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    How the Oscar best picture race stands as voting begins this week

    by Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Jan 26, 2022 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES — Oscar nominations voting begins this week, with the results to be revealed on Feb. 8. Film academy members have had plenty of time to sift through the contenders during the holidays and the current Omicron hibernation, so I'm expecting nothing but informed, intelligent choices, 93 years of checkered history be damned.

    The academy returned this year's best picture slate to a fixed 10 nominees. It's a wide-open race. Nearly a dozen contenders are competing for the final few spots, and there's no clear front-runner in sight. Here's the lay of the land as members prepare to cast their ballots.

    Sure things

    "Belfast"

    In its favor: Kenneth Branagh's sentimental look at his Northern Ireland childhood features gorgeous actors — Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe — playing the dad and mom,

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