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What’s Happening

Breaking it down: The final round of Oscars voting began at 9 a.

‘Hamnet,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection; Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection; Warner Bros. (we’re not making this up)

On Facebook on X Google Preferred to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional options on Reddit Post a Comment on Whats App on Pinterest on LinkedIn Print the Article on Tumblr A NOTE FROM SCOTT The time has come: the final round of Oscars voting began at 9 a.

The Details

PT this morning and will run through 5 p. The 11,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are finding that the ballot looks a bit different this year than in years past • For one thing, there is a new category, best casting, which brings the total number of categories on the ballot to 24.

Some members from outside of the casting directors branch tell me they wish they had been provided with more guidance about how they are supposed to evaluate the nominees. Is the award intended to recognize the overall best-assembled ensemble (its hard to argue with the depth and breadth of the Sinners cast), the nominee featuring the most wild discoveries (which could be One Battle After Another with Chase Infiniti , The Secret Agent with Dona Sebastiana , or Hamnet with Jacobi Jupe ), the most outside-the-box hirings that worked (maybe Marty Supreme , with everyone from Shark Tank ’s Kevin OLeary to the ranting Knicks fan Luke Manley ), or something else?

Why This Matters

• For another, all categories — not just the four pertaining to acting — now list the individuals who are personally Oscar-eligible for that categorys award, not just the nominated film titles, as had before been the case.

This is exactly the kind of news that gets fans excited or concerned.

The Bottom Line

This story is still developing, and we’ll keep you updated as more info drops.

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