Oscar 2010: Preferential Voting System for Best Picture Winner
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert in Frank Capra’s 1934 comedy It Happened One Night (top); Ray Milland, Jane Wyman in Billy Wilder’s 1945 drama The Lost Weekend (bottom). The first and last best picture Oscar winners by way of the preferential voting system.
The winner of the 2010 best picture Oscar will be determined through the preferential voting system, which in the last six or so decades has been used to determine the Academy Award nominees in most categories.
According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ press release, the preferential voting system will be used because it "is [the] one that best allows the collective judgment of all voting members to be most accurately represented." (In theory, perhaps. [...]
by Anna Robinson | September 1, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Best Picture Category, Film Awards, It Happened One Night, The Lost Weekend
Meet the Oscars, Chicago 2009
For the first time, Chicago will host a "Meet the Oscars" exhibit, at which fans will be able to hold an actual Oscar statuette. “Meet the Oscars, Chicago” will open Friday, February 13, at The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, and will run through Sunday, February 22, the night of the 2009 Academy Awards ceremony. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
Chicago, by the way, is the only city to host a “Meet the Oscars” exhibit this year.
As per the Academy’s press release, “Meet the Oscars, Chicago” will feature "a display of Oscars in various stages of completion, as they [...]
by Andre Soares | January 14, 2009
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Tags: 2009 Oscar, Academy Awards, Clark Gable, Film Awards, It Happened One Night, Meet the Oscars
