#Envelopegate: How Did PwCs Moonlight Mix-Up Happen at Oscars?
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Source: NBC News
After one of the most cringe-worthy, watch-through-your-fingers blunders in Oscars history, the company responsible for the winners' envelopes apologized Monday and promised a full investigation into how the wrong film was announced for the best picture category.
The 89th Academy Awards will be remembered for all the wrong reasons after presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway signaled that "La La Land" had won during the evening's climax — even though "Moonlight" had actually taken the prize.
Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, known as PwC, is in charge of tallying up the votes and distributing the envelopes. It quickly issued a mea culpa.
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— PwC LLP (@PwC_LLP) February 27, 2017
Given how much pride the Academy Awards and PwC take in what is supposed to be an ironclad process, how did such a monumental gaffe occur?
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/envelopegate-how-did-pwc-s-moonlight-mix-happen-oscars-n726031?cid=public-rss_20170227
The mix-up is the news story
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