OSCAR: Best Picture Change Makes Sense

Tuesday night?s vote by the Board of Governors�made another major change in the Best�Picture Oscar race. But this time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has found a good way to inject suspense and�freshness back into the race without moving the ceremony earlier (at least yet). By requiring a minimum of 5% of�first-place votes in order to receive a Best Pic nod, the Academy is going to�keep us guessing right up to the�announcement of the nominees. That rightfully puts the emphasis on the�quality, rather than quantity, of the contenders. Depending on how those first-place votes turn out, we once again can have a year with only 5 nominees or, like the past 2 years, with 10 nominees or any number inbetween. The latter is the most�likely scenario as the Academy in their press release points out that, in their study of the years 2001 to 2008, there were ?years that would have yielded 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 nominees?. Although there were many supporters in the Academy for the�move in the 2009 and 2010 Best Picture�competition to expand to 10 nominees from the�locked number of 5 that had been in place since 1944, there seemed to be just�as many detractors who thought the larger number of candidates devalued the�worth of a nomination. It was done�largely because popular critical successes like The Dark Knight were passed�over.� With the new rule of 10 nominees, such popular box office ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/oscar-best-picture-change-makes-sense/

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