The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences accidentally tweeted and then deleted predictions of the winners for the upcoming 92nd annual Academy Awards.
- Feb 5, 2020
AceShowbiz - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has caused a little commotion, less than a week before the highly-anticipated 2020 Academy Awards. On Tuesday, February 4, the Academy's official Twitter accounted seemingly posted its own "predictions" of the Oscar winners.
The Academy quickly deleted the tweet, but not before people took a screenshot of it and reposted it online. According to the photo, the Oscars are predicted to go to "Parasite" for Best Picture, Sam Mendes for Best Director for his film "1917", "Parasite" for Best Original Screenplay and "Jojo Rabbit" for Adapted Screenplay.
In the acting categories, the predictions tweet selected "Joker" star Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor, "Judy" star Renee Zellweger for Best Actress, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" star Brad Pitt for Best Supporting Actor and "Marriage Story" star Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress.
This tweet baffled many people, with one wondering, "Wonder if @TheAcademy will say something about this bot (?) that tweeted out Oscar predictions." Another joked, "Not the academy twitter intern releasing their Oscar prediction list." Someone else chimed in, "The academy deleted their Oscar predictions tweet which is somehow funnier than them tweeting it in the first place."
The Academy later explained in another tweet that the predictions were not made by the Academy itself, but by a fan. "We invited fans on Twitter to make and share your #Oscars predictions. A ton of you already have!" it stated. "A brief issue on Twitter made some of yours look like they came from our account. They didn't. This error is now resolved." It cheekily added, "And we'll reveal our picks on Sunday."
The 92nd annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 9 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, the ceremony will go hostless.
