It’s been a year, but it’s safe to say no one has forgotten the infamous Oscars mix-up that happened while Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty were presenting the 2017 award for best picture.
After being handed the wrong envelope, which contained the name of La La Land‘s Emma Stone for best actress, Dunaway and Beatty were unsure of who to announce onstage. Dunaway ended up blurting out La La Land, but as we all know now, the true winner was Moonlight. Everything was eventually sorted out, and the Moonlight team took the stage to accept their big win, but many looked for who to blame for the snafu: Dunaway? Beatty? The Academy?
The accounting firm that oversees Oscars votes, PricewaterhouseCoopers, later released a statement taking blame and apologizing for the incident and has vowed that this year’s show will go off without a hitch. Clearly the Academy has the utmost faith in the firm, because it’s also invited Beatty and Dunaway back to present, per Us Weekly.
But it gets even better! The pair will reportedly present Moonlight with the best picture award again, a source revealed to the publication. “The Academy is giving Moonlight a proper chance to reaccept their Oscar award,” the source shared. “Faye and Warren will present it to the cast again as the first award of the night.”
It appears the Academy is attempting to make things right, and we can’t wait to see how it all goes down when the Oscars air on Sunday.
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