Umm, we hate to use the loathsome phrase, game changer, but uhh, game changer? Way to devalue your brand, guys.
The Academy Awards have decided, perhaps in a big shakeup move to get audiences reinvested in the show, that there will now be TEN nominees for Best Picture starting next year when the annual 82nd Oscar ceremony hits next year on March 7, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The nominations will hit on Feb. 2. Is this because Academy prez, Sid Ganis is stepping down and now they’re getting all crazy with the free-form ideas? It’s certainly a change of pace, but god, what a turn for the worse.
Look we understand times are tight, every one’s lowering their standards to get noticed, posting “discuss this!”non-stories for traffic bait and there’s a general whoring-yourself-out at every turn, but isn’t this just a tad fucking drastic? World is going to hell in a hand basket, people. It’s not about quality anymore, it’s about quantity. No word if the other categories will increase their number of nominations yet. Pardon us, while we weep for Oscar’s past. At least any “Dark Knight’s” going forward have a shot at Best Picture, hell, maybe even “Wolverine” does now! [Variety]