A Formula For Picking Oscar Winners

MEDIA Posted: January 20, 2014 4:51 am

Two researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have looked into “Oscar baiting,” making films that are reliable picks for Oscar nods. Along the way, Gabriel Rossman and Oliver Schilke came up with a formula to predict Oscar success.
NPR 01.19.14

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