Cambridge graduate embroiled in Oscars best picture mix-up
Naomie Harris starred in Moonlight , which won best picture - but only after the winner was initially announced as La La Land
Hannah Mirsky
A film starring a Cambridge graduate has won the Academy Award for best picture - but only after a mix-up about which film had won.
LA set musical La La Land had been announced as the winner of the gong, and members of the film's cast and crew were concluding their acceptance speeches when it emerged that the film was not the winner.
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In an embarrassing mix-up, it turned out Moonlight , which featured Cambridge graduate Naomie Harris, was the actual winner.
Harris was also nominated for the best supporting actress award, but lost out to Viola Davis for her role in Fences .
Cambridge's other link to this year's Oscars was French actress Isabelle Huppert, a distant cousin of the city's former MP Julian Huppert.
But Huppert, who was nominated for the best actress award for her role in Elle , lost out to Emma Stone for her part in La La Land .
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