The accountancy firm behind the biggest blunder in Oscar history is staying in the picture.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday it has decided to retain the services of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) despite a backstage envelope mix-up that led to the wroPwcng film being announced the winner of the best picture Oscar last month. But a third accountant will be added to the PwC staff on the Oscars night and backstage tweeting, photos and posting to other social media will be banned.
“After a thorough review, including an extensive presentation of revised protocols and ambitious controls, the Board has decided to continue working with PwC,” Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs wrote on Wednesday in a letter to Academy members that was made available to the media.
Isaacs added that the Academy had been “unsparing in our assessment that the mistake made by representatives of the firm was unacceptable.” The unprecedented mishap led to musical “La La Land” being declared the winner and its producers and cast celebrated and started acceptance speeches on the stage before “Moonlight” was named the real winner of the night’s top prize.