The SAG is less than 50% accurate in predicting the Best Picture Oscar winner since they started giving out awards nearly 20 years ago.

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"You can't be giving out awards and not have the success of American Idol in mind, and all its attendant buzzwords like democratization and crowd-sourcing, " he says.

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When did the nominations become as big a show as the actual giving out of the awards?

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