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Oscars toughen up best song rules
news.bbc.co.uk - 6/29/2009
Oscars toughen up best song rules
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The Oscar for best song in 2010 is to be scrapped if hopefuls fail to reach a minimum standard, the Academy says.

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While You Were Wondering What We Did To Make The Pop Culture Gods So Angry
Best Week Ever — ... The Oscars altered their rules for the Best Song category and will not award an Oscar to anyone if none of the songs are deemed "not good enough." No word on how the ceremony plans to fill the vacant 55 minutes to make sure it still goes way past midnight. ...

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