If you go to the 2003 Excell Calculations, this is what you'll see in the Best Actor Category:

A	B	C	D
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation	22.5	11	23.6

What Does This All mean? Column A The Contender's Name and The Film's Title - Duh - . Column B The Calendar Points Column B contains the points as measured in the way I explained on the Calendar. Column C The Tie Avoiding Points Here you can read how many times the film got new points. I installed Column C to avoid ties. Example: If you click on Bill Murray's Column B you'll see '=3+1+2+1.5+1.5+1.5+3+3+1+4+1'. This equals 22.5 (Column B), but it took 11 points to get there (Column C). Column D The Final Score The Final Scores in the acting categories are calculated as follows: Calendar Points + (The Tie Avoiding Points - 1) * 0.11)

For Bill Murray, the Final Score = 22.5 + ((11 - 1) * 0.11) = 23.6