--- title: Watch James Corden Spoof Oscars 2017 Emma Stone VIDEO description: James Corden reworks Stone's "Audition" scene from 'La La Land,' instead singing emotionally about the fallout of the fateful Oscars mixup. canonical: https://time.com/4685417/james-corden-oscars-proof/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T16:53:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:29.512Z og:title: Watch James Corden Take On Emma Stone's Oscar-Winning Role og:description: Corden reworks the 'La La Land' "Audition" scene in a spot-on Oscars parody. og:url: https://time.com/4685417/james-corden-oscars-proof/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch James Corden Take On Emma Stone's Oscar-Winning Role twitter:description: Corden reworks the 'La La Land' "Audition" scene in a spot-on Oscars parody. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Here's to the Ones Who Lose': Watch James Corden Spoof the Oscars Emma Stone-Style  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 28, 2017 4:53 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 28, 2017 4:53 PM UTC [James Corden](http://time.com/4668477/james-corden-grammys-opening/) gives his best shot at snagging the [Best Actress trophy from Emma Stone](http://time.com/4683566/emma-stone-2017-oscars-best-picture/) in his newest _Late Late Show_ parody video. Dressed up in a periwinkle sweater and auburn wig in the exact same style that Stone wore for _La La Land_, Corden recreates the [iconic “Audition” scene](http://time.com/4588441/emma-stone-la-la-land-interview/) (with the original Gosling cameo)—but replaces the song’s lyrics with a story to match Sunday night’s unforgettable Oscars snafu, in which _La La Land_ mistakenly thought they had won Best Picture before the correct winner (_Moonlight_) was announced. “Was this a mixup, a conspiracy, a fix-up? Or was Warren Beatty just blind?” he sings to the soaring tune, on the verge of tears. “Here’s to the ones who lose. God I need so much booze. Here’s to the ones who hope. Who switched that envelope?” Corden’s timely jokes make this parody uncannily on point. “So here’s to the Ryans who [hold back from cryin’,](http://time.com/4683925/oscars-2017-celebrity-reaction-photo/) producers and Chrissy Teigen’s man. And here’s to my sense of shock—more stunned than The Rock,” he continues to quip. To get a full sense of Corden’s acting (and singing) chops, watch the full video, above. Next question: is this Corden’s audition for the role of Academy Awards host in 2018? Or is he looking to make the switch to Oscar-worthy film acting himself? Only time will tell, but here’s to the fools who dream of much more Corden onscreen. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4685417/james-corden-oscars-proof/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4685417/james-corden-oscars-proof/"},"headline":"'Here's to the Ones Who Lose': Watch James Corden Spoof the Oscars Emma Stone-Style","datePublished":"2017-02-28T16:53:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:29.512Z","description":"Corden reworks the 'La La Land' \"Audition\" scene in a spot-on Oscars parody.","url":"https://time.com/4685417/james-corden-oscars-proof/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Late Night Television","Oscars 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4685417/james-corden-oscars-proof/","name":"'Here's to the Ones Who Lose': Watch James Corden Spoof the Oscars Emma Stone-Style"}}]}] ```