New Academy Award Rules

[BuffaloKyle]

Academy Sets New Oscars Rules for 2025: You Need to Watch All Nominated Films to Vote in a Category

VARIETY.COM

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Oscars have announced its key dates, rules for the casting award, a shortlist for cinematography and AI guidelines.

In a key procedural shift, Academy members are now required to view all nominated films within a category to be eligible to vote in the final round. While it’s surprising this wasn’t already a formal requirement, questions remain about how the Academy plans to verify compliance and enforce the rule.

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I can't believe that this wasn't already a rule either. How can you vote for something as the best in a category without having seen all the nominees.

Edited April 24, 2025 by BuffaloKyle

[samhexum]

Posted April 10 

 

 Oscars to Add Best Stunts Category, Starting With 2028 Ceremony

TVLINE.COM

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Stunt performers are finally getting their day in the sun: The Oscars are adding a category for best stunts...

I think the best stunt would be to stay awake throughout the whole Oscar telecast.

[samhexum]

Oscars Shake-Up: Awards Ceremony To Move To YouTube In 2029 - TVLine

WWW.TVLINE.COM

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After many years on ABC, the Oscars will move exclusively to YouTube in 2029 — get details on the shake-up.

you mean I'll have to not watch it on a different platform?

[+ Lucky]

@samhexum did you know that copyrighted images are not allowed per forum guidelines? Snoopy is under copyright until 2045. You might want to check the others as I know you wouldn't want to violate the guidelines, or worse, get in trouble with SONY.

[samhexum]

12 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Snoopy is under copyright until 2045. You might want to check the others as I know you wouldn't want to violate the guidelines, or worse, get in trouble with SONY.

tell @sync.  I copied it after he posted it a long time ago (in a galaxy not at all far away) in a reply to somebody.

[+ Lucky]

So if Sync breaks into a store, it is okay for you too also?

[samhexum]

1 hour ago, Lucky said:

So if Sync breaks into a store, it is okay for you too also?

with that punim, anything @sync does is okay with me.

Edited December 22, 2025 by samhexum
to maintain the incredibly high standards he has established here

[+ sync]

5 hours ago, Lucky said:

@samhexum did you know that copyrighted images are not allowed per forum guidelines? Snoopy is under copyright until 2045. You might want to check the others as I know you wouldn't want to violate the guidelines, or worse, get in trouble with SONY.

Very enlightening, I will be curtailing my use of images going forward.

[jeezifonly]

The Academy Awards are solely for product marketing purposes, not indicating excellence of craft. DVD's used to be sent, possibly never watched. Now that every possible MPAA voter can be tracked for what they watched (scanned codes at screenings and entered codes on home viewing app) it's possible to sort exactly who's voting for what, but not why.

Contracts between producers and the actors/creatives include very specific terms on additional post-release income adjustments (bonuses) for a)nomination and b)winning - all before a single frame is shot. Actors, directors, etc. campaign to voting members (some at their own cost) for "consideration" in the hope it adds to their payday - from both the nominated project and future offers. And the producers always benefit from the "Academy Award Nominated / / Winning" label thereafter. 

We watch because we're told it's a guide to what's good. When awards and truly excellent work overlap, it's mostly coincidence, and popularity of the nominee within the eligible voters for each category. 

Reality: It's mostly about the red carpet dresses on TV.