Pop Culture News: Oscar Speech Changes

According to Rueters, there will be some changes to the Academy Awards acceptance speeches this year. Winners are being asked to save their thank-yous for a back-stage camera. The organizers are requesting the winner take this opportunity to "share your passion on what the Oscar means to you.

So, will they become pedantic and overwrought? Can they be any worse than a laundry list of agents and producers we've never heard of? Or are the true personalities of some of these people going to shine? Can we look forward to more Sally Field, Roberto Benigni and Jack Palance-style acceptance speeches? (I hope so!) Greatest fear? That this becomes a sounding board for every cause and political leaning of every uninformed celebrity who thinks their fame means their opinions are sacrosanct.