MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has set the dates for the 2013 announcement of Oscar nominations and also the award ceremony.
 
While the nomination announcement will take place on 15 January, a week earlier than that of the gone by years , the awards will take place on 24 February as usual being the fourth Sunday of February.
 
This will push the as-yet-unannounced voting deadlines to earlier dates as well, and is perhaps part of a longer term plan to push up the actual ceremony.
 
The move also means that there will be an extra week between the nominations and the ceremony.