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.
It said Cullinan had mistakenly handed presenters Beatty and Dunaway an envelope for the best actress award, won by Emma Stone for La La Land.
The firm apologised to Beatty, Dunaway, the cast and crew of La La Land and Moonlight, the Academy, and host Jimmy Kimmel.
The statement came after a day of speculation about how the worst gaffe in Oscars history unfolded.