娱乐英语新闻:Oscar ballots mailed to nearly 6,000 academy members

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The nomination ballots for 84th Annual Academy Awards were mailed Tuesday to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the academy announced.

The voters have until Jan. 13 to return the ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the firm tasked with preparing the ballots, verifying and tabulating the results.

Each ballot was numbered to make sure that every voting member gets his opportunity.

The academy will announce its nominations live on Jan. 24.

The Oscar ceremony, hosted by Billy Crystal, is scheduled for Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.