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    The (Right) Envelope, Please: PwC Plans for an Uneventful Oscars

    Among the changes for the 2018 Academy Awards: New people, new safeguards and no cellphones

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    No matter which movie wins best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is determined that this year’s show ends with less unscripted drama than 2017’s.

    The accounting giant and its predecessor firms have tabulated Oscar votes and acted as keeper of the winners’ names for more than 80 years. But because of PwC, last year’s ceremony concluded with the gaffe seen ‘round the world: “La La Land” was announced as the winner of best picture, instead of the actual winner, “Moonlight,” after a PwC partner gave...

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