During a Tuesday board meeting, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that some rules for the 87th Oscar awards will be changed. These changes don’t seem to be anything major, but just some small clarifications when it comes to nominee submissions and eligibility.


One change put a limit on how many actors can be submitted from a film. Each eligible movie can have up to 10 actors and 10 actresses submitted by the studio according to The Wrap. There are not many films that would have more than 10 actors or actresses that they feel should be nominated. Hopefully with that being said, this new rule shouldn’t anger too many actors and their agents. The number of producers in the Best Picture category has also been changed. If there is a team of two producers they will now count as one if the team meets certain qualifications says Variety.

Other categories that went under rule changes were the Animated and Documentary Features. Also, if a band is nominated for Best Original Song they can use their band name instead of each individual band member’s. Along with these there were other small changes made but none that will distinctly change the award ceremony.

The 87th Academy Awards will be televised by ABC on February 22, 2015. The event will be live at the Dolby Theatre.