theplaylist.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009
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There's more Oscar changes in the air. Sure, the Academy Awards have decided to get all wacky and include 10 Best Picture nominees this year , what the hell, right? But the first alarm bell to sound is that of length. If the Oscars already runs three hours-plus with five Best Picture nominees, ...
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Oscar Producers Dis Old People and Musicians in Attempt to Stoke Show’s Ratings
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... no Oscar in that category for that year." While we're wholly in favor of fixing the rules for this category (especially after Bruce Springsteen's haunting title track for The Wrestler somehow got overlooked last year), we're not sure this is the right way to do it. If they're looking to trim the show's run time, we're a-okay with cutting out the crappy musical performances, but the possibility that the entire category itself might be cut just doesn't sit as well.
Academy Awards To Potentially Drop Best Original Song? Music Branch Makes It Easier To Lose ...
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Academy Makes More Changes
indiewire.com 6/29/2009 — In addition to last week’s monumental change to allow ten picture nominees instead of five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made two additional changes to their rules. Though certainly minor in comparison to the aforementioned decision, both may have significant implications. ...
Next Year's Oscars will Include 10 Best Picture Nominees!
firstshowing.net 6/24/2009 —
This is huge news. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced today, that as of next year for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, for the first time in 67 years, they will choose ten Best Picture Nominees instead of just five. ...
And the Oscar for best song goes to ... no one
guardian.co.uk 6/29/2009 — Oscars committee ratifies decision to only bestow the music award in years when there is a worthy nominee It retains the dubious distinction of boasting a list of past winners that includes Phil Collins and Celine Dion. Now the Oscar for best song ...
A Sour Note for Best Song at the Academy Awards
getthebigpicture.net 6/27/2009 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is changing up the Oscars next year.
We already threw a hissy fit over the the decision to expand the Best Picture field from five movies to
ten. Although AMPAS won't say it directly, it's to avoid Dark Knight -like snubs, although the ...
Academy Adds Five Slots to Best Picture Category
weblogs.variety.com 6/24/2009 — I am stunned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences decision to nominate ten films for the best picture Oscar. The reason is obvious. Given that the annual show is designed to showcase and promote the movie industry, boosting the number ...
BUT WHY? Academy To Now Allow 10 Films In Best Picture Category
deadlinehollywooddaily.com 6/24/2009 — 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 Motion Picture Arts ...
More stupidity from the Academy
eddieonfilm.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — By Edward Copeland Fresh from the idiotic news that the Oscars will be expanding from 5 best picture nominees to 10, they've announced some more nonsense. Some are arcane procedural ones that apply to the song category that I couldn't care less ...
Academy Gives Spots to Jackman, Hathaway, Franco —
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Seth Rogen, Danny Boyle also among 134 new Oscar invitees for 2009. By Amy Kaufman The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 134 artists, executives and members of the film community to become a part of its ranks on Tuesday.
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