We’ve got many, many questions about what all goes into the Academy Awards. Not least of which, how exactly does best picture get decided? For the last 15 years, the 10,000-plus members of the Academy ...

Winning the Oscar for best picture means the film has secured an esteemed place in history. Aside from the industry influence and cultural impact the film will generate like ripples in a pond of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Get out the calculator -- Oscar voting just got more complicated. The ...

So as I’ve been doing the Golderby’s top 20 songs contest, I’ve been thinking about how preferential voting would affect the Grammy’s. So maybe this could be a good experiment. All of the data will be ...

Clockwise from top left: 'The Artist,' 'Argo,' '12 Years a Slave,' 'Birdman.' 'Spotlight.' 'Moonlight,' 'The Shape of Water,' 'Green Book,' 'Parasite,' 'Nomadland ...

Which method do you prefer when it comes to determining BP? Both in terms of theory as well as the results so far. I like preferential voting more in theory because it eliminates the possibility of ...

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