What can we learn from this year’s anonymous Oscar ballots?
Will it be Anora or Conclave? Demi or Mikey? Brody or Chalamet? This year’s glut of secret ballots reveal who the winners might be
If you’re finding it harder than usual to get excited about the Oscars this year, don’t worry. Several factors – from the punishing length to the lack of an Oppenheimer-style breakout hit to the weird tone of hosting a glittering movie award ceremony in a city that just suffered through wildfires – have combined to dull everyone’s expectations this time around.
Still, there is still good news to be had. You now no longer have to wait for the Oscars to learn who won what, thanks to the absolutely monumental glut of anonymous Oscar voter ballots that have filled the internet in the past week. Seemingly every single person who gets to cast a vote in the Academy awards has scarpered away to one website or another to reveal exactly how they voted. So let’s collate all their findings and predict some winners.
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