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What happened backstage at the Oscars?

With the wrong film being mistakenly named best picture at the Oscars - La La Land instead of Moonlight - lots of people are asking how this could have happened.

Some people are blaming the PricewaterhouseCoopers accountant Brian Cullinan saying he turned the awards into a "La La laughing stock".

Debbie Williams was the stage manager for the Oscars ceremony on Sunday. She told Eddie Mair "I saw the tweet he (Brian) took of Emma Stone a minute before this envelope was handed out".

(Photo: Martha Ruiz (L) and Brian Cullinan (3rd L) of PricewaterhouseCoopers confer on stage at the Oscars
Credit: Reuters)

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