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Why would he think the best picture card would have the name of an actress? Maybe pause and check with someone. What a tool.
 
JSM1970 said:
Why would he think the best picture card would have the name of an actress? Maybe pause and check with someone. What a tool.
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It wasn't his fault, how is it you are wrong on everything. He was handed the wrong envelope and was looking for the right envelope while trying to stall, Faye Dunaway read La La Land but it wasn't her fault either.
 
He didn't help. He had the best actress one. Can't he read? So how did he decide he was supposed to make that the best picture? Shouldn't he have realized he had the wrong one when he read it and it said "Best Actress -- Emma Stone" and not "Best Picture," and then motioned back to the Oscar people to get he right one before handing it Dunaway to read? All she saw was LaLa Land

superjohn said:
It wasn't his fault, how is it you are wrong on everything. He was handed the wrong envelope and was looking for the right envelope while trying to stall, Faye Dunaway read La La Land but it wasn't her fault either.
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JSM1970 said:
He didn't help. He had the best actress one. Can't he read? So how did he decide he was supposed to make that the best picture? Shouldn't he have realized he had the wrong one when he read it and it said "Best Actress -- Emma Stone" and not "Best Picture," and then motioned back to the Oscar people to get he right one before handing it Dunaway to read? All she saw was LaLa Land
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I'm guessing they're told to just read whatever they're given without question.
 
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Haha, so Warren Beatty can't read or think on his feet, but he's an actor? Amazing stuff

My guess is going forward the instructions to the presenters is make sure when you open the envelope that the category it lists is what you're presenting for. Not

Mistakes happen


Robertelamin said:
JSM is a gem
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I'm not sure how many of you have ever tried to think clearly when millions of people are staring at you expectantly, but it ain't easy. I do stand up and get nervous when there's like 50 people in the audience.

I guarantee JSM would cry like a baby with that many people staring at him/her on stage.
 
JSM1970 said:
Haha, so Warren Beatty can't read or think on his feet, but he's an actor? Amazing stuff
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Actors are basically puppets who are also people.

Haven't you seen a behind the scenes special for a comedy? The amount of back-patting for any improvisation at all is incredible.

Anyways, Beatty didn't handle it perfectly, he definitely passed the buck to Dunaway, but he's an 80 year old man in a pressure-filled situation. The processing was a little too slow. Good on him for owning up to it, though.
 
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This is just displaced JSM anger about the movie about the good for nothing bottom feeders actually winning.
 
I still find it incredulous that the Oscars and Presenters don't do a quick verification of the ballot against the category

Just a basic, if you are presenting on Best Actor and the form says Best Screenplay maybe pause and call an Oscar official over


Husky25 said:
No I didn't. I was mocking JSM's general views on unions and state DOT workers/contractors.
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Beatty didn't really goof, he didn't even read it. He was looking at it very oddly, it was Faye Dunaway who eventually grabbed it and said it.
The fault lies in whomever is responsible for putting that envelope in their hands.
 
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I thought he said he did that is why he paused. I think she just saw La La Land

It was odd in a sense because had it been another category by accident she may have blurted out a movie that wasn't even nominated. That would have been better in a sense.



RayIsTheGOAT said:
Beatty didn't really goof, he didn't even read it. He was looking at it very oddly, it was Faye Dunaway who eventually grabbed it and said it.
The fault lies in whomever is responsible for putting that envelope in their hands.
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auror said:
Actors are basically puppets who are also people.

Haven't you seen a behind the scenes special for a comedy? The amount of back-patting for any improvisation at all is incredible.

Anyways, Beatty didn't handle it perfectly, he definitely passed the buck to Dunaway, but he's an 80 year old man in a pressure-filled situation. The processing was a little too slow. Good on him for owning up to it, though.
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See I feel like he was showing it to her implying "well this can't be right, what do we do?" because he's mic'ed up and can't just go "wtf?!"

I don't think you at all expect the envelope to have the wrong information, so you aren't really ready to just go "well this says best actress and that can't be right, somebody want to help me out here?, however I'm sure from here on out any presenter is ready with that in the pocket
 
There are accountants at both sides of the stage holding the relevant envelopes. The envelope for Emma Stone's award came from one side of the stage and the guy on the other end of the stage who should have discarded the Best Actress envelope and moved onto the Best Picture one was apparently too busy taking pictures of celebrities to do that, so he handed Beatty the envelope for the prior award.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
Beatty didn't really goof, he didn't even read it. He was looking at it very oddly, it was Faye Dunaway who eventually grabbed it and said it.
The fault lies in whomever is responsible for putting that envelope in their hands.
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Brian Cullinan
Chairman of PwC’s US Board and Managing Partner of PwC’s Southern California, Arizona & Nevada Market
 
Worthy of a movie script...."No Academy For Old Men"...or perhaps "Forgiven"
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
This isn't some peon at PwC who goofed. I assure you he's not losing his job over this. This coming from a peon at PwC.
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yet he will be the butt of endless jokes by his fellow partners for years.........
 
Irish Loop said:
I'm not sure how many of you have ever tried to think clearly when millions of people are staring at you expectantly, but it ain't easy. I do stand up and get nervous when there's like 50 people in the audience.

I guarantee JSM would cry like a baby with that many people staring at him/her on stage.
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I think the only mistake Warren Beatty made was in thinking Faye Dunaway could read when he showed it to her.

Anyone notice WB's wave-smile to his very famous sister in the audience when he first came up to the podium? I thought that was a nice moment.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
This isn't some peon at PwC who goofed. I assure you he's not losing his job over this. This coming from a peon at PwC.
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What are you doing posting on a message board? Cash ain't gonna audit itself. Partner and/or Manager must not be scheduled in the field today.

In any case, GET BACK TO WORK!! you still have more than 8 hours to go yet today.
 
Husky25 said:
What are you doing posting on a message board? Cash ain't gonna audit itself. Partner and/or Manager must not be scheduled in the field today.

In any case, GET BACK TO WORK!! you still have more than 8 hours to go yet today.
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I'm not THAT much of a peon....
 
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