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Ten — 10!! — best picture nominations
Writing with the terseness of bad news we wish we never heard, Variety reports this:
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.
Of course, the tradition is five best picture nominees, but we think even that tidy figure is, in many years, too high. Ten nominees comically dilutes the value of a nomination by advancing a group-hug inclusiveness. Many of us at year’s end grapple with filling out our Top 10 lists, so expect some pretty iffy noms in the newly expanded pool. We smell the rank stink of marketing minds.
Thinking about this, what do you think are early contenders for best picture noms next year, especially with 10 titles allowed? Off the top of my itty-bitty head, I’m thinking “Up” (which I have yet to see), “The Hurt Locker” (the best film I’ve seen in ‘09), possibly “Star Trek” and surely “The Hangover” (we jest).
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