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Oscars Tweak Nominations

Posted Jun 20, 08 1:09 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – After perceived snubs in the foreign language film nominations and complaints about the way Enchanted dominated this year's original song race, both categories will undergo "formidable" overhauls, an Academy honcho tells the Hollywood Reporter. "It will ensure that that the oversight that we had this past year would not have happened," said the foreign language committee chair.

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