BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday to make another change to the nomination phase of the Best Picture competition. Anywhere from five to 10 films will now be nominated, and that number won’t be announced until January when the rest of the nominations are revealed. The change [...]
June 16, 2011 | Published in
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After augmenting their rules for last year’s ceremony allowing 10 movies to be nominated for the prestigious Best Picture Oscar instead of five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has decided to continue tweaking who they’re willing to bestow their little golden statuette upon. Variety has confirmed that the Academy, after some urging [...]
Martin Scorsese has been selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 17. DeMille, one of the fathers of film and a preeminent Hollywood director, is most famous for co-founding the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, [...]
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced at a news conference that its board of governors has made the decision to expand the number of films to be nominated for Best Picture from five to 10. Ganis explained that the decision will allow the many other worthy films the chance to [...]
June 24, 2009 | Published in
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