Oscar nominees on set in photos by Cade Martin
A staged gallery of props linked to 2016 Oscar contenders includes Jenga blocks from The Big Short, a raccoon-face hat for Room, Mad Max Fury Road goggles, The Martian potatoes, a fedora with nickel from Bridge of Spies, a priest collar for Spotlight, a knife from The Revenant, and a vintage suitcase for Brooklyn.
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Symbolic props in films mirror real world themes and histories
The article surveys how objects in eight best picture nominees carry meaning from Jenga blocks in The Big Short to a Room themed escape, goggles in Mad Max Fury Road to a hollow coin in Bridge of Spies, and tracing fashion items like collars and hats through history and film craft.
Old School Oscars Secret Ballot Counts Near Done
The article explains how the Academy keeps Oscar results secure with PwC handling ballots. Voting members supply unique logins, some still use paper ballots, and final tallies are counted by hand at a top secret site. Best Picture uses ranked voting to determine the winner.
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