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The announcement of the 2018 Oscar nominations brought back the most cringeworthy memory of last year's awards, when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty accidentally awarding the Best Picture award to La La Land instead of the rightful winner, Moonlight.Cue the most awkward moment of the 21st Century in which La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz had to drop the bombshell to the world, live, on stage, "We lost, by the way."Tim Ryan, U.S. chairman and senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers has explained how they were working to ensure it never happened again.Speaking to PA, he said there will be, "The addition of a third balloting partner, who will sit with Oscar producers in the show’s control room. Just like the balloting partners stationed on either side of the Dolby Theatre stage, this person will have a complete set of winners�� envelopes and commit the winners to memory. Think of it as a safety control.�� He added, "The two partners who worked on last year’s Academy Awards have been replaced, though Ryan confirms that both still work for PwC.""A new formal procedure is in place for when envelopes are handed over. Both the celebrity presenter and a stage manager will confirm that they’ve been given the correct envelope for the category they are about to present. Last year’s gaffe occurred when the PwC representative accidentally gave presenters the envelope for best actress rather than best picture.""All three balloting partners will attend show rehearsals and practice what to do if something goes wrong. “Because, as you’re well aware, it took a long time to respond last year when there was a mistake that we made,�� Ryan said. “So we’re formally practicing the what-ifs.”Disappointing for those of us who secretly revel in things going wrong, but a relief for anyone presenting awards.