Brian Cullinan
publication date: Friday, October 7, 2022 (part of Fall 2022)
category: 
Accidents
clue: This accountant had one job during Hollywood's biggest night of the year, and it wasn't tweeting a photo of Emma Stone from backstage.
explanation: During the February 2017 Academy Awards ceremony, La La Land was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner instead of Moonlight. The error was tracked to accountant Cullinan, who was stationed on one side of the stage to hand envelopes to presenters; he was distracted while tweeting backstage photos and handed over the wrong envelope. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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