Oscar Nomination Polls Close Wednesday at 5 P.M.

Beverly Hills, CA - Voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences must return their completed Oscar nomination ballots to 
PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29.  Ballots received 
after the 5 p.m. deadline are ineligible.

Using the preferential voting system, the ballots will be tabulated under 
the direction of PricewaterhouseCoopers partners Greg Garrison and Rick Rosas.

All eligible members of the Academy may cast their vote in the Best Picture 
category, while Academy members in 12 branches will nominate achievements in 
up to 22 categories.  Films submitted in the Animated Feature and Foreign 
Language Film categories are screened and selected by special voting groups 
of Academy members.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on 
Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised 
live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST.  A half-hour 
arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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