Academy 'deeply regrets' Oscars best film award fiasco

February 28, 2017 11:16

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologised to the casts and crews of La La Land and Moonlight and said it "deeply regrets the mistakes" that led to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong film as winner of the best picture award.

In its first statement since the debacle at the end of the 89th Academy Awards stunned the stars gathered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and made headlines around the world, the Academy paid tribute to the "tremendous grace" shown by those involved in both films and acknowledged their experience of the night was "profoundly altered by this error".

The statement went on to say that PwC -- formerly Price Waterhouse Coopers, the accounting firm that has been used by the Academy to handle the voting process for 83 years -- had taken full responsibility for breaches of established protocols that led to the error.

"We have spent last night and today investigating the circumstances, and will determine what actions are appropriate going forward," it said.

Read the full statement HERE

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