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Let the backlash begin.
Like some of the most polarizing best picture winners -- "Shakespeare in Love," "Crash," "No Country for Old Men" -- the rules change made Wednesday to the Academy Awards' top category is splitting Oscar voters. The growing chorus of dissenters says the new inclusion of 10 best picture nominees will diminish the award's value, encourage bloc voting for obscure titles and possibly yield a best picture that wins with less than 11% of the total votes cast.
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Jun 24th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Following the decision of the academy to expand the best picture Oscar race to 10 nominees, there were concerns that the telecast would get even longer with clips introduced and screened from the extra five contenders...
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Jun 24th, 2009 - kansascity.com
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Oscars' best picture race: 10 in 2010
Jun 24th, 2009 - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There will be 10, count 'em 10, nominees for best picture when the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards are announced February 2.
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Jun 24th, 2009 - Boston.com
LOS ANGELES—So the best-picture race will be twice as crowded at next year's Academy Awards, with the ceremony's organizers announcing Wednesday that they're expanding the field of nominees from five to 10.
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There seems to be a backlash against THE DARK KNIGHT as a Best Picture nominee. Join the discussion!(Movies)sammyrayWed, Dec 3rd, 20081 Diggs, 0 CommentsDeconstructing the Little Miss Juno Phenomenon
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tynansangerMon, Jan 28th, 20082 Diggs, 1 Comments
Everyone who watched the Oscars has at some point said ” X movie should have been nominated” before listing off the various reasons why a certain movie was underrated ( Dark Knight, Revolutionary Road, the Reader) so I think this is a good change. But some say it is just a commercial ploy : http://www.newsy.com/videos/oscars_and_then_there_were_ten
Jun 29th, 2009
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