The organisers of the Academy Awards said on Wednesday that the two PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) accountants behind the mix-up that saw &quot;La La Land&quot; incorrectly named best picture before &quot;Moonlight&quot; was declared the real winner, will not work the Oscars ceremony again.

A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &amp; Sciences said PwC accountants Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz will no longer tabulate Oscar votes and hand out envelopes containing winners&#39; names at Hollywood&#39;s most prestigious awards ceremony.

No decision has been announced by the organisation on whether it will continue its partnership with PwC, which has handled the Oscar tabulation process for 83 years.

A PwC spokesman said Wednesday that Cullinan and Ruiz were still employed as partners at the accounting firm.

PwC had earlier taken full responsibility for the gaffe that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd in Hollywood and a television audience worldwide.

The onstage blunder was not rectified until the &quot;La La Land&quot; cast and producers were on stage giving their acceptance speeches caught the mistake and announced &quot;Moonlight&quot; as the real winners. The mishap was unprecedented for the usually meticulously choreographed ceremony and stole the spotlight from the winners.

PwC said Cullinan had mistakenly handed presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who were announcing the best picture winner, the backup envelope for Actress in a Leading Role instead of the envelope for Best Picture.

&quot;Once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by Mr&nbsp;Cullinan or his partner,&quot; the accounting firm said in a statement.

Cullinan had posted a now-deleted backstage photo of actress Emma Stone after she won her best actress Oscar on Twitter minutes before the mix-up.

A day after the incident, the Academy and apologised to all affected, including presenters Beatty and Dunaway, and said it will &quot;determine what actions are appropriate going forward.&quot;

(Reuters)

A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz will no longer tabulate Oscar votes

The organisers of the Academy Awards said on Wednesday that the two PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) accountants behind the mix-up that saw "La La Land" incorrectly named best picture before "Moonlight" was declared the real winner, will not work the Oscars ceremony again. A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said PwC accountants Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz will no longer tabulate Oscar votes and hand out envelopes containing winners' names at Hollywood's most prestigious awards ceremony. No decision has been announced by the organisation on whether it will continue its partnership with PwC, which has handled the Oscar tabulation process for 83 years. A PwC spokesman said Wednesday that Cullinan and Ruiz were still employed as partners at the accounting firm. PwC had earlier taken full responsibility for the gaffe that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd in Hollywood and a television audience worldwide. The onstage blunder was not rectified until the "La La Land" cast and producers were on stage giving their acceptance speeches caught the mistake and announced "Moonlight" as the real winners. The mishap was unprecedented for the usually meticulously choreographed ceremony and stole the spotlight from the winners. PwC said Cullinan had mistakenly handed presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who were announcing the best picture winner, the backup envelope for Actress in a Leading Role instead of the envelope for Best Picture. "Once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by Mr Cullinan or his partner," the accounting firm said in a statement. Cullinan had posted a now-deleted backstage photo of actress Emma Stone after she won her best actress Oscar on Twitter minutes before the mix-up. A day after the incident, the Academy and apologised to all affected, including presenters Beatty and Dunaway, and said it will "determine what actions are appropriate going forward." (Reuters)

PwC accountants blamed for Oscars blunder won't work ceremony again

Oscar officials on Monday were investigating an embarrassing mix-up over the best picture award, which eventually went to African-American coming-of-age drama &quot;Moonlight&quot;, after a ceremony studded with political jokes and minor mishaps.

In a mistake that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd in Hollywood and a television audience worldwide, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway at first said the winner was romantic musical &quot;La La Land&quot;, the presumed best picture favourite.

As both films&#39; casts stood awkwardly on stage, Beatty explained he had received the wrong envelope.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, which oversees the ballots, confirmed the error and apologised.

&quot;We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred,&quot; the professional services firm said in a statement while apologising to &quot;Moonlight&quot;, &quot;La La Land&quot;, Beatty, Dunaway and Oscars viewers.

Officials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were not available to comment.

&quot;Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time?&quot; Stone, who won the best actress award for her &quot;La La Land&quot; role as a struggling actress, told reporters backstage.

While the best picture mix-up took the top spot in the evening&#39;s embarrassments, the ceremony was beset with smaller blunders.

During the &quot;in memoriam&quot; segment, the name of celebrated Australian costume designer Janet Patterson, who died last year, was accompanied by a photo of Jan Chapman, an Australian movie producer who is alive and well.

There was also a hit for Auli&#39;i Cravalho, the 16-year-old actress and lead voice in Disney&#39;s animated film &quot;Moana&quot;. While performing the best song nominated, &quot;How Far I&#39;ll Go&quot;, Cravalho was struck on the head with a flag waved by a backup dancer.

&quot;Moonlight&quot;, a tale about a young boy struggling with poverty and his sexuality in Miami, also brought a supporting actor Oscar for first-timer Mahershala Ali.

Viola Davis won for her supporting role as a long-suffering housewife in African-American family drama &quot;Fences&quot;.

The recognition for both the actors and their films was a stark contrast to the 2016 Academy Awards&nbsp;when no actors of colour were even nominated.

