'La La Land'/'Moonlight' Wasn't the Only Oscar Winner Mix-Up

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By Lisa Laman

Published Dec 4, 2023

Decades before Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, there was another bizarre Oscars mistake.

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The mix-up at the 89th Academy Awards between La La Land and Moonlight was a historic and chaotic moment in the Academy's history.
Sammy Davis Jr.'s mix-up at the 36th Academy Awards was similar, though not nearly as well remembered as the La La Land/Moonlight mix-up.
What made the La La Land/Moonlight mix-up worse was how La La Land producers started to make their speeches before everyone caught the mistake.