In case you haven’t heard, the Oscars are one week from Sunday and this year, the Best Picture race is wide open… for the most part. “Spotlight” and “The Revenant” are the perceived frontrunners, but anything can happen under the preferential ballot system.
Each year, I like to pretend that I’m an Oscar voter with a sliver of power and write up my Oscar picks as if I had a real ballot. There are no rules, but I only included the 12 categories I felt qualified to vote for.
We’re coming down to the wire, as official voting for actual Academy members closes at the end of day on Tuesday, so if you can’t quite make up your mind and want some voting guidance, you can copy off my fake ballot.