But there’s one that’s proved overwhelmingly indicative in recent years: The movie with the happy ending wins best picture really, really often. Even in the outlying six years, the winner almost always had at least a partly happy ending, uplift mixed in with the sadness. A happy ending puts Oscar voters in a good mood. So where does that leave Sunday's front-runner “La La Land”? And if “La La Land” does win, it will make some unhappy history.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 26, 2017 17:39 UTC