Many of you people wandering around Capitol Hill have your eyes on that crazy caucus voting in Iowa, but Hollywood is in the middle of its own campaign season right now, and some confusion is starting to reign (just like in Iowa). Gold Derby is reporting Oscar voters are a bit confused about this year's ballot, since we could have anywhere from 5 - 10 nominees for Best Picture, but voters only are asked to provide their top 5 picks.
For the past few years, the Oscars have had 10 nominees for Best Picture, so many voters still have that in mind as they open their ballots.
However, the biggest confusion is over the flexible number of nominees this year. As we mentioned last week, voters rank their top five movies of the year in order of preference, and any of the top ten vote getters which also score 5% of the first place votes will be a nominee on Oscar night. We will have a minimum of 5 nominees, but maybe 7 or maybe 9 or maybe 10. In a year without a dominant frontrunner, 10 nominees receiving 5% of the first place votes is not out of the question.
So, do you want to feel like Tom Hanks for a moment?
Imagine you are proud Academy Board of Governors member, Oscar winner and Oscar voter Tom Hanks, in your slippers, bathrobe and 2 days of stubble growing on your face (maybe you even have your tooth brush in your hand) as you wander down the driveway of your massive Hollywood mansion to the mail box. You get to open up one of these:
Click on the image above to see the full picture.To read the voting instructions and letter from the Academy President, head on over to GoldDerby.com.
