best picture fiasco
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway will reportedly present Best Picture Oscar — again
March 1, 2018 | 10:36pm"Presenting is better the second time around."
Academy institutes new rules to avoid another Best Picture gaffe
January 22, 2018 | 12:23pmReforms will focus on envelope rituals.
Oscars producer: Kimmel will have 'field day' with envelope flub
May 17, 2017 | 1:50pmThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Jimmy Kimmel will return to host next year's 90th annual Academy Awards.
Faye Dunaway speaks out on Oscar's best picture fiasco
April 25, 2017 | 1:55amDunaway says she felt "completely stunned."
Oscars keeping accounting firm despite epic screw-up
March 29, 2017 | 3:40pmSomeone at the Oscars believes in second chances.
Annette Bening ordered Warren Beatty home after Best Picture fiasco
March 28, 2017 | 7:56pmThe epic envelope flub ended with Annette Bening telling Warren Beatty to come home.
Academy Awards board voting on 'new protocols' this week
March 26, 2017 | 1:43pmAll 54 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s board of governors are scheduled to convene behind closed doors.
Ryan Gosling explains his Best Picture gaffe giggle-fit
March 23, 2017 | 10:55amThe "La La Land" star couldn't contain his laughter when the wrong film was called to win Best Picture.
Ryan Gosling prank falls flat at German award show
March 8, 2017 | 1:14pmAudience members appeared confused, as well as amused, by the stunt.
Kevin Kline was 'terrible' at auditions
March 6, 2017 | 9:12am"When I started, I was terrible at tryouts. Just never ever good at that. They’re terrifying," he explained.
Academy Awards head puts positive spin on Oscars flub
March 3, 2017 | 8:52pmShe called the ceremony, "one of the best — and certainly most dramatic and talked about," in her email.
Best Picture flub may cost Oscars producer CEO gig
March 2, 2017 | 8:53pmOscars producer Michael De Luca has been buzzed about as a replacement for Brad Grey as Paramount Pictures CEO.
Oscars stage manager: CPAs should have grabbed mic from Beatty
March 2, 2017 | 5:12pmAcademy Awards protocol required that Pricewaterhouse Coopers' Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz take Oscar law in their owns hands and correct any presenter who names the wrong winner.
PwC Oscar accountants receive death threats
March 2, 2017 | 8:52amBrian Cullinan and his PwC cohort Martha Ruiz have been inundated by threats and online abuse.
Accountants fired from Oscars after Best Picture fiasco
March 1, 2017 | 3:50pmThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' relationship with PwC, the accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the awards, remains under review.
The moment before unbelievable Oscars mix-up
March 1, 2017 | 3:36pmNew pictures emerged Wednesday from backstage at the Oscars, showing the sequence leading up to the biggest flub in Academy Awards history — when “La La Land” was accidentally named Best...
Oscars producer traumatized by Best Picture gaffe
March 1, 2017 | 2:26pmThe perhaps melodramatic producer said, "The anger came later but I've been through all the stages now. Now, I'm into acceptance and forgiveness."
Oscars bonehead was told not to tweet during the show
February 28, 2017 | 11:32pmStill, Brian Cullinan “doesn’t believe that a tweet caused the error,’’ a PwC honcho said.
The Academy finally apologizes for Oscars best picture flub
February 28, 2017 | 9:08amThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took almost 24 hours to issue a statement on the "Moonlight" mishap.
Warren Beatty refused to hand over infamous envelope
February 27, 2017 | 9:03pmA source said Beatty wanted the envelopes as proof he wasn’t responsible for the awards accident.