This year’s Oscars have already been decided. Ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night this Sunday, votes for this year’s winners were cast between February 26 and March 5, which means that right now ballots are being tallied from almost 10,000 Academy members. For those lucky nominees who’ve spent the last month or so on the campaign trail, there’s nothing to do now but prepare their outfits, write their speeches and start practicing their gracious loser face.
For some, they’ll also be looking back and wondering if they managed to inadvertently torpedo their own chances. If Timothée Chalamet doesn’t take home a little golden man this weekend, he’ll have to ponder whether his public comments about ballet and opera soured his reputation with voters.
