New photos from backstage at the Academy Awards on Sunday show the accountant charged with handing out envelopes to the presenters at the ceremony captivated by the appearance of Emma Stone, and ignoring Warren Beatty.
Brian Cullinan of PricewaterhouseCoopers can be seen glued to a television monitor broadcasting Stone’s acceptance speech for Actress in a Leading Role while holding multiple envelopes and his phone.
Everyone else in the room is looking at Warren Beatty in the photo, who at that moment was hugging Casey Affleck after his Actor in a Leading Role win for Manchester by the Sea.
Cullinan then handed off the wrong envelope to Beatty, but while the Bonnie & Clyde actor was blundering on stage with Faye Dunaway the accountant was completely oblivious to what was going on because he was too busy tweeting his picture of Stone.
A photo shows the entire backstage crew and production staff with their eyes glued to the monitor, and Cullinan typing away on his phone.
This is why it was announced by Academy president Cheryl Boone Issacs on Wednesday that Cullinan and his co-worker Martha Ruiz had been fired from their posts and barred from working any future Oscar ceremonies.
It is unclear why Cullinan was even holding the Leading Actress envelop as the accountants rehearse the ceremony and he would have been aware that he was not responsible for handing off that award.
Source: PwC accountants will NOT return to the Oscars | Daily Mail Online
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