The Hindu : Campaign and be expelled

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Friday, Jul 04, 2003

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Campaign and be expelled

LOS ANGELES: Academy Awards voters could be kicked out under new rules intended to tone down aggressive Oscar campaigning. The new penalty — expulsion or suspension from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — is aimed mainly at studio executives and staff who oversee efforts to position their films for Oscar contention. But it also could apply to nominees themselves, including actors, directors and writers. The academy issued the tougher rules on Wednesday to curtail increasingly combative campaigning as studios blanket the industry with ads, DVD and videotape copies of films and special screenings. (Models of Oscar statuettes are shown in picture)

— AP

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