but the evening ended in chaos as La La Land was mistakenly handed the award.

Hollywood legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, stars of 1967 crime classic Bonnie and Clyde, were meant to give the evening's top prize to Mr Jenkins's film, but she mistakenly called it for Damien Chazelle's musical.

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