By the time the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences rolled out its award nominations in the traditional pre-dawn presentation Tuesday morning, avid Oscar fans had a pretty good idea of who would make the cut and who would be “snubbed,” as we love to say.
This is because we’re living in a time when there are websites and social media accounts and podcasts devoted solely to handicapping awards, and while I’d rather spend a cold winter’s day at an outdoor table at the J.J. Devin Public House pub in “The Banshees of Inisherin” than devote an entire year to chronicling this stuff, I’m a fan of those who do it.
