The Oscar season enters its last weekend, but one suspects it is far from over.�Even if Academy members ultimately hewed to tradition and voted Lincoln and Steven Spielberg�Best Picture and Director, respectively ? as is the customary coronation for films with the most Oscar nominations ? this outlier season will be studied and debated. For at least days to come.
The Final Countdown To The 2013 Academy Awards
The final week of voting saw pundits and bloggers get in their final shots, filibuster like Jefferson Smith for their lost causes (?the only causes worth fighting for?), issue their final predictions or revise earlier forecasts. Roger Ebert backtracked slightly from his self-described ?cocky? ?Outguess Ebert? boast that he had guessed every (contest category) correctly.
?Every year it is the same,? Ebert wrote. ?I came out of the gate filled with certainty, and as the deadline draws near I begin to falter."
Several enterprising writers persuaded some Academy members from various branches to share?anonymously?their Oscar ballots, and the results might give pause to anyone convinced that any of the major categories (except perhaps Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress) are locks.
The Oscar Index views and duly notes these ruminations objectively. The reported (conjectured?) groundswells make for compelling Oscars storylines, last-minute cliffhanging drama and even, perhaps, better ratings for the telecast. The Index admits to a conservative risk tolerance here, but on Monday morning will probably say it knew De Niro would win Best Supporting Actor all along.
Let?s look at how the Gold Linings playbook plays out on Oscars eve.
Academy Award For Best Picture
In Oscar season, as in war, the first casualty is truth.
Three of the Best Picture nominees, frontrunners at various stages of…
Emma Stone Emma Watson Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmy Rossum Erica Leerhsen Erika Christensen Estella Warren
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