The Oscar for best live-action short film resulted in expectedly big drama Sunday night as the category resulted in a tie.
A stunned looking Kumail Nanjiani, who presented the category, deftly handled the nearly unprecedented situation when he opened the envelope and declared, “It’s a tie. I’m not joking. It’s actually a tie. So everyone calm down. We’re gonna get through this. Focus up.”
Amid surprised murmurs in the crowd, Nanjiani explained he was going to announce one winner, and they would come up on stage and accept their award, and then he would name a second winner.
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The winners were: The Singers (Netflix); Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt and Two People Exchanging Saliva (Canal+/The New Yorker); Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata.
In between the awards, Nanjiani managed to beat host Conan O’Brien to the best (if
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