"It's a tie. I'm not joking. It's actually a tie. So, everyone, calm down. We're going to get through this. Focus up. Calm down. Remain calm. I'm going to name one winner, they'll come up, accept their award and I'll come back and name another winner and they'll accept their award."
"Their wins marked only the seventh time in Oscars history that a category has ended in a tie. The most famous tie happened between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand, who shared the Best Actress win in 1969 for The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl, respectively."
"That's why you book stand-up comics. Clearly, he'd been prepped on the protocol, but it was still wildly impressive to see how smoothly Nanjiani handled the surprise."
During the Oscars ceremony, Best Live Action Short Film ended in a tie between The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva, marking only the seventh tie in Academy Awards history. Presenter Kumail Nanjiani, a stand-up comic, handled the surprise with impressive composure, calmly explaining the protocol to the audience and announcing each winner sequentially. This rare occurrence highlighted the value of keeping all categories in the main broadcast rather than cutting them. Previous notable ties include Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand's 1969 Best Actress tie, and the 2013 Best Sound Editing tie between Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall. One of the winning filmmakers used their speech to shade actor Timothée Chalamet.
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