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SAG Awards predictions: A 'Black Panther' cast win will shift the Oscar best picture race

The motion picture academy's recent membership drive has increased its voting numbers to 7,902. But that's a drop in the bucket compared with the 120,782 dues-paying SAG-AFTRA members eligible to vote for this year's SAG Awards winners.

That kind of volume lends itself to naming winners with broad appeal. Let's look at who might benefit this year.

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The nominees: "Black Panther," "BlacKkKlansman," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Crazy Rich Asians," "A Star Is Born"

And the winner is: "Black Panther." Get ready for a bunch of Oscar pundits to update their best picture predictions.

Unless: "A Star Is Born" and "BlacKkKlansman" figure to get some votes, but their

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