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This year’s Best Picture category to feature 10 nominees
In Contention —
... As exiting Academy president Sid Ganis puts it in the press release (see below), “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.” I understand the desire to widen the net, considering the rather heated scrutiny the organization has received for some of its nominee choices, but is this the answer? ...
Shocking Oscar News: And Then There Were Ten
Film Experience Blog —
... In one of the strangest developments in my entire Oscar watching history, AMPAS has suddenly decided to change the number of Best Picture nominees back to 10, st ...
82nd Academy Awards to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees!?!
Scene-Stealers —
From Oscars.org:
Beverly Hills, CA (June 24, 2009) — The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced today (June 24) 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 ...
82nd Academy Awards to feature 10 Best Picture nominess
Oh No They Didn't! —
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82nd Academy Awards® to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees!!
We Are Movie Geeks —
... wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February.”
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2. The Oscar® ceremony honoring films for 2009 will again take place at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.
So crazy, huh? What do you think of the shocking announcement from AMPAS?
Source: Oscars.org
Academy Awards Widening Best Picture Race to 10 Films
Gawker: defamer —
... the studios have doubled chances of doing a blitz awards-tie-in marketing, then that's even better. More money for everyone means nicer, bigger parties and then everyone wins!
We think it's a fine idea, as more competition is more fun. Though we'll have to suffer through twice as many set-up clips, it ought to make the long, long, long evening slog to the final dance all the more put-up-withable. Because now TEN enter and only one leaves. Lots more carnage.
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2010 Oscars: It Just Got Interesting
For Cinephiles by a Cinefille —
Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it will name 10 Best Picture nominees instead of five. Sid Ganis, the president of of the AMPAS said: ...
10 Best Picture Nominees?
Craig's MovieBlog —
... I haven’t written anything in almost 3 months (oh, and how great was The Hangover?), but this news is enough to temporarily get me out of retirement. ...
The Oscars just got whole a lot longer
Seriously? OMG! WTF? —
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The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences announced today that they are expand the amount of Best Picture nominations from 5 to 10.
“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 Sid 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.”
“Having 10 Best Picture nominees is ...
Academy Expands Best Picture Nominees to 10
Cinematical —
... on Variety today was extremely short, but the Academy has a press release up already stating that they're hearkening back to Oscars roots when the Best Picture category sometimes contained ten films (or more -- 12 in 1934 and 1935), although that hasn't been the case since 1943. Despite the doubling, Academy president Sid Ganis wants to remind you, "The final outcome, of course, will be the same -- one Best Picture winner." ...
10 Best Picture Noms for 2010!
Total Film News —
... but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009,” adds Ganis. “I can’t wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February.” If only they’d added it last year for The Dark Knight…. Oh well... Maybe Up will get its shot next March. But with the Animated Feature Oscar still in existence, we’re not sure. [Source: AMPAS] What’s your opinion? Think it’ll make the event ...
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Is The Gillette Razor Of Motion Picture Academies
Videogum —
Five "Best Picture" nominees is for pussies. WE'RE GOING TO 10 FUCKING NOMINEES! From the Oscars website: The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced today (June 24) 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, ...
Big News: Academy Will Choose From TEN!
Row Three —
up-oscar O ver 60 years ago the Oscars once had the field of best picture nominees to at least eight with a maximum of twelve. That’s right, 12 nominees up for best picture! The year 1943 was the last year to showcase such a wide array of potential winners as it was scaled back to five the following year; to where it has stayed… until now. Incredible move, but Oscars.org and Sid Ganis is reporting that starting this year, the field will be moved back up to 10. “After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for ...
Oscars Will Now Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees
/Film —
... In yet another attempt at maintaining the Academy Awards’ relevance, the Motion Picture Academy announced today that there will be 10 films competing for Best Picture at next year’s 82nd ceremony. This is the first time since 1943 that the Best Picture category has had so many contenders, and it seems to be a return to the earlier years of the Academy where it was not uncommon to have more than 5 nominees. ...
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced there will ten, not five, best picture nominees next year. Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells ...
Oscars Will Double Best Picture Nominees Next Year
Backseat Cuddler —
... the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,â said Ganis. âThe final outcome, of course, will be the same â one Best Picture winner â but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.â This seems like a strange and desperate attempt to gain more attention. What movies that have come out already this year that you think could possibly land in that top 10? Source: Oscars.org POSTED BY: ...
82nd Academy Awards® to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees | Press Release | AMPAS
Other Crap —
82nd Academy Awards® to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees, Not 5 There used to be more nominees back in the day. In the mid 1930s there were as many as 12. But then again, there were actually some good movies made in the 30s. There were ten nominees in 1939, including both The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. (Not to mention Stagecoach, Wuthering Heights and Mr Smith Goes to Washington.) ...
Critic After Dark — 82nd Academy Awards to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees 82nd Academy Awards® to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees Beverly Hills, CA (June 24, 2009) — The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced today (June 24) at a press conference in Beverly Hills. “After more than six decades, the Academy is ...
Awards Watch: Oscar Goes to 10 in '10
Movie Dearest —
... Wow. A big change (perhaps the biggest) in the Oscars is coming next year. In a surprise announcement yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will double the number of Best Picture nominees from five to ten films beginning with the 2010 Oscars (honoring films released this year). ...
Does Oscar Have a Growing Problem?
Culture Snob —
... The announcement that the Academy Awards will double the number of Best Picture nominees this year has certainly generated buzz, although it has mostly led to jokes about the length of the awards telecast. (And while we're at it: What's the deal with airline peanuts?) The Film Experience's Nathaniel Rogers ...
10 Oscar Best Picture Nominees This Year
Strange Culture —
Have you heard the news this upcoming year there will be 10 best pictures nominees instead of the normal 5? Clearly it's a movie to see if the Oscars would have been a more popular award show if movies like The Dark Knight and Wall-E were given Oscar nominations last year for best picture. ...
82nd Oscars To Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees!
Six Degrees... of everything —
... What is the difference? Glad you asked, cos I had no clue myself. Turns out the early Academy Awards had 10 feature films vying for the supreme Best Picture award – unlike today with only half of those contenders allowed. Back-to-the-roots is what Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced end of June at a press conference in Beverly Hills: ...
