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Oscars 2027: Actors Can Now Get Multiple Nominations in Same Category

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved new rules for the 99th Oscars in 2027, including a major change to acting categories. Performers can now receive multiple nominations in the same category if their performances rank among the top five vote-getters. This change aligns acting categories with other Oscar ballots and aims to reduce strategic "category fraud" in campaigning. The previous rule, dating back to 1945 after Barry Fitzgerald's dual nomination, limited actors to one nomination per category.

Key Points: Oscars 2027: Multiple Acting Nominations Allowed

  • Academy approves new rules for 99th Oscars in 2027
  • Actors can now receive multiple nominations in same category
  • Change aligns acting categories with other Oscar ballots
  • Historic rule dates back to 1945 Barry Fitzgerald case
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Oscars changes its rules, actors to get multiple nominations in same category

The Academy approves new rules for the 99th Oscars, allowing actors multiple nominations in the same category, ending historic vote-splitting rules.

"The change has the potential to neutralize some of the presumed 'category fraud' - Variety"

Los Angeles, May 2

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is setting up a new framework for the subsequent editions of the Awards ceremonies.

The Academy has approved a substantive slate of new and updated rules for the 99th Oscars, set for 2027, showing its evolving standards around eligibility, authorship and global inclusion, reports 'Variety'.

Headlining the updates is a notable shift in the acting categories. Performers may now receive multiple nominations in the same category if their performances rank among the top five vote-getters, a move that finally aligns the acting races with the rest of the ballot. The change has the potential to neutralize some of the presumed "category fraud", at least for actors with two performances in play in the same year, in which a campaign team strategically pushes one turn into supporting to dodge a vote split.

As per 'Variety', one of the most notable examples was Kate Winslet's 2008 run, when she campaigned in lead for 'Revolutionary Road' and supporting for 'The Reader', winning Golden Globes in both. By the time Oscar nominations were announced, 'The Reader' had been elevated to lead, and 'Revolutionary Road' was shut out. She would eventually win Best Actress.

Under the previous rules in place until now, if a performer landed in the top five with two performances in the same category, the higher-vote-getter would be declared the nominee, and the other would be removed. There's a fair assumption that both of Winslet's performances were in the top five of her given year.

The acting rule mechanism dates to the earliest days of the Academy Awards. The last notable acting rule change came at the 17th Academy Awards in 1945, when Barry Fitzgerald became the only performer in Oscar history to receive nominations for both lead and supporting actor for the same role, Father Fitzgibbon in 'Going My Way'. The Academy soon after limited each performance to a single nomination.

- IANS

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Sarah B
This is a great move by the Academy. The old rule always seemed arbitrary—if an actor delivers two Oscar-worthy performances in a year, why should only one get recognized? Kate Winslet's 2008 case was a perfect example of the system failing.
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Priya S
Honestly, I have mixed feelings. While it's nice to see progress, this might dilute the prestige of a nomination. If one actor hogs multiple slots, it could squeeze out deserving performers from getting their moment in the spotlight. 🤔
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Vikram M
As an Indian cinephile, I find this interesting. Our industry often has actors like Amitabh Bachchan or Irrfan Khan delivering multiple powerful performances in one year, but the awards here rarely acknowledge it properly. Maybe we'll see Indian actors getting double nominations at the Oscars soon? 🇮🇳
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Michael C
About time! The "category fraud" that the article mentions has been a problem for years. Now actors won't have to play the strategic game of shifting from lead to supporting just to avoid vote splitting. It's a cleaner system.
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Rohit P
Wait, does this mean we could see someone like Leonardo DiCaprio nominated twice for the same award in a single year? That would be wild! But I wonder if this will lead to more campaigning by big studios to push multiple roles for their top actors. Just another way for the rich to get richer? 😅

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