{"id":221437,"date":"2026-03-16T01:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221437\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:18:06","slug":"a-rare-tie-and-the-la-habra-moose-lodge-gets-shout-out-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221437\/","title":{"rendered":"A rare tie and the La Habra Moose Lodge gets shout-out \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oscar for the best live-action short at the 98th Annual Academy Awards<\/a> ended in the least-expected outcome possible: A tie.<\/p>\n

Presenter Kumail Namjiani opened the envelope and announced that \u201cThe Singers\u201d and \u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva\u201d had gotten the same number of votes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tie. Calm down, we\u2019ll get through this,\u201d he said to a mix of gasps, laughter and applause.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Singers\u201d is a story of blue-collar workers drinking in a bar and singing together, a loose adaptation of a short story by the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev.<\/p>\n

In his thank-you speech, director Sam A. Fox thanked his producers and cast, and then, well, then he thanked the La Habra Moose Lodge in Orange County, where the movie had been filmed.<\/p>\n

\"JackJack Piatt, far left, and Sam A. Davis, center left, winners of the award for live action short film for \u201cThe Singers,\u201d and Natalie Musteata, center right, and Alexandre Singh, far right, winners of the award for live action short film for \u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva,\u201d pose in the press room after tying in the category for live action short film at the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

After \u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva\u201d accepted their Oscar in the same category, host Conan O\u2019Brien walked to the microphone with a grin on his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to say congratulations to both winners,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cYou just ruined 22 million Oscar pools.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast to that excitement, the Oscar for best supporting actor provided almost no drama whatsoever. Sean Penn won for his role in \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d making him only the fourth man to win three acting Oscars. Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan are the other three.<\/p>\n

But Penn did not attend the Oscars on Sunday, continuing a no-show streak that included his recent wins at the BAFTAs and SAG\u2019s Actor Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still early in the show, and we\u2019ve already got a tie and a no-show for Sean Penn,\u201d O\u2019Brien joked after returning to the stage. \u201cThis thing\u2019s a humdinger, ya gotta stay tuned!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oscar for the best live-action short at the 98th Annual Academy Awards ended in the least-expected outcome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[21469,163,165,164,1399,420],"class_list":["post-221437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-academy-awards","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-movies","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}