“I thought, I could have done something, surely,” Dunaway said.

“Why didn’t I see Emma Stone’s name on the top of the card?”

“He took the card out, and he didn’t say anything,” Dunaway told Holt.

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I thought he was joking.

I mean, I thought he was stalling.

Warren’s like that.

He kind of holds the power and makes you wait … but it’s part of his charm."

Both thefilm academyand accounting firmPricewaterhouseCoopers, which tabulates the votes and manages the envelopes, apologized for the snafu.