10 Secrets Only Two People In The World Know

The 90th Academy Awards has come and gone, with The Shape of Water, Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand proving three of the biggest winners on the night, but only two people were aware of that before the ceremony took place.

You might wonder how, in an era of phone hacking and prevalent press leaks, the results of the Oscars have never been spoiled before the main event. That's all thanks to the fact that the ballots are counted and the results tabulated totally by hand.

That all takes place at accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers where two of their employees do the number crunching in a secure, windowless room. They know the results approximately 48 hours before the ceremony takes place.

On Oscar night, the pair are escorted to the ceremony by tuxedo-garbed police officers, each travelling there by separate routes with the results envelopes secured in James Bond-style briefcases. It's actually those accountants who hand out the results envelopes from backstage, where they stay perched throughout the ceremony.