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indiewire.com - 6/25/2009
10 Best Picture Noms? Sid Ganis on The Academy’ Big Decision
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About to end his tenure as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this summer, Sid Ganis made quite the mark on his legacy this afternoon. In a move he considers among the greatest accomplishments of his four year run, Ganis presided over the Academy’s decision to expand ...
variety.com - 6/24/2009
Oscar expands best pic noms to 10 - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
— variety.com — Ganis announces change to Academy Awards Oscar is opening up his playing field in a big way... next year. The Motion Picture Academy announced Wednesday that for the first time in more than 65 years, the field of best picture nominees will be expanded to ... Oscar expands best pic noms to 10 - Entertainment News, ...

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variety.com - 6/24/2009
Oscar expands best pic noms to 10
— variety.com — Film News: Ganis announces change to Academy Awards -- There will be 10 best picture nominees starting... with the 82nd Oscar ceremony, skedded for March 7, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Oscar expands best pic noms to 10
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movieline.com - 6/26/2009
Academy President Sid Ganis to Movieline: 'You Have Now Proposed Something I Have to Keep an Eye On'
— movieline.com — Now that the Academy has announced that it will be expanding the Best Picture race to ten... nominees , everyone in town has an opinion about whether the move was a brilliant reinvention or a go-for-broke bailout. Movieline went straight to the top — ... Academy President Sid Ganis to Movieline: 'You Have Now ...

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Awards Daily:  Sid Ganis Speaks

The Evening Class:  1939

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Sid Ganis Speaks
Awards Daily — ... Indiewire’s Eugene Hernandez talks to Sid Ganis about the big news -and in the meantime, Media Decoder (Carpetbagger folks in general media mode) ...

1939
The Evening Class — ... If you prefer your home entertainment system to a movie palace, at least 10 of those titles are likewise included in Turner Classic Movies' 39-film tribute "1939—70th Anniversary of Hollywood's Greatest Year." Each Thursday night through the month of July, TCM will shoot off 1939's most celebrated fireworks, including all 10 Best Picture Oscar® Nominees (reminding—in the light of recent events—that everything old is new again). Robert Osborne offers a preview of the festival at ...

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