Oscar nominations

 Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is entertainment. Well, it's that time of yearagain – movie awards time. In January there were the Golden Globes, on Februaryth11  it's the BAFTAs, the British film awards and on February 25 the most famousof all awards shows, the Oscars, the more common name of the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards.
　　thThe nominations for the 79  Oscars were announced last week. The nominations –the films that have been chosen to have a chance of winning. Every year manyfilms are released but not all of them have a chance of winning an Oscar. A fewfilms in different categories are nominated or chosen and on Oscar night thewinners are revealed.
　　 Compared to the award ceremony the announcement of the nominations is a verylow-key event. Low-key. It doesn't have a lot of glamour. Listen to BBC presenterSimon Mayo and film critic Mark Kermode discussing the announcements. Listenout for this information; the announcement is being made in Los Angeles, but whattime is it there when they are made? What time are the Oscar nominationsannounced?
　　Simon and MarkThe nominations will be revealed at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Mark this always strikes me asa very strange event because it's very very early, in the morning in Los Angeles, it's a very veryimportant set of nominations and it's usually read out to a hall with about six people in itI know because what happens is obviously the nominations are broadcast around the world, andalso they only announce the key nominations, you have to get the full list handed to you. It is very very important but it is 5.30 in the morning and in the Sam Goldwyn Theatre you have a bunch ofjournalists sort of wiping the sleep out of their eyes, frantically trying to write down thenominations.
　　 Callum:  The nominations were announced very early in the morning, very very early in fact.
　　Just after 5.30 in the morning. What else is unusual about such an importantannouncement is that there are not many people there. Simon Mayo says it is readout to a hall with about six people in. There are certainly more people there thanthat, but it's not a big audience. Mark Kermode talks about a bunch of journalists,a bunch. A bunch is an informal word for a small group of people, a bunch.
　　 Listen again to Simon and Mark talking about the announcement of the Oscarnominations. Simon and MarkThe nominations will be revealed at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Mark this always strikes me asa very strange event because it's very very early, in the morning in Los Angeles, it's a very veryimportant set of nominations and it's usually read out to a hall with about six people in itI know because what happens is obviously the nominations are broadcast around the world, andalso they only announce the key nominations, you have to get the full list handed to you. It is veryvery important but it is 5.30 in the morning and in the Sam Goldwyn Theatre you have a bunch ofjournalists sort of wiping the sleep out of their eyes, frantically trying to write down thenominations.
　　Callum:  The nominations were announced very early in the morning, very very early in fact.
　　Just after 5.30 in the morning. What else is unusual about such an importantannouncement is that there are not many people there. Simon Mayo says it is readout to a hall with about six people in. There are certainly more people there thanthat, but it's not a big audience. Mark Kermode talks about a bunch of journalists,a bunch. A bunch is an informal word for a small group of people, a bunch.
　　Listen again to Simon and Mark talking about the announcement of the Oscarnominations.
　　Simon and MarkThe nominations will be revealed at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Mark this always strikes me asa very strange event because it's very very early, in the morning in Los Angeles, it's a very veryimportant set of nominations and it's usually read out to a hall with about six people