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=== Oscars Best Picture announcement error ===
{{See also|89th Academy Awards#Best Picture announcement error}}

At the [[89th Academy Awards]] in 2017 [[La La Land (film)|''La La Land'']] was incorrectly announced as the winner of [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] after PwC partner Brian Cullinan gave presenters [[Warren Beatty]] and [[Faye Dunaway]] the wrong envelope. PwC was responsible for tabulating the results, preparing the envelopes, and handing them to presenters.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Oscars: How the Wrong Envelope Triggered a Best Picture Fiasco|language=en|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-how-wrong-envelope-triggered-a-best-picture-fiasco-980910|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707231259/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-how-wrong-envelope-triggered-a-best-picture-fiasco-980910|url-status=live}}</ref> It was called "as bad a mess-up as you could imagine."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pylas|first1=Pan|date=27 February 2017|title=PwC's hard-won reputation under threat after Oscars mix-up|work=The Chicago Tribune|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-pwc-pricewaterhousecoopers-oscars-mix-up-20170227-story.html|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415124744/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-pwc-pricewaterhousecoopers-oscars-mix-up-20170227-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The firm took "full responsibility" for handing the presenters the wrong envelope and apologized for the error,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rapoport|first=Michael|date=27 February 2017|title=Oscar Overseer PricewaterhouseCoopers Apologizes for Award Mixup|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/oscar-overseer-pricewaterhousecoopers-apologizes-for-award-mixup-1488185702|access-date=9 May 2017|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125151111/https://www.wsj.com/articles/oscar-overseer-pricewaterhousecoopers-apologizes-for-award-mixup-1488185702|url-status=live}}</ref> acknowledging that Cullinan and PwC partner Martha Ruiz did not follow protocols for correcting the error quickly. In March 2017, the board of governors for the Academy voted to retain the services of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, despite the mix-up, saying "new protocols have been established including greater oversight from PwC's U.S. chairman Tim Ryan."<ref>{{cite news|author=Sandra Gonzalez and Megan Thomas|title=PwC: 'We failed the Academy' in best picture mess up|website=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/entertainment/oscars-mix-up-pricewaterhousecoopers/index.html|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111203119/https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/entertainment/oscars-mix-up-pricewaterhousecoopers/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>