before the show starts. Not this time — at least for Sunday's top prize, and maybe the weekend's threatening weather.
With the best-picture lineup expanded to 10 films instead of the usual five, the science-fiction spectacle and box-office behemoth "Avatar" is head-to-head with the low-budgeted, low-grossing Iraq War story " The Hurt Locker ." Each has nine nominations. Adding to the suspense is how this year's use of preferential voting for best picture — where voters rank the 10 nominees in order of preference — may affect the category's outcome.
Full Story: Predictability out of the picture at Oscars (AP)
With the best-picture lineup expanded to 10 films instead of the usual five, the science-fiction spectacle and box-office behemoth "Avatar" is head-to-head with the low-budgeted, low-grossing Iraq War story " The Hurt Locker ." Each has nine nominations. Adding to the suspense is how this year's use of preferential voting for best picture — where voters rank the 10 nominees in order of preference — may affect the category's outcome.
Full Story: Predictability out of the picture at Oscars (AP)
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