How Kate Winslet Could Win An Oscar Attention voters for both the Oscars and the SAG awards: did you know you don’t have to vote for actors in the categories for which studios advertise them?
In plain English: you can elevate an actor from supporting to lead or send a lead down to supporting at your own discretion. This bit of news comes as SAG voters have recently reportedly received such instructions from their mothership. At the same time, I’m told that Academy voters get these guidelines when they receive their ballots. According to an Oscar insider: “It has always (at least in modern history) been the case that it is up to the individual Academy member voter to determine if a performance is lead or supporting. They are provided a list of ALL eligible performers and then they write them in under the category they wish to nominate for. There is a letter that advises them of this which accompanies the actual ballot. The studios/distributors/marketers/etc. can advertise and promote performers however they wish to, but our members are not in any way bound to follow that.” Considering we’re on the verge of tomorrow night’s Critics Choice Awards (VH-1, 8 p.m.) and the Golden
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