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'We failed the Academy,' PwC apologises for Best Picture mix-up at the Oscars pointing the finger of blame at consultant Brian Cullinan

on Feb 28, 2017 | 0 comments

By Gillian West

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has singled out accountant Brian Cullinan for the “series of mistakes” which led to the wrong Best Picture winner being announced at Sunday night’s Oscars.

Described as the “biggest blunder in Oscars history” sparking 6,000 social media mentions in a single minute, La La Land was wrongly awarded Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards culminating in chaotic scenes on stage the film’s producer, Jordan Horowitz, realised mid-speech that Moonlight was in fact the rightful winner.

Releasing a statement, PwC said Cullinan had “mistakenly” handed the back-up Actress in a Leading Role Read full story ›

Source: The Drum