. >> reporter: martha ruiz, brian cullen. it was cullenen who put the wrong envelope in beatty's hand. he gave beatty best actress, not best picture. it's plain to see on the envelope. >> if they have to have two sets of cards, the second you give that award out, you shred the other card. you don't leave it laying around for someone to pick up and give to warren beatty. >> reporter: late tonight, price waterhouse cooper, which has handled oscar ballots pretty well for 82 years, issued this statement taking full responsibility for the mistake. saying, once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by mr. cullenen or his partner. pwc apologized to the cast and crew of "la la land" and "moonlight." way back in '64 something similar happened to sammy davis jr. >> john addison for tom jones. >> reporter: addison had actually won in a different category. >> they gave me the wrong envelope. wait till the naacp hears about this. >> reporter: and there was travolta's tongue-twisted flub.

brian cullen collins gave warren beatty the wrong envelope.d this side of the imus on backstage. the word mixup happened three minutes later. they were reportedly not sanctioned by the academy and later deleted trees along with all others have said during the show. the award show's ratings stayed tanked to the lowest in nine years. just 32.9 million viewers tuned in to the academy awards. that is more than a million less than last year. lauren: look at the latest in sports. the new point guard to run millions to the media before the game pit lebron james returned after being out sick with strep throat. first-quarter shows he's feeling better with a big dump on the bright. fourth quarter in the combat. but sudan, but later, lebron james drives and $56. they go on to win one of 2-95. bad news for toronto raptors. kyl lowry up for the next four to six weeks because of a risk injury to the team facing the next. switches 53 to put the raptors on top of 14 seconds left. he makes it. they mix up one. five seconds left. a father late jumper and it is

the new york daily news is taking aim at brian cullen.ows him smiling next to the headline "and the loser is." ouch. >>> alarming news from the american cancer society. today rates of colon and rectal cancers are way up in people in their 40s, 30s, and even 20s. doctors in the study were surprised to find that people born in 1990 have double the risk of colon cancer than much older americans and quadruple the risk of rectal cancer. obesity is a likely factor. >>> the owners of spacex says he plans to fly two people around the moon next year. he said two people approached him about taking the week long trip. it's ambitious for spacex to say this will happen next year and it's risky for the two who want to go. their names are not being released. they're not from hollywood. >>> to a follow up on a story we first brought you last week. a delaware little league is getting some relief from a huge electric bill. the new castle little league has been accidentally under billed for more than ten years. it was ordered to pay back $17,000. an emergen

brian cullen, one of the two price waterhouse partners responsible for handling the envelopes tweeted this picture of emma stone three minutes before the wrong best picture winner was announced. the tweet has been deleted. the question is was he distracted? "moonlight" star didn't want to go up there and take anything away from the "la la land" cast and feels fortunate that the film won and that he won for best supporting actor. ali is one of several bay area film makers to take home an oscar. sergio chas more. >> reporter: they say last night's ceremony was unreal. >> we were as stunned as everyone at home and what an emotional roller coaster. >> this says "moonlight" on it. >> that's right. >> mark is of course, joking about the oscar mixup in the best picture category. the animated short film piper was inspired by director's morning jogs along the bay. >> there are all these shore birds that fly in and run back and forth. >> reporter: the short film took three years to complete and the win adds to a growing list of other award-winning films. last night's sceremony was huge for ali

brian cullen was tweeting out a picture of emma stone back stage shortly before giving warren beatty faye dunaway the envelope. >> that's what you get for live tweeting. >> a boring accounting firm makes a mistake. the self-congratulatory oscar ceremony gets an embarrassing moment. >> you were back stage with emma stone, would you be tweeting a picture with her? i would hope the answer would be -- >> i would hope i -- joking. >> i don't want to know the rest. >>> my favorite top inge, nick viall is heading to the stage. he's "the bachelor" and he's set to come pete on a season of "dancing with the stars." he appeared on season 10 and 11 of the bachelorette. he was runner-up both times. he was also in "bachelor in paradise." he's now the star of "the bachelor." he used to work for salesforce.com. no longer does. i think he's a professional reality tv star. i guess you can make a living doing that. >> i agree. good for him. take the opportunity if it's there. >> i wonder what this means -- i wonder if this means he's not getting engaged at the end. that's what bachelor fans wanted to k

also on stage, brian cullen and martha ruiz, the only two people who knew the results in advance.ccounting firm tells nbc news, it was cullen who mistakely handed out the wrong envelope. and there are new questions this morning about whether an ill-timed tweet could have been responsible. he tweeted this picture with emma stone with her oscar backstage. he has since deleted that tweet before the show, they were on the red carpet, each carrying a briefcase with a complete set of winning envelopes. they have both done this in previous years and in an interview said they stand on opposite ends of the stage and actually memorize the results in case the wrong win we would go directly to the stage manager and let them know there is a problem. >> and they would make a correction, probably right then on stage and do it live. >> reporter: but pricewaterhouse scooper says on sunday once the error occurred, protocols were not followed through quickly enough. >> there is a mistake. "moonlight." you guys won best picture. >> reporter: "la la land" horowitz set the record straight. >> this is n

brian cullen one of the two partners tasked with handing out award envelopes with names of winners tweeted his excitement of seeing emma stone and pit of winner. three minutes before that de baulkal. that tweet was later deleted. next up it's hottest ticket in town. affinity exhibit at the hermine shorn museum and not surprisingly tickets are being sold on craigslist. according to the smithsonian tickets sold out in under a minute on monday through march 13. exhibit organizer say they're working with craigslist toss take down the posts and also manning to implement late night hours to offer more free chances for the public to bid it and timely he probably happiest wide receiver in the pittsburgh steelerss antonio brown he's now the highest paid wide receiver in the entire league. yesterday its with announced brown will get a five year deal worth 72 million dollars. it's a lot of money. >> is that good? >> i think that's pretty good. >> no is he that good? >> he's best receiving in the nfl. >> all right there you go. what the market well bare then. good for him thanks wiz. >> following epic

. >> reporter: martha ruiz, brian cullen.e wrong envelope in beatty's hand. he gave beatty best actress, not best picture. it's plain to see on the envelope. >> if they have to have two sets of cards, the second you give that award out, you shred the other card. you don't leave it laying around for someone to pick up and give to warren beatty. >> reporter: late tonight, price waterhouse cooper, which has handled oscar ballots pretty well for 82 years, issued this statement taking full responsibility for the mistake. saying, once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by mr. cullenen or his partner. pwc apologized to the cast and crew of "la la land" and "moonlight." way back in '64 something similar happened to sammy davis jr. >> john addison for tom jones. >> reporter: addison had actually won in a different category. >> they gave me the wrong envelope. wait till the naacp hears about this. >> reporter: and there was travolta's tongue-twisted flub. >> please welcome the wicke