By Abi Roman

The 86th Academy Awards ended in calamity when Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced that ‘La La Land’ had won the Best Picture award. Gemma Cutting, head of client management at PromoVeritas, looks into the fiasco and how it could have been avoided.

At last night’s Oscars, 80-year-old Warren Beatty pulled a white card from a red envelope before hesitantly announcing “And the Academy Award…for best picture…” He then halted before allowing co-presenter Faye Dunaway to take charge and announce ‘La La Land’ as the winner. It was three minutes into the emotional acceptance speeches from the creators of the musical Read full story ›

Source: The Drum