Not Everyone is in Favor of Oscar Change

The Academy Awards announced on Wednesday that next year's edition will feature 10 nominees for the Best Picture award rather than 5, as it has been for the past few decades. But now, dissenters have come out to say that they don't approve of this change.

The Los Angeles Times reports that some members of the academy say that the increased number of nominees will diminish the value of the award and possibly yield a Best Picture win with less than 11 percent of the vote.

Robert Solo told the Times: "It just eviscerates the whole value of the award."

Judd Bernard, another member, said: "I do hope that this does not mean that just because a picture makes nine zillion dollars, it will automatically be an academy picture."

But Hawk Koch, a vice president of the academy and member of its board of governors, told the Times: "There will still only be one winner, but we have to change with the times."

He added that at the next board meeting, the academy will be discussing whether to amend the voting procedure.

The academy is expected to make an announcement about the show on Monday.