A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. “Happy first day of voting,” a publicist told me over the phone late Thursday afternoon while still pitching last minute interviews before final Oscar ballots are due back on Tuesday. I didn’t realize the first day of voting was becoming like a national holiday and cause for celebration, but after nine months of talking about these movies and this race in one form or another it probably is just that. Let the fireworks begin! NEBRASKA IS WATCHING YOU, OSCAR It is a Presidential election year and so inevitably someone has...