Tweeting accountant to blame for Oscar best picture stuff-up
'Cullinan mistakenly handed over back-up envelope for actress in leading role instead of envelope for best picture'
An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to La La Land before declaring Moonlight the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Monday. Accountant Brian Cullinan, who media reports said had been tweeting backstage shortly before, gave presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway the wrong envelope for the movie industry's top award on Sunday, the accounting firm said in a statement. In a gaffe that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd in Hollywood and a television audience worldwide, "Cullinan mistakenly handed the back-up envelope for actress in a leading role instead of the envelope for best picture" to Beatty and Dunaway, PwC said. "Once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by Mr Cullinan or his partner." The Wall Street Journal and celebrity website TMZ.com reported that Cullinan had posted a backstage photo of actress Emma Stone on so...
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