The Academy Confuses Film Twitter by Posting a Now-Deleted Photo Called “My Oscar Predictions”
The image listed Parasite as Best Picture and Sam Mendes for Directing
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On Monday, Feb. 3, the official Twitter account of The Academy appeared to post a puzzling picture: an image, since-deleted, titled “My Oscar Predictions,” with the 24 Oscar categories—everything from Best Picture to Visual Effects—actually filled in with an official Academy Award contender. The image listed Parasite as the winner for Best Picture and Sam Mendes for Directing.
The tweet, and others like it, were a part of a feature that The Academy launched to make it easier for fans to post their own predictions. However, the “My Oscar Predictions” image that caught Twitter’s attention looked as if The Academy itself tweeted it. It had the official The Academy handle on the tweet, plus the Oscar logo.
In light of the 2017 La La Land gaffe, a possible leak is definitely intriguing, but that’s unlikely, especially since the Oscar ballots don’t close until Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.
This is odd. No idea what they’re doing here XD
Certainly not a leak or something since voting hasn’t closed yet and they haven’t even starting counting ballots
— Will Mavity (@mavericksmovies) February 4, 2020
i want this to be real, like, a leak of the results, but i think reality would implode on itself if they gave parasite 4 oscars, including Best Picture and Best int. Picture.
no way they would do the right thing.