We’ll by no means know what number of earlier winners owe their success to voting merely primarily based on ‘vibes’
25 April 2025 – 05:00
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I’ve some pals who’re members of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences. I point out this to not exhibit however as a result of one among them was visiting SA in December and was in a everlasting state of hysteria about not having watched all of the movies eligible for the Oscars race earlier than the deadline that members needed to vote to finalise the nominations checklist for every class.
Within the not-so-distant previous, academy members can be despatched watermarked DVD screeners in direction of the tip of the 12 months when award season swings into full gear. Right now they’ll watch all of the longlisted movies by way of entry to a particular on-line screening platform. Its comfort doesn’t change the truth that there are typically a big selection of various movies nominated throughout classes that devoted academy members ought to watch earlier than filling of their nomination ballots…