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The Slumdog Millionaire team at the 81st Academy Awards. The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009, at 5:38 p.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and the actor Forest Whitaker. [12]
The nominations for this Academy Award are determined by a ballot of the voting members of the Editing Branch of the academy; there were 220 members of the Editing Branch in 2012. [4] The members may vote for up to five of the eligible films in the order of their preference; the five films with the largest vote totals are selected as nominees. [3]
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. [1] [2] They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [3]
Here’s what to know about who chooses Oscar nominees and winners, and the Oscars voting process. ... Since 2009, the Academy has used ranked-choice voting system, or a preferential ballot, to ...
If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title.. Competitive Academy Awards are separated from non-competitive Awards; as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the number of competitive wins.
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California.
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(1969) with 9 nominations; Most Oscar wins without a nomination for Best Picture. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) with 5 wins; Fewest awards and nominations for a Best Picture winner. Grand Hotel (1932) received only the Best Picture nomination; Most nominations without a major nomination (Picture, Director, Acting and Screenplay)