oscars2010

How one woman crashed the boys’ club and made Hollywood history

Brian Johnson expertly handled the Oscar live-blogging, but once you’ve finished reading that, come back here (where I wrongly believed that Avatar was the front-runner) and answer this question: what do you think of the decision to bring back “And the winner is…” when announcing the recipient of the award?

Brian D. Johnson on the highs and lows of the night

Brian D. Johnson predicts the Academy Award winners—and liveblogs tonight’s show

Just to get in the mood for that awards show that’s coming up (or as George Sanders called them in All About Eve, “those awards presented annually by that… film society”) I decided to look at some Academy Awards show clips. My rigorous standard for including them here? They had to be a) On the internet and… well, that’s about it. My standards are high.

Scott Macaulay tries to explain the new Oscar voting system and how it works, with quotes from economist Justin Wolfers. Wolfers also provides some follow-explanation here. The use of ranked voting, familiar to those who follow sports MVP voting, means that a movie has the potential to win even if it doesn’t get the most first-place votes.

Last man standing takes the prize

Kathryn and James spar for Oscar custody in a David and Goliath duel