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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2683001" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4265340/Accountant-caused-biggest-blunder-Oscar-history.html" target="_blank">Accountant caused the biggest blunder in Oscar history | Daily Mail Online</a>The man responsible for handing Warren Beatty the incorrect envelope at Sunday night&#039;s Oscar ceremony has been identified as Brian Cullinan, a 57-year-old father of three who has been a accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 32 years.This was only Cullinan&#039;s fourth Oscar ceremony, and he was stationed at the stage right entrance used by Beatty and his Bonnie &amp; Clyde co-star Faye Dunaway when they walked out to present the award for Best Picture at the ceremony.Instead of handing them that envelope however, Cullinan gave Beatty a duplicate envelope he was holding for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the award that had just been presented to Emma Stone of La La Land.That is why in her confusion, Dunaway announced La La Land as the winner when Beatty showed her the card.It is unclear what caused the mistake, but it is known that Cullinan had spent the night snapping photos of celebrities and posting them on social media, including one of Stone moments before Beatty took the stage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2683001, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4265340/Accountant-caused-biggest-blunder-Oscar-history.html"]Accountant caused the biggest blunder in Oscar history | Daily Mail Online[/URL] The man responsible for handing Warren Beatty the incorrect envelope at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony has been identified as Brian Cullinan, a 57-year-old father of three who has been a accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 32 years. This was only Cullinan's fourth Oscar ceremony, and he was stationed at the stage right entrance used by Beatty and his Bonnie & Clyde co-star Faye Dunaway when they walked out to present the award for Best Picture at the ceremony. Instead of handing them that envelope however, Cullinan gave Beatty a duplicate envelope he was holding for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the award that had just been presented to Emma Stone of La La Land. That is why in her confusion, Dunaway announced La La Land as the winner when Beatty showed her the card. It is unclear what caused the mistake, but it is known that Cullinan had spent the night snapping photos of celebrities and posting them on social media, including one of Stone moments before Beatty took the stage. [/QUOTE]

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