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The dark side of Oscar's move to 10
riskybusinessblog.com - 6/24/2009
The dark side of Oscar's move to 10
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By Steven Zeitchik We love the idea that the Oscars are "returning" to a 10-film best pic race -- the last time it happened was in the middle of World War II, so not exactly something most of us remember...
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 To Go With 10 Nominees for Best Picture Instead of Five
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/24/2009
Oscars To Go With 10 Nominees for Best Picture Instead of Five
— mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com — Oscars to go with 10 nominees for best picture, not five. Oscars To Go With 10 Nominees for Best Picture Instead ...

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OSCARS EXPAND BEST PIC TO 10 NOMINEES
filmdrunk.uproxx.com - 6/24/2009
OSCARS EXPAND BEST PIC TO 10 NOMINEES
— filmdrunk.uproxx.com — (”I wish this had chocolate in it.”) At a press conference this morning in Beverly Hills, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science president Sid Ganis (pronounced “gay anus”) announced that the Best Picture category ... OSCARS EXPAND BEST PIC TO 10 NOMINEES

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Oscars Return to 10 Best Picture Nominees. Today in Film Bloggery 06/24/09
SpoutBlog — ... History of Violence, Ratatouille, United 93… All of them would have likely been best picture nominees.  But then, so would have Flags of Our Fathers, Blood Diamond, and The Last Samurai… and it wouldn’t have stopped the Crash‘s and Reader‘s from being there. Steven Zeitchik at Risky Biz Blog thinks the change may have come too late: Perhaps the biggest irony in all this ...

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Coosa Creek Cinema — ... The 2010 Oscars will have ten nominees for Best Picture.  Steven Zeitchik claims there’s a downside.  Who’d have guessed? ...

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