Every year, controversy mounts over some Oscar selection. Whether it’s the lack of women director nominees, not enough racial diversity among the …
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How Do People Get Nominated For Oscars?
Brit Andrea Riseborough was a surprise best actress nominee for her turn in the little-seen movie "To Leslie," and now the Academy is investigating how that nomination was achieved. Here's a look at the murky world of Oscar lobbying, how the nomination and voting system works, and why Riseborough's nomination has led to a revival of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag.
How Oscar Nomination and Voting Works
There are thousands of Academy members who can nominate movies in their own branches — editors nominate editors and actors nominate actors. Anyone can nominate for best picture, and all members vote on the nominees to the determine the winners.
Who Influences the Oscars?
Professional lobbyists are paid millions to strategize Oscar campaigns — unsurprisingly, given that an Oscar win can deliver a huge audience for your movie. Andrea Riseborough's campaign has been more subtle, involving the use of celebrity friends.
Campaigning for an Oscar is a lot like campaigning for public office, with a weird twist: In the movie business, you’re supposed to pretend you’re chill about the whole thing — not here to win, just here for the artistic conversations and interesting people. You can’t look like you’re asking for …
THR's executive editor of awards notes that Riseborough's campaign follows in a long tradition of unabashed solicitation of votes that have often …
A surprise Oscar nomination scored by British actress Andrea Riseborough has prompted debate in Hollywood. But did the apparently grassroots campaign which championed her break any rules? Many awards watchers were stunned when Riseborough was nominated for best actress last week for her performance …
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards goes in-depth to explain how the noms have set up the Oscars telecast for success, why most of …
The big story this Oscars Season isn’t “why did Nope get snubbed when it was so good?” or “will anyone be brave enough to stand up and say that Top Gun: Maverick was a little paint-by-numbers?”, it’s actually: Was it against the Academy rules for Andrea Riseborough to actively campaign for a Best …
The Academy Awards has found itself at the centre of race row after Andrea Riseborough’s unexpected nomination for a best actress Oscar for her performance in To Leslie, seemingly at the expense of Viola Davis for The Woman King and Danielle Deadwyler for Till. Following the Oscars nominations …
The Academy is looking into the campaigns of the nominees for this year’s Oscars after scrutiny arose following Andrea Riseborough’s surprise …
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