And you choose who you work for -- I mean AMPAS -- with Sid Ganis and Alan Bergman as chair and vice-chair of this ball?

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It is a return to the way the Oscars were awarded in the movies' early decades when as many as 12 films were considered in the field of finalists, then-academy President Sid Ganis said announcing the change in June.

CNN: 'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead in Oscar nods