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Asked to cut around 45 minutes from this year’s broadcast, the Academy’s awards committee settled on shifting eight awards from the live show—and has faced weeks of blowback as a result.

After announcing that eight awards will not be presented live at this year’s Oscars, the film academy once again faces blistering criticism from both within and outside the organization.

"This move renders the 'invisible art' of editing even less visible," the guild says in a statement

Not surprisingly, some Hollywood guilds reacted negatively today to a move by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to present some Oscars prior to the telecast in an effort to streamline the three-hour awards show.