“It just spoils the fun of it,”

said a spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the Wall Street Journal‘s push to do a political-style poll of Academy members to forecast the Oscar winners. “The Academy Awards are important to the people who win, and they’re important to the

people who don’t win, but it’s not like electing a president, and part of the fun of it is waiting until they open the envelopes to see

who wins.”