Oscar noms will be delayed
From the Associated Press
Academy Award nominees are usually revealed on a Tuesday about four weeks before the big show, which is typically held the last Sunday in February. For 2009, though, the targeted Tuesday -- Jan. 20 -- is Inauguration Day.
So the 81st annual Oscar nominees will be revealed Thursday, Jan. 22, and the Academy Awards will be presented Sunday, Feb. 22 -- the earliest Oscars ever.
“It didn’t make any sense for us to try to compete with [the inauguration] from a news point of view,” academy Executive Administrator Ric Robertson said Monday.
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