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Oscars is going electronic. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that a new online voting system will be used for the first time in its 85-year history for the Oscars that will be handed out in February 2013. In the past,Oscar ballots have been mailed around the world to Academy membersdirectors,actors,screenwriters,and producersand the results have been tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Industry watchers said the move to electronic voting could be difficult for some academy members,who have a reputation for being older and conservative. The online voting announcement followed the Academy giving the go-ahead last year to make copies of films available to members through online streaming,rather than on traditional DVDs.
Clint Eastwood starrer Trouble with the Curve,in which he plays a stubborn,baseball scout,was just a low-key fall movie till a month ago. After the Oscar-winners headline-making empty chair speech at the Republican National Convention in August,the film could be set for a box office home run. Eastwood,82,handed the directing reigns to someone else for the first time in 20 years for Trouble with the Curve. He plays a baseball scout with failing eyesight who has a fractured relationship with his strong-willed attorney daughter,played by Amy Adams.Not directing his own film was actually quite relaxing, according to Eastwood,who said that during downtime on set,he worked on his putting and played golf with actor and singer Justin Timberlake.
