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huffingtonpost.com - 6/24/2009
Michael Giltz: Next Year's Oscars Will Have TEN Best Picture Nominees
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and ABC announced today that the Oscars will expand its Best Picture list to 10 films for next year's ceremony. They're pitching it as a return to tradition but in fact the last time 10 films were nominated for Best Picture was in 1943 when Casablanca won the top prize. (Hmm, since that one triumphed, maybe it's not such a bad idea.) Obviously, they're still smarting from last year's ceremony when critically acclaimed AND wildly popular movies like The ...
2010 Oscars to have 10 Best Picture nominees | Academy Awards | OscarWatch
oscar-watch.ew.com - 6/24/2009
2010 Oscars to have 10 Best Picture nominees | Academy Awards | OscarWatch
— oscar-watch.ew.com — Pixar-Up_l I wasn't planning on resuscitating this blog until September, but with news this huge, I'll gladly make an exception. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it will name 10 Best Picture nominees next year ... 2010 Oscars to have 10 Best Picture nominees | Academy ...

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Ten Reasons Why Ten Best Picture Nominations Is a Good Thing
nymag.com - 6/24/2009
Ten Reasons Why Ten Best Picture Nominations Is a Good Thing
— nymag.com — AMPAS prez Sid Ganis shocked the world today with the explosive announcement that March's Oscars will make room for ten Best Picture nominees instead of the usual five. Sure this will make writing our Oscar Futures column much more difficult, but ... Ten Reasons Why Ten Best Picture Nominations Is a Good Thing

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The Oscars just got whole a lot longer
seriouslyomg.com - 6/24/2009
The Oscars just got whole a lot longer
— seriouslyomg.com — (photo from WireImage ) 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, ... The Oscars just got whole a lot longer

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Oscars Return to 10 Best Picture Nominees. Today in Film Bloggery 06/24/09
SpoutBlog — ... better. Here’s the winner for best reason: 4. This may spell doom for the yearly tradition of one film being crowned the Little Movie That Could (à la Slumdog Millionaire, Juno, and Little Miss Sunshine) — now practically any little movie could! — but did Slumdog or Juno really need $140 million anyway? Spread the wealth, guys! Michael Glitz at The Huffington Post calls the first sure-thing for one of the ten slots: Next year, if ...

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