1.   But this season NBC gave all its competitors a chance to slide up their announcement dates by moving the NBC date one week later into May.

2.   For several previous years the network selected the second Monday in May as its announcement date.

3.   A handful of other Republicans are mulling the race, but have not set announcement dates.

4.   Amiri did not say whether the three-judge panel had resolved differences of opinion that twice have resulted in postponements of announcement dates.

5.   The academy revealed the announcement date on Tuesday.