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Academy to use preferential voting to pick best picture by Company Town

Get out the calculator -- Oscar voting just got more complicated. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today took the long expected step to ensure that this year's best picture winner won't be hated by 90% of its...
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Oscar telecast will jettison Thalberg, Hersholt and Honorary Oscar awards by Company Town

If you are going to expand the best picture category from five to ten movies, you've got to cut somewhere or the show will literally go on forever. Say goodbye to the Thalberg, the Hersholt and the Honorary Oscar. The...
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Oscar voting rules may be changed next by Company Town

Could 11% of the vote be enough to snag an Oscar for best picture? If the current rules apply, the answer is yes. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week doubled the number of best picture nominees...
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Because we can: A few more thoughts on Oscar's decathlon day by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business

By Steven Zeitchik Our phone's been ringing off the hook ever since the ol' AMPAS crew decided to go with the everyone's-a-winner mentality. Mostly that's been awards publicists pitching their movies as best-pic contenders -- "It...
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How the Academy decided to double the number of best picture nominees by Company Town

You can thank "Dreamgirls" director Bill Condon and producer Laurence Mark for this morning's announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science that the best picture category will feature 10 nominees as opposed to the traditional...
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10 best picture nominees could mean more 'for your consideration' ads by Company Town

In a grim year for the media business, the Academy's decision to double the number of best picture nominees might turn into economic stimulus for the publications that cover showbiz. "This could be a windfall for The Hollywood Reporter, Variety...
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Vox filmerati: Hollywood reacts to today's Oscar news by Company Town

Hollywood executives and producers respond to the news that there will be 10 best picture nominees this year, instead of the traditional five. --- Tom Bernard, president, Sony Pictures Classics: It’s great for the independent community. There are more...
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10 Best Picture nominees will mean cuts in the Oscar telecast by Company Town

Don't fret about getting ready for that close-up. Ten Best Picture nominees will likely be bad news for sound mixers, costume designers, and others in low profile categories who were dreaming of a little TV time during next year's Oscars....
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Studios surprised by latest Oscar plot twist by Company Town

Studio executives said they were caught off guard by today's announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that it will double the number of best picture nominees this year from five to 10 and are still absorbing...
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The dark side of Oscar's move to 10 by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business

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... Read More...
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Academy Awards, in bid for populism, doubles Best Picture nominations to 10 by Company Town

The Academy Awards just grew twice as crowded at the top. For the first time since 1943, 10 movies -- instead of the current five -- will be nominated for the best picture Oscar. The surprise announcement today by the...
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Now imagine what could have happened with more action clips from The Reader by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik So after a bigger song-and-dance than a Hugh Jackman number, al that fear from experts about Oscar ratings proved to be more notes than music.As THR's James Hibberd reports over at The Live Feed, the unusual presentation,... Read...
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When the last Slumdog barks by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik"God help whoever's in charge of putting them to bed," Danny Boyle said backstage after his victory, referring to the Slumdog kids.And indeed the partying, with said kids, continued until an hour well past midnight on at...
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More backstage: Winslet gets direct by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

The actress, in a teary appearance that also saw her run into a gang of reporters and hug one who's covered her since teenage days, she says she gives little shrift to those who say she plays a sympathetic Nazi."I... Read More...
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Slumdog is Coronated by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik In the least surprising best picture coda in years, "Slumdog Millionaire" is crowned -- we mean given best picture -- and by Steven Spielberg (who once called "Ben Button" an "American classic," you may...
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