Rules change for Oscars acceptance speeches

The producers of the annual Academy Awards announced on Monday that this year's winners will be able to hand over a list of the people they wish to thank, and the names will be scrolled at the bottom of the screen. The new rule was announced at the annual Oscar nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, a star-studded affair taking place this year against a backdrop of controversy over diversity in Hollywood and talk of boycotting the Oscars ceremony on February 28. Although the issue was clearly on many people's mind at the luncheon, Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs clearly did not want it to cast a shadow over the event.

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