They had one job.
The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, with La La Land up for the most awards with 14 nominations. After the nominations were announced the official Oscars website was updated with the full list of nominees in each category.
Unfortunately, someone didn’t proofread it and accidentally knocked off Loving actress and Best Actress nominee Ruth Negga and replaced her with Amy Adams.
Not only that, they also added in Tom Hanks to the Best Actor category for one of his movies last year.
https://twitter.com/iamcdshea/status/823892098780905472
The official Oscars website says Tom Hanks got nominated for Sully. pic.twitter.com/KlJpnX2rlR
— Erin Strecker (@ErinStrecker) January 24, 2017
A statement from ABC Digital, the group responsible for the mistake, said:
“This morning, in an attempt to release breaking news as announced, ABC Digital briefly posted inaccurate nomination information on the Oscar.com website.
The nominees announced by the Academy on Twitter were accurate. ABC quickly identified and corrected the errors. We apologize to the Academy, press and fans for any confusion.”
Spare a thought for Amy Adams who could have thought that she was actually nominated. In fact, it’s a travesty that she wasn’t, and this only rubs salt in the wound.
