Latest in Oscar Voting

It’s common to read about Oscar voters who anonymously reveal their selections to reporters, but Leslie Jones has gone public with her picks by posting the details on social media. The actress and comedian took to Twitter Friday to call out the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the lack of diversity…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Crunch time is upon us as it was definitely signaled by today’s hot-ticket AFI Awards lunch. That also means Oscar polls open today with the 8500-plus eligible Academy voters starting to cast their nomination ballots for the next week until they are…

Just as the final phase of Oscar voting begins today with specially selected uber committees in Los Angeles and New York picking the five nominees for Best Foreign Language Film (out of 9 finalists), Academy CEO Dawn Hudson has announced to her membership that the Academy broke their own voter turnout record. At one…

This year the big question hasn't been exactly who Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members are going to vote for, it has been instead whether they can figure out how to vote at all. With the advent of online voting for the first time in Academy history, the path during the nomination balloting hasn't been…

The Oscar ballots went into the mail today and should be in every one of the 5,755 voting members' hands by tomorrow, or at least by the weekend depending on how long it takes some of them to travel to snowbound or far-flung places. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has set a due date of February 22nd…

As President Obama busily prepares his State Of The Union address to be delivered on Tuesday night — the same day that the Academy Award nominations are announced — I think it's only fitting that I deliver The State Of The Oscar Race as it stands now. Needless to say, all of Hollywood is primed for the big reveal at…

If you haven't filled out your Oscar nominating ballot yet, you have until 5 PM PT today to get it to the PriceWaterhouse Coopers offices in Los Angeles at 350 S. Grand, Suite 4900. There have been years where 400 to 500 ballots have been walked in the day they were due, according to one Academy Of Motion Picture Arts…

Just a reminder that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences officially mails out its nominations ballots today to 5,755 voters for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Those ballots have to be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers when the polls close on January 14th at 5 PM PT. Ballots received after that deadline…