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Academy Alters Best Original Song Rules TooBy Katey Rich: 2009-06-26 17:11:44
It's not as earth-shaking as the decision to have 10 Best Picture nominees next year, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a few more changes that will affect next year's telecast. For one, the honorary awards-- Thalberg, humanitarian and other honoraries-- will be handed out at a separate ceremony, which means you will no longer have to see some random famous person stand up and give a five-mintue acceptance speech just after the Best Costume Design winner is shuffled offstage after 45 seconds. Good choice.The second change is a bit more complicated, and affects how the Best Original Song awards will be handed out. According to Variety, which got their hands on the Academy press release, the award will no longer be handed out unless a song gets the minimum average score of 8.25, as selected on a scale of 1 to 10 by voters. If only one song passes the 8.25 threshhold, it and the next-highest scored song will be nominated. The category is still capped at 5 nominees. You may remember a big kerfuffle during last year's nominations when Bruce Springsteen's exquisite title song from The Wrestler failed to snag any nominations. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem this new rule will help in cases like that-- "The Wrestler" didn't get a high enough score to sneak past the Slumdog songs, and may not have in this case either. I guess this only helps in instances where no one really likes any of the songs, which apparently is a widespread problem-- why else would they fix it? I am willing to concede that I am reading this all wrong though. Any brilliant Oscar minds care to chime in?
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