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Libs
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WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
I would've put this in the Oscar forum but no one would read it and this seems like huge news (?) Variety wrote: Oscar expands best pic noms to 10 Ganis announces change to Academy Awards
There will be 10 best picture nominees starting with the 82nd Oscar ceremony, skedded for March 7, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
The announcement was made Wednesday morning at AMPAS headquarters in BevHills by Acad prez Sid Ganis.
Oscar noms will be unveiled Feb. 2. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800 ... id=13&cs=1How utterly bizarre...this seems like a joke. But I guess it's not if Variety printed it.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:34 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
What a joke.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:36 pm |
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Excel
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
....why?
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:36 pm |
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snack
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
like 1939, only the movies will suck.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:36 pm |
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Libs
Sbil
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
This does mean that you can probably say hello to your first Best Picture nominee from Pixar this year.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:39 pm |
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Nazgul9
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
That kinda diminishes the value of being nominated...
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:41 pm |
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snack
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Libs wrote: This does mean that you can probably say hello to your first Best Picture nominee from Pixar this year. and TDK anyways, this seems a pathetic cop out. they are so desperate for ratings that they'll open up some space for popular movies, but unwilling to cutout the likes of The Reader, Frost/Nixon, Atonement, etc.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:42 pm |
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Jonathan
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Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
Quote: 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) at a press conference in Beverly Hills.
“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same – one Best Picture winner – but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.” More: http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleas ... 90624.htmlWhoa boy.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:46 pm |
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Groaning
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
wow.
up!
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:47 pm |
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Christian
Team Kris
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
This is craziness. Just like the 30's/40's then. Of course, more chances to reconize great movies and more chances to include WTF oddball choices to ridicule
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:48 pm |
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Christian
Team Kris
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
It would also be interesting to see if any BP nominees only get 1 or 2 nominations overall since the other categories stay at 5 contenders.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:50 pm |
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2001
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Imagine had this happened last year...,
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:50 pm |
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Something like Star Trek could conceivably score a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars now. That's actually sort of mind-blowing and cool.
But, knowing AMPAS, they'll probably nominate New Moon instead.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:55 pm |
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Libs
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
Let's combine forces into one giant thread, Jon! I made one in Cinemania because I figured it wouldn't get read here.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:56 pm |
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Gulli
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
Guess the Pixar loonies will get their nom now, no way Up goes left out.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:01 pm |
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Libs
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
As I was stating in the other thread, Up is now probably a lock to be a Best Picture nominee and even Star Trek is a legitimate contender. Crazy.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:02 pm |
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roo
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
Up, Avatar Lovely Bones now up for nomination.
10 changes everything.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:02 pm |
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Gulli
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Or this will be more room for Oscar bait.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:03 pm |
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Libs
Sbil
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Variante Ascari wrote: Or this will be more room for Oscar bait. Nah...it reads to me as giving into the backlash for nominating the same kinds of movies they always do (Frost/Nixon, etc.) instead of well-received popular entertainment (The Dark Knight).
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:05 pm |
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Jonathan
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
Libs wrote: Let's combine forces into one giant thread, Jon! I made one in Cinemania because I figured it wouldn't get read here. Eh, I think enough people use the "View New Posts" option to see it. And it just fits here. Mods, merge!
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:08 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
W T F
5 was a perfectly fine number....
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:15 pm |
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Kris K
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Maybe they'll choose the right film for a change.
No more Slumdog Millionaire or Crash upsets.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:16 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
BTW, is this a joke?
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:16 pm |
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neo_wolf
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Re: Best Picture to have TEN nominees next year
Up is a lock now, and i also see foreign films getting a huge boost to get nominated now.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:16 pm |
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: WTF? Oscar expands number of Best Pic nominees to 10
Dr. Lecter wrote: BTW, is this a joke? No, it's legit. There's a press release on the Academy website. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleas ... 90624.html
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:18 pm |
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