They renewed me uh halfway through the first show last year. I was on stage when they said you’re doing it again next year, which, um, and they came out and told me in front of people, which I thought was awkward. But um you gotta roll with things. I was very happy to do it again and it worked out because it’s an insanely good year for movies. I mean, we’ve had so many groundbreaking films this year that uh I thought, well this is *** great year to do it. So I remembered in high school starting to realize I really like this comedy thing. So, Brookline did that to me and I used to go to see movies in Coolidge Corner. And my dad would take me to see classic comedies there. So, Brookline is *** big part of my story, and um I go back there several times *** year and wander around and bother people. So if you’re watching right now, look for me. I’ll probably be, be back in town in uh *** couple of weeks, just wandering around hoping someone recognizes me. It’s very sad.
For only the 6th time in history, an Academy Award race has ended in a tie at the Oscars
A tie has only happened 5 or 6 times, depending on how you count
Updated: 10:21 PM CDT Mar 15, 2026
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The Oscar for Best Documentary Short ended in a tie at the 98th Academy Awards.Both “The Singers” and “Two People Exchanging Saliva” won the award for Best Documentary Short, a rare tie.Related video above: Conan O’Brien on returning to host Oscars, Massachusetts rootsPresenter Kumail Nanjiani seemed genuinely stunned to see two winners in the envelope. He prefaced the announcement by saying he would read out one winner, allow them to accept, and then announce the other winner. A tie at the Oscars has only happened 5 or 6 other times, depending on how you count. However, it’s not even the first time it’s happened for a short documentary.The earliest possible tie was in 1931, at the fifth-ever Academy Awards. In the Best Actor category, the tie was between Fredric March in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and Wallace Berry in “The Champ.” Technically, this was not a true tie. March beat Berry by one vote; however, according to The Academy, “rules at the time stated that if an achievement came within three votes of the winner, that achievement would also receive the award. The rules have since been changed, and only an exact match in totals would qualify as a tie.”In 1949, at the 22nd Academy Awards, there was a tie in the Documentary (Short Subject) category between “A Chance to Live” and “So Much For So Little.”In 1968, at the 41st Academy Awards, the Best Actress category came down to a tie between Katherine Hepburn in “The Lion in Winter” and Barbara Streisand in “Funny Girl.”In 1986, at the 59th Academy Awards, there was a tie in the Documentary Feature category between the films “Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got” and “Down and Out in America.”In 1994, at the 67th Academy Awards, the live-action short films “Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Trevor” were both awarded Oscars after a tie.The latest tie occurred in 2012, at the 85th Academy Awards, between “Skyfall” and “Zero Dark Thirty” in the Sound Editing category.
The Oscar for Best Documentary Short ended in a tie at the 98th Academy Awards.
Both “The Singers” and “Two People Exchanging Saliva” won the award for Best Documentary Short, a rare tie.
Related video above: Conan O’Brien on returning to host Oscars, Massachusetts roots
Presenter Kumail Nanjiani seemed genuinely stunned to see two winners in the envelope. He prefaced the announcement by saying he would read out one winner, allow them to accept, and then announce the other winner.
A tie at the Oscars has only happened 5 or 6 other times, depending on how you count. However, it’s not even the first time it’s happened for a short documentary.
The earliest possible tie was in 1931, at the fifth-ever Academy Awards. In the Best Actor category, the tie was between Fredric March in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and Wallace Berry in “The Champ.” Technically, this was not a true tie. March beat Berry by one vote; however, according to The Academy, “rules at the time stated that if an achievement came within three votes of the winner, that achievement would also receive the award. The rules have since been changed, and only an exact match in totals would qualify as a tie.”
In 1949, at the 22nd Academy Awards, there was a tie in the Documentary (Short Subject) category between “A Chance to Live” and “So Much For So Little.”
In 1968, at the 41st Academy Awards, the Best Actress category came down to a tie between Katherine Hepburn in “The Lion in Winter” and Barbara Streisand in “Funny Girl.”
In 1986, at the 59th Academy Awards, there was a tie in the Documentary Feature category between the films “Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got” and “Down and Out in America.”
In 1994, at the 67th Academy Awards, the live-action short films “Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Trevor” were both awarded Oscars after a tie.
The latest tie occurred in 2012, at the 85th Academy Awards, between “Skyfall” and “Zero Dark Thirty” in the Sound Editing category.
