Despite big botch, PwC to continue work for Oscars -- but without cells

March 31, 2017 00:13

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 54-person board of governors has decided to continue working with PwC in spite of the Best Picture snafu at the 2017 ceremony.

PwC has overseen the awards since 1934 and more recently started handling The Academys taxes and board voting, with chairman Tim Ryans apology for the human error apparently proving sufficient.

"Heading into our 84th year working with PwC, a partnership that is important to the Academy, we've been unsparing in our assessment that the mistake made by representatives of the firm was unacceptable, Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in an email to members, adding that after a review it would keep on the accounting firm but with caveats.

There will be rehearsals, new envelope handlers, a third balloting leader privy to the results who will sit in the control room at the Oscars and quickly flag any mistakes, and all envelope handlers will be forced to hand in their smartphones before the show.

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