Oscar for Best Picture to now have 10 contenders
Washington, June 25: The Oscar for the Best Picture, the most-sought after honour in Hollywood, will have 10 contenders from next year instead of the short list of five so far, a media report said Thursday.
The Los Angeles Times called it “the new Academy Awards era” as it reported Wednesday’s “out-of-the-blue” announcement that the Best Picture category at the Oscars will double in size to 10 films.