Al Pacino has explained why he did not read out the names of all 10 best picture nominees at the Oscars, saying the show's producers made the decision.
The veteran actor handed out the final trophy of the night, at Sunday's star-studded event in Los Angeles.
But there was confusion when he abruptly announced the winner as Oppenheimer without first listing the nominees, as is customary.
"It was not my intention to omit them," Pacino said in a statement.
Instead, the 83 year old said, it was "a choice by the producers not to have [the nominees] said again since they were highlighted individually throughout the
