New Voting System Announced for Oscar's Best Picture Category

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Monday that it will be using a new voting system. Read on for details...

The Academy will use a preferential voting system to determine which of its 10 nominees will win the award for the Best Picture category. In June, the Academy's Board of Governors announced that it was extending the Best Picture list of nominees from five to 10.

The new voting system is one that "best allows the collective judgment of all voting members to be most accurately represented," according to a statement released by the Academy.

"Instead of just marking an 'X' to indicate which one picture they believe to be the best, members will indicate their second, third and further preferences as well," Academy President Tom Sherak said of the new system. "PricewaterhouseCoopers will then be able to establish the Best Picture recipient with the strongest support of a majority of our electorate."

Nominees for The 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT -- and the awards will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC.

ABC Entertainment President: We'd Love to Have Paula Abdul on 'DWTS'

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Could Paula Abdul end up on "Dancing with the Stars"? Stephen McPherson, the president of ABC Entertainment Group, dished on Saturday about the possibility of it happening.

"I was a little stunned by the decision. We would love to have her on 'Dancing.' As a contestant, as a participant, as a judge," McPherson told reporters. "I think she's a huge talent. There's a sensitivity and emotion in her that balances out 'American Idol' and we'd love to get a piece of that."

He continues, "I have definitely reached out to her. We are friends from way back. I gave her a call to say I was sorry about the situation and we want to see her on ABC. She said, 'Great.' She was traveling and she is going to be back in town and we will sit down."

McPherson and Abdul met years ago when he was with Buena Vista and Abdul pitched him projects. As to what the former "American Idol" judge would do on "Dancing with the Stars," McPherson says, "We have no formal plans. Len Goodman travels back and forth and it is tough on him. We had to have some guest judges. I think all possibilities are open. We will look at it. It will probably depend on where her head is at."

Jess Veronicas' nipple slip: Twitpic'd

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An eagle-eyed fan caught this shot of Jess Origliasso struggling to stay inside her bra at a Veronicas concert in the US.

The pic appeared on Twitter yesterday after the Aussie sisters performed at Spiedie Fest in New York.

Of course, a little bit of a nipple slip is no big deal when you've already starred in your very own nude photo scandal!