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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

FINAL OSCAR® BALLOTS MAILED TODAY



Final ballots for the 78th Academy Awards were mailed today to the 5,798 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m., Tuesday, 28 February. Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted. Once the auditing firm has tabulated the votes, the winners' names are placed in sealed envelopes to be opened on Oscar Night® Sunday, 5 March.

Listed on the ballots are nominees in 19 Oscar® categories. Separate ballots for five award categories (foreign language film, short and feature-length documentaries and animated and live-action short films) will be distributed after verification of mandatory member attendance at screenings.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements for 2005 will be presented on 5 March 2006, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m., PST. A one-hour red carpet show beginning at 4 p.m., PST, featuring arrivals, will precede the main event.

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