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KABUL (SW): According to the New York Times, in an epic flub that drew gasps of horror and joy, Faye Dunaway mistakenly named “La La Land” best picture at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday night, but in reality “Moonlight” won the top prize.
NBC NEWS reported the 89th annual Academy Awards got off to a rousing, musical start, with Justin Timberlake starting things off with his best song nominee, “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” making his way from the back of the auditorium to the Dolby Theater stage.
La La Land the neo-musical film, won 6 Oscar awards, best performance by an actress in leading role to Emma Stone, best achievement in directing to Damien Chazelle, best music original song and original score, production design and cinematography.
The Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling, went to “Suicide Squad” while “Arrival” took home Oscar for sound editing, and “Hacksaw Ridge” for sound mixing and best editing.
In the foreign language film category, the Oscar went to “The Salesman”, directed by Iranian Asghar Farhadi, who notably was not present to accept the award. A statement from Farhadi was read instead. “My absence is out of respect to the people of my country and those of the other six nations” barred entry into the U.S. “Dividing the world into the us and our enemies categories creates fear.” His statement then called on filmmakers to continue creating empathy through their work.
Best actor, Oscar award went to “Manchester by the Sea” star Casey Affleck, who gave a humbled and shy acceptance speech, thanking fellow nominee Denzel Washington for teaching him to act despite the fact that they met for the first time that night, the NBC noted.
Mahershala Ali made history when he won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in “Moonlight”. Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim to win acting Oscar. Ali is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, he was raised Christian, but converted to Islam as an adult.
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