Odds on the Oscars will be predictable

Bookmakers beat critics when it comes to making Oscars predictions. It's nine years since they have been wrong.
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This week, most of the major figures in film-making will gather in Hollywood for the 89th annual Oscars ceremony. You can bank on seeing a few painfully inane red carpet interviews, several fawning acceptance speeches and some jokes that fall flat. In all likelihood, there will be one more certainty on the night – an award or two the logic of which will be questioned for years to come.

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Stephen Woodcock
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Stephen Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Technology Sydney.