According to this, Academy Award nominations are going to increase from 5 per category to TEN. That means instead of watching 5 hours of Oscars, we’ll now all be watching twelve, and will have to take a vacation day the following day to recover.
Apparently this is how they did it in the days of yore, but I kind of think it’s stupid. Five is a perfectly respectable number of nominations, and frankly I don’t think we need more actors/actresses being called “Academy Award nominee so-and-so”. You realize this increases the likelihood that some joker like Ashley Judd may now have a better chance of being nominated.
Hate.
its aaaalll about the $$ dont you know?! its so they can put “oscar-Nominated” on the dvds and whatnot.
days of yore…i really like that!!
In the “days of yore” they sometimes had 10 well qualified nominees per category. Today, 5 is already pushing it. Indeed, Meganyore, it’s all about the $
The way I heard the news this morning is that that would apply to Best Picture.
They didn’t say only, they just said that. So I wonder.
Hmmm. Here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jK9TOwfDzrQ-0Up-vNDhi2XH2JiA
whats the point of having 10 when only 1 gets picked….so lame
The point would be to avoid leaving meritorious candidates off the list, as The Dark Knight, last year.