It was beyond awkward for everyone in attendance, on stage, and everyone watching on television during Sunday night’s Oscar awards show as ‘La La Land’ was mistakenly awarded Best Picture before the honoro properly given to ‘Moonlight’. The scene has been the talk of social media ever since, and everyone seems to have some theory as to why this massive blunder happened and blame being placed on various parties involved. So who is to blame for this happening?
According to report today by Entertainment Weekly, Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC), the accounting firm that counts and delivers the winning Oscars envelopes, publicly has taken the blame for the whole incident. Through some comprehensive reporting it has been discovered that an accountant for PwC handed presenter Warren Beatty the wrong envelope with the wrong winner. Many tweets and posts online zoomed in on the envelope which reads the wrong category. The accountant in question reportedly tweeted a photo backstage of award winner Emma Stone at 9:05PM just a few minutes before the Best Picture blunder. This same accountant was told to not use social media in anyway while on duty for PwC. The Academy has already launched a full investigation into the issue. Read more here.
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Celebrities priceless reaction to epic #Oscar2017 fail😮#AcademyAwards#Oscar #Moonlight #WarrenBeatty #fayedunaway #PWC #LaLaLand pic.twitter.com/fs381nT37R— ➊AlexCam ⏩ (@1alexcam) February 27, 2017
Ryan Gosling's reaction to the #LaLaLand / #Moonlight Best Picture Oscar mix up is priceless. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/iAJ5Yhe0rV
— Ali Plumb (@AliPlumb) February 27, 2017
Late Night TV got their digs in on the hot topic.