&quot;Moonlight&quot; producer Adele Romanski said she hoped the movie would inspire &quot;little black boys and brown girls and other folks watching at home who feel marginalised.&quot;

&quot;La La Land&quot; sweeps show

&quot;La La Land&quot; began the evening with a leading 14 nominations and emerged with six wins, including for its score and theme song &quot;City of Stars.&quot; Director Damien Chazelle, 32, became the youngest person ever to win for best director.

&quot;Manchester by the Sea&quot; star Casey Affleck was named best actor, winning his first Oscar despite 2010 sexual harassment allegations that resurfaced during awards season. Affleck denied the allegations, which were settled out of court.

&quot;Man, I wish I had something better and more meaningful to say,&quot; said Affleck, who played a heart-broken father in the movie. &quot; ... I&#39;m just dumbfounded that I&#39;m included.&quot;

The best picture mistake during Hollywood&#39;s biggest night seemed to eclipse the prior three hours of a show peppered with jokes about US&nbsp;President Donald Trump.

The gibes capped an awards season marked by celebrities&#39; fiery protests of Trump&#39;s policies.

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel fired off political zingers and even tweeted at the Republican president, getting no immediate response.

Several celebrities wore blue ribbons on Sunday in support of the American Civil Liberties Union advocacy group, which worked to get Trump&#39;s bid to ban travellers from seven majority Muslim nations blocked in U.S. courts.

But for the most part, the speeches were mild or made general pleas for tolerance rather than direct attacks on Trump.

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi was an exception. His drama &quot;The Salesman&quot; was named best foreign-language film, but Farhadi boycotted the ceremony because of Trump&#39;s travel ban.

In a speech given on his behalf by Iranian-American space expert Anousheh Ansari, Farhadi said his absence was due to &quot;an inhumane law that bans entry into the US&nbsp;... Dividing the world into the &#39;us&#39; and &#39;our enemies&#39; categories creates fear, a deceitful justification for aggression and war.&quot;

(Reuters)

While the best picture mix-up took the top spot in the evening's embarrassments, the ceremony was beset with smaller blunders

Oscar officials on Monday were investigating an embarrassing mix-up over the best picture award, which eventually went to African-American coming-of-age drama "Moonlight", after a ceremony studded with political jokes and minor mishaps. In a mistake that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd in Hollywood and a television audience worldwide, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway at first said the winner was romantic musical "La La Land", the presumed best picture favourite. As both films' casts stood awkwardly on stage, Beatty explained he had received the wrong envelope. PricewaterhouseCoopers, which oversees the ballots, confirmed the error and apologised. "We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred," the professional services firm said in a statement while apologising to "Moonlight", "La La Land", Beatty, Dunaway and Oscars viewers. Officials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were not available to comment. "Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time?" Stone, who won the best actress award for her "La La Land" role as a struggling actress, told reporters backstage. While the best picture mix-up took the top spot in the evening's embarrassments, the ceremony was beset with smaller blunders. During the "in memoriam" segment, the name of celebrated Australian costume designer Janet Patterson, who died last year, was accompanied by a photo of Jan Chapman, an Australian movie producer who is alive and well. There was also a hit for Auli'i Cravalho, the 16-year-old actress and lead voice in Disney's animated film "Moana". While performing the best song nominated, "How Far I'll Go", Cravalho was struck on the head with a flag waved by a backup dancer. "Moonlight", a tale about a young boy struggling with poverty and his sexuality in Miami, also brought a supporting actor Oscar for first-timer Mahershala Ali. Viola Davis won for her supporting role as a long-suffering housewife in African-American family drama "Fences". The recognition for both the actors and their films was a stark contrast to the 2016 Academy Awards when no actors of colour were even nominated. "Moonlight" producer Adele Romanski said she hoped the movie would inspire "little black boys and brown girls and other folks watching at home who feel marginalised." "La La Land" sweeps show "La La Land" began the evening with a leading 14 nominations and emerged with six wins, including for its score and theme song "City of Stars." Director Damien Chazelle, 32, became the youngest person ever to win for best director. "Manchester by the Sea" star Casey Affleck was named best actor, winning his first Oscar despite 2010 sexual harassment allegations that resurfaced during awards season. Affleck denied the allegations, which were settled out of court. "Man, I wish I had something better and more meaningful to say," said Affleck, who played a heart-broken father in the movie. " ... I'm just dumbfounded that I'm included." The best picture mistake during Hollywood's biggest night seemed to eclipse the prior three hours of a show peppered with jokes about US President Donald Trump. The gibes capped an awards season marked by celebrities' fiery protests of Trump's policies. Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel fired off political zingers and even tweeted at the Republican president, getting no immediate response. Several celebrities wore blue ribbons on Sunday in support of the American Civil Liberties Union advocacy group, which worked to get Trump's bid to ban travellers from seven majority Muslim nations blocked in U.S. courts. But for the most part, the speeches were mild or made general pleas for tolerance rather than direct attacks on Trump. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi was an exception. His drama "The Salesman" was named best foreign-language film, but Farhadi boycotted the ceremony because of Trump's travel ban. In a speech given on his behalf by Iranian-American space expert Anousheh Ansari, Farhadi said his absence was due to "an inhumane law that bans entry into the US ... Dividing the world into the 'us' and 'our enemies' categories creates fear, a deceitful justification for aggression and war." (Reuters)

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