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Oscars Doubling Best Picture Nominees to 10

Big news from The Academy - Getting a Best Picture Nomination just got easier.
The fifty Oscar statuettes to be presented at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony are on display at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' "Meet the Oscars" exhibition located on the fourth level of the Hollywood & Highland Center through Saturday,
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By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer,  Jun 24, 2009

The Academy Awards are doubling the number of best-picture nominees from five to 10.

Academy President Sid Ganis said at a news conference that the academy's board of governors made the decision to expand the slate. Ganis said the decision will open the field up to more worthy films for the top prize at Hollywood's biggest party.

The change takes effect with next year' Oscars on March 7.

The move is a return to Oscar traditions of the 1930s and '40s, when 10 nominees were common.

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