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Oscar
Before the Oscar winners are announced, there is already one clear group of victors: the independent production companies and specialty divisions seem likely to grab the industry's most coveted hardware. The producers guild has instituted an auditing process that involves the measurement of 46 different tasks to decide whether a producer deserves credit come Oscar time, an attempt to clarify such so-called parenting issues. The nominations announced here at the headquarters of the academy are the mother's milk of the industry, in a business that is awash in money and privilege, an Oscar is the one thing that cannot be bought.