# Academy Awards 2024 - 96th ceremony - Watch Along Thread

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [March 10, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675 "2024-03-10T18:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/181 "2024-03-12T16:40:24Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> > I don’t get the joke, could someone explain?
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> When the wrong movie(La La Land) was announced as the winner years ago, it was because Emma Stone’s card was handed to Warren Beatty, so he opened it and saw “Emma Stone - La La Land” and read it as the BP winner.

Ahh, thanks. Duh.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/182 "2024-03-12T16:57:19Z")

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“Years ago”? It was only seven years.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/183 "2024-03-12T17:12:44Z")

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I could have sworn it was only about two years ago! IIRC, since Emma Stone would already have received her Oscar and the card and envelope that goes with it, I believe what was mistakenly given to the presenter was a duplicate of Stone’s card from the set of duplicates they have on hand, which one would think would have been kept distinctly separate from the others. Truly a monumental screw-up.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/184 "2024-03-12T17:13:46Z")

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It was a duplicate card. As I remember, there were two sets of cards, depending on whether the presenter met the accountant at stage left or stage right.

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