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Current Affairs and General Knowledge Test 12
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Which of the following statements is/are true about the forthcoming Academy (Oscar) Awards according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
I. Will Smith and Reese Witherspoon will co-host the awards ceremony?
II. This will be the 82nd Academy Awards
III. The Academy Awards will have ten nominations for the Best Picture Award
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II and III only
💡 Explanation:
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards. The inaugural Oscar ceremony in 1929 was co-hosted by Douglas Fairbanks and William DeMille, then president and vice-president of the film academy. In the biggest change in decades, the academy doubled the number of best-picture nominees from five to 10.