Oscars 2017 live: La La Land accidentally named Best Picture instead of Moonlight in unreal screw-up

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Welcome to The Independent’s Oscars 2017 live blog, bringing you all the latest from the 89th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

Will La La Land be so honoured that it somehow also takes Best Animation? Will Trump parachute through the roof to interrupt Meryl Streep's speech? Will DiCaprio spell 'RESIST' in his vape smoke? We'll be monitoring all of this below (note: live blog might take a few seconds to load).

Talking points:

• The Academy rescinds nomination day before ceremony
• Donald Trump supporters call for Oscars boycott
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• Hollywood agency cancels Oscar party, hosts pro-refugee rally
• How to watch in the UK and US

With some incredible pictures - including La La Land, Moonlight and Hidden Figures - vying for the main prize, the competition for Best Picture hasn’t been this close in years.

However, Damien Chazelle's much-lauded ode to Hollywood is widely expected to take the majority of awards, having been nominated for 14, tying with Titanic and All About Eve for a record number.

For those wanting to watch alongside in the UK, Sky Cinema is showing the awards, with Alex Zane hosting a preview show covering the red carpet arrivals starting at 11.30pm. Live coverage of the actual awards ceremony will follow from 1.30am.

Across the pond, in the US, viewers can tune into ABC, who have the exclusive rights to the ceremony: their coverage will be kicking off at 7pm EST/4pm PST.

Performances at the ceremony will come from the likes of Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Sting, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, all playing their respective nominated songs, while Jimmy Kimmel is hosting.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

BEST PICTURE

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

DIRECTING

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Arrival

Fences

Hidden Figures

Lion

Moonlight

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Hell or High Water

La La Land

The Lobster

Manchester by the Sea

20th Century Women

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootropolis

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Land of Mine

A Man Called Ove

The Salesman

Tanna

Toni Erdmann

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Arrival

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

COSTUME DESIGN

Allied

Fantastic Beasts

Florence Foster Jenkins

Jackie

La La Land

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Fire at Sea

I am Not Your Negro

Life Animated

OJ Made in America

The 13th

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe's Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

EDITING

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Moonlight

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

A Man Called Ove

Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad

ORIGINAL SCORE

Jackie

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

[26 February 2017 23:39 · Christopher Hooton]

Moonlight's three Chirons have arrived

[26 February 2017 23:41 · Christopher Hooton]

Jimmy Kimmel faces the challenge of presiding over chaos tonight. I'm predicting his opening monologue will address how Trump is hanging heavy over the ceremony.

[26 February 2017 23:55 · Andrew Buncombe]

Hello and welcome to The Independent's Oscars live blog, bringing you the latest on everything from the 89th Academy Awards. Celebrities will start walking down the red carpet around 11.30pm GMT with the awards starting 1.30am. Keep checking back for all the latest.

[26 February 2017 23:58 · Christopher Hooton]

A lot of blue ribbons on the red carpet tonight, in support of the ACLU

[27 February 2017 00:02 · Christopher Hooton]

Natalie Portman won't be attending tonight due to her pregnancy, massively harming my Oscar sweepstake chances. She was so bloody good in Jackie and kept me in the cinema for the duration of the film despite my hating most other things about it.

[27 February 2017 00:08 · Christopher Hooton]

'I think Andrew Garfield is one of the best actors of his generation' - Sky Oscars really throwing out the hot takes tonight

[27 February 2017 00:11 · Christopher Hooton]

Although I'll happily fight Hacksaw Ridge's corner - sure, the first half was sappy in a pretty Lifetime TV movie way, and yes, it completely failed to look at the war from the Japanese side in any way, but damn, those battles sequences were the most impactful I've seen since Saving Private Ryan. Every spent cartridge drilled me further into my seat, I sincerely hope it wins Sound Editing tonight

[27 February 2017 00:16 · Christopher Hooton]

Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda could win an EGOT tonight - the rare combination of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony - but La La Land is likely to put a stop to this, as his song for the Moana soundtrack would have to beat La La Land's 'City of Stars'

[27 February 2017 00:17 · Christopher Hooton]

which has been so lodged in my head I'm considering trepanning

[27 February 2017 00:19 · Christopher Hooton]

"CITY OF STA-"