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oscars.org - 6/27/2009

Academy Board of Governors Votes to Honor Testimonial Award Recipients at New Event

— oscars.org — Beverly Hills, CA — The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to establish a new annual event at which it will present its testimonial awards – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt ... Academy Board of Governors Votes to Honor Testimonial ...

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cinefille.blogspot.com - 6/28/2009

Oscars 2010: Say What?

— cinefille.blogspot.com — Now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has really rubbed me the wrong way. Big time. The AMPAS has announced plans to move all non-competitive awards including honorary awards including the Irving G. Thalberg and Jean Hersholt humanitarian awards — out of the telecast. These awards ... Oscars 2010: Say What?

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guardian.co.uk - 6/29/2009

And the Oscar for best song goes to ... no one

— guardian.co.uk — 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 ... And the Oscar for best song goes to ... no one

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Academy Awards To Potentially Drop Best Original Song? Music Branch Makes It Easier To Lose Category
:: The Playlist :: — ... are on the horizon for the Best Original Song category as well. This section is of course notoriously long because the songs actually have to be performed. Well, the Academy's Music Branch Executive Committee is doing its best to drop this category and recommending that "if no song achieves a minimum average score of 8.25 in the nominations voting, there will be no nominees and therefore no Oscar in that category for that year," according to ScreenDaily. ...

Oscar Producers Dis Old People and Musicians in Attempt to Stoke Show’s Ratings
Vulture — ... According to Screen Daily, the Music Branch Executive Committee is seeking to amend the rules they use to generate the nominees for the Best Song category. Their recommendation is "that if no song achieves a minimum average score of 8.25 in the nominations voting, there will be no nominees and therefore 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 ...