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By Matthew Couden
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A rare tie during the 98th Academy Awards ceremony led to an awkward yet hilarious tie after two different films won in the same category.
Actor Kumail Nanjiani presented the night's award for Best Live Action Short, featuring five nominees. Somehow, a tie occurred, rewarding two winners.
"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," Nanjiani joked with the audience.
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“The Singers” and “Two People Exchanging Saliva” both claimed the Oscar in that category, and each of the groups associated with the films received time to give their acceptance speeches on stage.
However, those speeches didn't go off without a mishap occurring. During the second acceptance speech for "Two People Exchanging Saliva," an awkward mic mishap occurred, leading to an immediate camera cut to show Conan O'Brien on the side of the stage.
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As part of the group, accepting the award started to speak, and a mic mishap occurred, seeming to cut off the speaker. Immediately, the camera cut away from the group on stage to show host Conan O'Brien standing off to the side.
He watched in amusement and then couldn't contain himself as he laughed over the random moment that unfolded.
The camera stayed on O'Brien, who eventually put his face against his fist as audience members laughed and cheered over the moment.
Eventually, the microphone began working again, and the cameras returned to the group on stage so they could finish up their acceptance speech.
Once the winners' acceptance speeches had finished, O'Brien was back on camera and offered some words for the winners as well as those running the show.
"I just want to say congratulations to both winners. You both ruined 22 million Oscar winners," he joked.
"And I know we're tight, but to retract a microphone on a man as he's speaking...Is hilarious," O'Brien also said.
The show proceeded mostly without too many mishaps, but that was one that certainly caught everyone's attention and left the host amused over the random aspect of getting the production right.
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