america this morning. making news in america this morning -- >> there's a mistake. >> "moonlight," best picture. >> the surprise ending at the oscars, the wrong winner announced for best picture. we have the latest explanation on what went wrong. >> plus, the big winners. >> we have the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life. >> the big moments. >> when donald trump hasn't tweeted at us once, and i'm starting to get worried. >> the tourists who unknowingly wandered into tinseltown's biggest night and, of course, the red carpet fashions. we'll go live to hollywood. jaw-dropping moment. >> omg. >> that's what many people are

saying this morning. a good monday morning to you all and we, of course, are going to start with that hollywood moment that no one in hollywood was counting on. so, take a look. here are actors faye dunaway and warren beatty announcing the biggest award of the night. the winner for best picture and beatty seems to be stalling. >> yeah, and he did for quite a while because he saw the wrong piece of information out there. now, he shows the card to dunaway who quickly calls out "la la land" so the movie's cast and crew make their way to the stage and winners of best picture at least for 30 seconds. "la la land" didn't actually win as the movie's producers finally pointed out. >> there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. "moonlight" won. this is not a joke. this is not a joke. i'm afraid they read the wrong thing. this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture.

"moonlight," best picture. >> unbelievable. >> wow! so, let's point out moments ago the company behind the balloting and the counting and security put out a statement saying -- we want to put it up there on the screen -- the presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered was immediately corrected. we are currently investigating how this could have happened and we deeply regret that this occurred in the first place. >> so, needless to say, plenty of 'splainin' to do besides that. but we're trying to see what we can get to the bottom to at least at this early hour and let's check in with abc's danya bacchus who joins us live from hollywood this morning. >> reporter: as chaotic as it was gracious, the cast of "la la land" handing over their oscars to the cast of "moonlight" in one of the biggest oscar bungles ever. >> "la la land." >> reporter: "la la land" first called the winner but within minutes -- >> this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture.

"moonlight," best picture. >> reporter: an abrupt about-face. "moonlight" ultimately taking the top prize in an historically awkward upset. until then oscar night had hit all the right notes. ♪ can't stop the feeling >> reporter: musical performances. political jabs. >> i want to say thank you to president trump, i mean, remember last year when it seemed like the oscars were racist. >> reporter: and a surprise visit from some unsuspecting tourists. >> who is your favorite actor? >> that man right there. >> denzel? >> reporter: in the end the awards are about that little gold statue. >> mahershala ali. >> reporter: mahershala ali taking home his first oscar for best supporting actor in "moonlight" and the award for best supporting actress going to viola davis for "fences." >> casey affleck, "manchester by the sea." >> reporter: best actor as predicted went to the star of "manchester by the sea." >> i'm really proud to be a part of this community and look out at all of you and i'm just

dumbfounded that i'm included. ♪ city of stars >> reporter: "la la land" won six of its record-tying 14 oscars for which it was nominated. >> emma stone, "la la land." >> reporter: including best actress who addressed the flap backstage. >> of course, it was an amazing thing to hear "la la land." i think we would have all loved to win best picture, but we're so excited for "moonlight." >> reporter: and finally the real best picture winner, "moonlight." >> okay, they're gone, but it's very humbling to be up here. >> reporter: price waterhouse coopers, which counts the vote, released a statement apologizing for the mistake saying that the wrong category envelope was given to the presenters, and they are investigating how that happened, but i think it's safe to say that tonight's award show will go down in oscar history. reporting live from hollywood, danya bacchus. kendis and diane. >> yeah, and it's definitely worth repeating that statement from price waterhouse because they're answering a lot of questions.

what about any other reaction about the mix-up from host jimmy kimmel, i believe. >> reporter: yes, jimmy kimmel just telling the local abc station here in los angeles that he had nothing to do whatsoever with what happened. also saying that he was losing his mind over this. of course, i think we heard him make that joke at the end saying that he blames steve harvey for this happening, and then, of course, he's not taking the responsibility for this one. >> steve harvey must be the one person relieved that this happened and takes some pressure off him. obviously a first, danya, but not the only first. there were some other firsts. more highlights, you could say, from this year, right? >> reporter: right, there were plenty of firsts this year. this is actually emma stone's first oscar. mahershala ali became the first muslim to win an oscar. damien chazelle, the director of "la la land," it's his first oscar, and he's also the youngest director to ever win an oscar, and then there was viola davis, this was her first oscar and plenty of people are talking about her acceptance speech.

it's trending actually on many social media sites because she touched a lot of people. i saw many people tweeting that they were actually in tears watching her speech. a very heart-felt speech about why she became an artist, and she says it's because this is a profession that celebrates what it means to live life. so, viola davis leaving a lasting impression on everyone with that speech that she gave this evening. >> and, danya, of course, we remember the sound engineer from "hacksaw ridge" who was nominated 21 times, his first win. >> finally broke the longest losing streak in oscar history. >> yes. kevin o'connell, big congratulations to him and, by the way, viola davis also won our vote for best dressed of the night. >> yeah, she looked amazing. bow down. >> danya bacchus live from hollywood for us. danya, thanks so much. >> the mistake is unprecedented, an unprecedented fiasco, i

believe, and one of the new york tabloids called it an incredible blunder. >> so abc's jason nathanson was actually backstage when this all happened, and we spoke to him a little earlier about what that moment was like. >> audible gasps. i mean, that's definitely a way to describe it, it was chaotic, never seen anything like that for sure. will never see anything like that again. we were dumbfounded that this would happen at the oscars, the premiere event. this is the big night in hollywood, and that's what happens. but what we're understanding is that there's two cards for every winner. on either side of the stage there's a card for best actress for emma stone and best actress for emma stone, left and right so she had hers, and she was holding hers. but if you look at a frozen screen grab of the card that warren beatty is holding, it says on there, best actress. that's the category that he was reading and that faye dunaway were reading. the awards basically up until the end were kind of predictable until that last and when everyone thought "la la land" won, that's how we expected it to go, that it won seven awards

