Academy Rejigs Best Picture Rules

Some are welcoming this week’s move by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a sign of flexibility, progressiveness. Others, like FishbowlLA, are yawning as if it were hour three of the annual Oscars telecast.

After a careful analysis of the first place votes received in recent years by nominated Best Pictures, the Academy has decided that rather than hold to a fixed number of five or ten category nominees, it will allow its members to determine the exact 2011 tally.

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