The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only to vote on the final ballot, but also to nominate. During the annual Academy Awards ceremony, Best Picture is reserved as the final award presented and, since 1951, is collected at the podium by the film's producers. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it is the final result of the collaborative producing, directing, acting, and writing efforts put forth for a film. The Grand Staircase columns at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception 80 years ago. On June 24, 2009 it was announced that the Best Picture nominees would be raised from 5 selected films to 10 selected nominees for the award, starting with the 2010 Academy Award Ceremony.

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Oscars to double best picture nominations The Globe and Mail
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Oscars to double best picture nominations In this Jan 22 2009 file photo actor Forest Whitaker left and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announce the Best Picture nomination for the 81st Academy

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Race for best picture Oscar remains wide open with `Dreamgirls shut out of top category beverly hills calif AP The dream of the top Academy Award is gone for the musical Dreamgirls It got eight Oscar nominations Tuesday but not best picture leaving the main prize

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Born June 10 1895 Wichita KS Died October 26 1952 Woodland Hills CA

Clayton Dillard: OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS 2010
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Clayton Dillard

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Best picture. Avatar Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, The Education, An Hangover, The Inglourious Basterds Precious Serious Man, A Star Trek Up in the Air best director kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar ...

2009 Progie Nominations for Best Progressive Films & Artits | The ...
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The JACC annually presents the Progies to the year's . Best. Progressive studio features, indies, documentaries and artists. The Progies are the un-Oscar , the people's alternative . Academy Awards. , honoring movies and talents of conscience and consciousness. ... the trumbo: The Progie . Award for BEST. progressive . PICTURE. is named after Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, a member of the Hollywood Ten, who was imprisoned for his beliefs and refusing to inform. ...

The Oscarologist's Picks for Who Will Earn Oscar Nominations ...
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As you read through, bear in mind that nominations for individual craft . awards. -- acting, directing, writing, film editing, etc. -- are made by members of that branch of the . Academy. . Only for . Best Picture. do all members vote. ...

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... year for "The Proposal" -- and earned a SAG award as a member of the best ensemble for the 2005 drama "Crash," which also won the best picture Oscar. ...

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He's then asked the name of the film winning the Academy Award for Best Picture when the teacher was 15. "Lawrence of Arabia," Kim says, without hesitation. ...

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While there's no direct relationship between the Golden Tomatoes and the Academy Awards , Atchity says "Up" and "The Hurt Locker" are both likely to earn ...

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The film that will win the 2008 Academy Award for Best Picture is...?
Q. I think it will go to Benjamin Button. Slumdog will be the runner up. The Dark Knight will not win, trust me. What film do you think will get the Oscar for Best Picture next month?
Asked by JimCarrey728 - Fri Jan 2 16:33:37 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think Benjamin Button should probably win. However, they have been going with smaller movies most of the recent years so Slumdog Millionaire will probably win. Slumdog Millionaire seems to have that "buzz," and those movies usually end up winning in recent years whether anyone saw them or not.
Answered by Answers - Fri Jan 2 16:42:55 2009

what movie won the academy award for best picture in award 1939?
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Asked by yolanda j - Thu Apr 24 14:52:32 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Gone With The Wind won all major categories except Best Actor.
Answered by Joe C - Thu Apr 24 15:04:01 2008

Which film won the best picture in the 79th Annual Academy Award (Oscar Award) 2007 conferred in Feb. 2007?
Q. Which film won the best picture in the 79th Annual Academy Award (Oscar Award) 2007 conferred in Feb. 2007? (i) The Departed (ii)The Queen (iii)The Dream Girls (iv)The Last King of Scotland
Asked by Deepa J - Thu Jan 17 07:35:19 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The Departed
Answered by GabbyGirl1127 - Thu Jan 17 07:42:24 2008