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Next Year's Oscars will Include 10 Best Picture Nominees!
firstshowing.net - 6/24/2009
Next Year's Oscars will Include 10 Best Picture Nominees!
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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. "Having 10 best picture nominees is going allow ...
oscars.org - 6/24/2009
82nd Academy Awards to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees
— 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) ... 82nd Academy Awards to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees

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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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This year’s Best Picture category to feature 10 nominees
incontention.com - 6/24/2009
This year’s Best Picture category to feature 10 nominees
— incontention.com — The headline says it all. Is this some strange move on the Academy’s part to further dilute an already incredibly suspect process? Or, more likely, is this a response to the outcry last year against critical favorites such as “The Dark ... This year’s Best Picture category to feature 10 nominees

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SpoutBlog — ... Alex Billington at First Showing thinks the race will be more interesting now, and not just because quality genre films will have a better chance: ...

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