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Offline Kd5000

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It was announced today that there will now be 10 (!) movies nominated for best picture. It's been five pictures forever... I suppose this is will allow more blockbusters to get nominated which should help their ratings.

"Breaking: Oscar's Best Picture Nominees Will Expand to Ten24 June 2009 11:34 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced in a small blurb the Oscars this year will be bumping their Best Picture nominees from five to ten beginning with the upcoming 2010 Oscars President Sid Ganis announced today at a press conference in Beverly Hills.

"After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year," said Ganis. "The final outcome, of course, will be the same - one Best Picture winner - but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009."

The move is an obvious response to the recent discussion concerning The Dark Knight's absence from the nominees for more art house style films such as The Reader and I would expect we can now look at Up as a serious contender for a Best Picture nominee when previous Pixar favorites Ratatouille and Wall-e were left in the cold.

"Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," commented Ganis. "I can't wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February."

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Re: For those of you who care, "big" change with the Academy Awards...
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2009, 04:23:35 pm »
Thanks for this news...it would be great if it were just the first of many reforms. IMO, they should go back in time and rectify some glaring missteps, the first one being to place Brokeback Mountain on its rightful throne!!
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Re: For those of you who care, "big" change with the Academy Awards...
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2009, 06:27:27 pm »
yes ry interesting - def is a ploy rating!
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Re: For those of you who care, "big" change with the Academy Awards...
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2009, 08:21:49 pm »
Now the Oscar program will be even longer!  :P
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Re: For those of you who care, "big" change with the Academy Awards...
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2009, 08:35:59 pm »
Now the Oscar program will be even longer!  :P

My thought exactly.