Hurt Locker Will Nab the Oscar, According to Twitter Analysis

Much has been made in the past about predicting the Academy Award winners based on ad spend in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter and other lobbying efforts.

What constitutes “other?” Well, The Hurt Locker producer Nicholas Chartier’s attempt to get members to vote for his film over the megablockbuster Avatar via email, for one. Chartier was caught and banned from the celebration this Sunday for “casting a negative or derogatory light on a competing film”.

According to Waggener Edstrom’s (WE) analysis of Twitter using its proprietary twendz pro service, the blunder won’t matter.

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