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oscar-watch.ew.com - 10/12/2009

Should there be 5 Best Animated Film nominees?

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A few days ago, the intrepid Pete Hammond reported on his Notes on A Season blog that there will be at least 16 eligible movies for this season’s Best Animated Film Oscar, which means (according to Academy bylaws) that there may now be five nominees in that category as opposed to the usual ...

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/8/2009

Best animated feature Oscar race may increase number of nominees

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — It may not be just best picture increasing the number of its nominees this year. There's a... good chance the best animated feature category could jump from three to five nominees for the first time since 2002, the only year... (more) Best animated feature Oscar race may increase number of ...

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awardsdaily.com - 10/11/2009

Best Feature Animation expands to 5 nominees?

— awardsdaily.com — Back in May , we wondered if there would be enough animated movies this year to justify... the Academy widening the number of nominees from 5 to 10. We assembled a list 16 titles — apparently the magic number needed to trigger the expansion. Over ... (more) Best Feature Animation expands to 5 nominees?

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Which Five Animated Films Do You Think Will Be Nominated for an Oscar?
RopeofSilicon.com — ... One thing I found interesting was Entertainment Weekly's Dave Karger asking his readers, "Are animated films so much tougher to make that they should have such a greater shot at scoring an Oscar nod?" I guess he forgot that both Norbit and Click are both Oscar nominees thanks to the "Best Makeup" category. Therefore my answer to Karger is HELL YES! And it's not about animated films being tougher to make as much as it is about whether they are deserving or not. ...

10/13 Oscarweb Round-up
In Contention — ... • Dave Karger addresses a concern that one of our readers jumped on earlier: Os the success rate of animated films in a five-nominee category justified? [Oscar Watch] ...