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Twitter has a ball with historic Oscars flub

LOS ANGELES – Best Picture Oscar presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway apparently took the wrong envelope -- the one for best actress winner Emma Stone – onstage – leading to “La La Land” being named the winner of the night’s top prize.

When representatives for ballot tabulators Price Waterhouse Coopers realized a mistake had happened, they raced onstage to stop the acceptance speech for “La La Land.

“Moonlight” actually won.

Then, reports CBS Los Angeles, Twitter went berserk with satire.

For many more such tweets, click here.

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