A data dissection of the Academy Awards
For the first time this year, the film that triumphed at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - did not go on to win “best picture” at the Oscars. Was it a sign that the conventions of the annual awards were changing? As our analysis shows, Hollywood and the members of the Academy still have a long way to go to slough off past voting patterns and behaviour.