Former UT track star shines in Oscar winner ‘Moonlight’

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the stars from Moonlight is a former track and field star from the University of Texas at Austin.
Trevante Rhodes, 27, says he wasn’t sure what to think when they announced Moonlight as the true winner for best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday. The now widely discussed Oscar fiasco had one movie swapped out for another when they wrongly announced La La Land as the winner.
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