and that was going to happen. but it was a big shock that not only what happened with the screwup that "moonlight" beat "la la land" in the end. eventuout this. i got to tell you right now damien chazelle, director of "la la land" he won best director, the youngest best director ever to win, he did not come backstage here and talk to us. probably because he knew what he'd be asked about. >> that was abc's jason nathanson from backstage. and you have to kind of feel for warren beatty and faye dunaway like we have the wrong card and she didn't realize and read it out loud. so we're going to hear more explanations for how this went down, that wild ending to the show has already sparked countless memes, by the way. >> and we'll have that and much more from the dolby theatre. you see a live picture from the early morning hours. "gma" will have a full wrap-up and more this half hour but definitely i would say "la la land," the atlanta falcons of the oscars. just when you think you're there, not so fast. well, still ahead, more from hollywood and the oscars including the red carpet fashion and must see photobomb.

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it is, of course, an oscar themed "pulse." we didn't get dressed up for nothing. >> of course. >> of course, and we have to start with the epic big picture mistake. >> so, the whole thing was a made for meme moment and the internet is not disappointing. >> okay, so here's one guy's take. the famous photo of harry truman with the dewey defeats truman newspaper headline, the words replaced by "la la land" defeats "moonlight." >> awkward. this one takes us back to the hanging chads in florida during the 2000 presidential election recount. the simple words, and the oscar goes to. >> and finally, one word, vindicated. i agree. along with the smiling face of miss universe host steve harvey. plenty of people saying he's now off the hook for announcing the wrong winner of that pageant more than a year ago. i would say so. it was a big moment. >> well, you have to feel -- it seems like warren beatty was stalling. he seems to hand the card over to faye dunaway almost

as if maybe he is asking what do we do, we have the wrong card. she looks down and sees "la la land" and thinks he's just trying to be funny. >> going into it "la la land" was the one everybody thought would win. maybe he was just crossing his fingers and hoping that was the case. >> that's the right answer. >> yeah. >> the other thing everyone is talking about is what everyone was wearing, of course. >> best actress winner emma stone was also a fashion winner with a beaded golden dress from givenchy. >> so, janelle monae was decked out with beading all across her very complex elie saab gown. >> and scarlett johansson stunned many people in purple and rocked a new hairdo, as well. >> i liked her rocker hairdo and actor ryan gosling always looking smoldering on the red carpet. last night no exception wearing a gucci black tuxedo and even a shirt with some ruchls on it. >> like he was starring in a western. >> he was taking a fashion risk.

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>> announcer: good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> announcer: this is abc 7 mornin mornings. >> there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. this is not a joke. i'm afraidaid they read the wro thing. >> you had one job. that was to make sure it was the right envelope. >> somebody is getting fired. >> somebody is going to get fired. at 4:30, the people who handle the envelopes at the oscars take the fall for the biggest blunder in the 89-year history. >> the wrong film was announced as the winner of best picture. we are tracking all the fallout. good morning on this monday, february 27th. >> i'm reggie aqui. mike and alexis. you guys know the producer of "la la land." i went to school with him. we are in the same singing group.

i can't imagine what he's going through. >> did you see if he was okay? >> jordan, you're great. >> won everything else, yeah. >> you're still awesome. timing is everything. >> yeah, it is. >> i fell asleep right before they announced that. >> oh, no! >> two minutes before that happened. woke up this morning, what's going on? what happened? all right. if you're wondering what happened weather wise, let's look at live doppler. i know it rained. a pretty good soaking the last couple hours through the heart of the bay. it is sliding to the south bay. mount hamilton, it is dumping some snow. be nice once the sun is up, maybe we can get sky 7 up there. you can see that's about it. we have isolated showers possible later in the day. for the most part, we're going to need our sunglasses. temperatures in the 30s and 40s this morning in the 12-hour day planner. low to mid 50s this afternoon. let's see how the monday morning commute is starting. hopefully smoother than the end of the oscars. >> i think the entire commute will be better than that.

a little stackup in the cash lanes. looks like they need to open a couple more of the booths. highway 17, looks like we have a backup on the southbound side. the northbound side is closed between sugarloaf and glen wood. both directions are sharing the southbound lanes and that's why we're seeing the slight delay. we'll look at the central valley in less than ten. it was going so well. this year's oscars is something people will be talking about a long time. >> "la la land" was expected to sweep the oscars and then the mistake. we go live to hollywood. good morning. >> good morning, reggie and natasha. reggie, you said you slept through the moment. i was watching it live. i still was like, wait, what? what just happened? confused like everyone else in the audience. the last category for best picture left everyone speechless. >> reporter: as chaotic as gracious, the cast of "la la land" handing over their oscars

to the cast of "moonlight," one of the biggest oscar messes ever. "la la land" called the winner. within minutes. >> this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture. >> reporter: an abrupt about face, "moonlight" taking the top prize in an awkward upset. until then, oscar night hit all the right notes. ♪ can't stop the feeling ♪ keep dancing >> reporter: musical performances. political jabs. >> thank you to president trump. i mean, remember last year when it seemed like the oscars were racist? >> reporter: in a surprise visit from unsuspecting tourists. >> who is your favorite actor? >> that man right there. >> denzel? >> reporter: in the end, the awards are about the little gold statue. >> reporter: ali taking home his first oscar for best supporting actor in