Okay, so everyone at PricewaterhouseCoopers won't be loosing their jobs after the Oscars' Best Picture debacle.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday, March 28, to continue using the accounting firm's services, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This decision comes after an envelope mishap led to La La Land mistakenly being announced as the winner of the Oscar for "Best Picture" at the awards ceremony in February.
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In the wake of the incident, CNN reported that the firm took "full responsibility" and removed the two responsible accountants from future awards shows. The Academy said in a letter that it was working to make sure an incident like that never happens again.
"Heading into our 84th year working with PwC, a partnership that is important to the Academy, we've been unsparing in our assessment that the mistake made by representatives of the firm was unacceptable," Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs wrote in an email. "After a thorough review, including an extensive presentation of revised protocols and ambitious controls, the Board has decided to continue working with PwC."
Not everyone was as forgiving about the decision. In particular, THR notes that quite a bit of ire was directed at Brian Cullinan, the now disgraced ballot leader who reportedly handed Warren Beatty the wrong envelope. Cullinan apparently disobeyed orders to refrain from smartphone usage and social media posting during the ceremony. Cullinan was also said to have thrown a party the night before the Oscars and bragged about knowing the winners. So much for discretion.
In an effort to prevent a repeat of the mishap, PwC chairman Tim Ryan will have more oversight of the balloting process and a PwC partner, Rick Rosas, will return to his post of handing out envelopes as he did from 2002 to 2013. Accountants will have to hand over their electronic devices before entering the stage and a third ballot leader will also be in the Oscars control room to ensure quick responses to any mistakes.
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