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  • Nicolas Chartier’s Oscar acceptance speech

    I stumbled across this at YouTube this morning and thought I’d share.  “The Hurt Locker” producer, as you know, was locked out of the Kodak by the Academy, punishment for EmailGate.  He attended a private viewing party for the film last night with friends and someone was shrewd enough to take a video, so if you’re interested, here are his sentiments and his list of thank yous:

  • OSCAR TALK: Ep. 24 — It’s all done but the cryin’.

    Oscar TalkWelcome to Oscar Talk, a weekly kudocast between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood.

    This is it. The final installment of Oscar Talk before the 82nd annual Academy Awards go down Sunday evening. Anne and I have our final say this week on the following:

    • We dig through the 24 categories one more time offering our perspectives and respective predictions. The toughest calls are in the cinematography, sound and original screenplay fields, though Best Actress, Best Art Direction and Best Film Editing stir some healthy debate.

    • With 600 ballots having been turned in Tuesday, one can only wonder about the effect of EmailGate (Anne spoke with Nicolas Chartier earlier in the week) and the pending lawsuit against Mark Boal.

    • Speaking of Boal, we debate the idea of whether his script is an adaptation or not, bringing the situation with Jane Campion and “Bright Star” make for comparison.

    • And finally, because I can’t help myself, I bring it back around to Best Original Screenplay one more time, because it’s so damn difficult to decide.

    Have a listen to this week’s podcast below. And as always, you can subscribe to Oscar Talk via iTunes here.

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  • 3/3 Oscarweb Round-up

    (from left) Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock at the 15th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards• Claude Brodesser-Akner reports that a Sacha Baron Cohen Oscarcast sketch has been nixed to spare James Cameron’s feelings.  It was a dumb idea anyway. [Vulture]

    • Steven Zeitchik on what I’ve been saying until I’m blue in the face: Meryl Streep’s silence has done her no favors during phase two, while Team Bullock continues to steamroll. [The Envelope]

    • Steve Pond tells us what happens to the ballots now that the deadline has come and gone. [The Odds]

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  • ‘Hurt Locker’ producer locked out of the Kodak

    (from left) Niolas Chartier and Kathryn Bigelow at the 2009 Gotham AwardsI’ll just let the press release speak for itself, in part:

    Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that, should “The Hurt Locker” be announced as the recipient of the Best Picture award at Sunday’s ceremonies, only three of the picture’s producers will be present for the celebration. The fourth of the film’s credited producers, Nicolas Chartier, has been denied attendance at the 82nd Academy Awards® as a penalty for violating Academy campaigning standards.

    Chartier had recently disseminated an email to certain Academy voters and other film industry figures in which he solicited votes for his own picture and disparaged one of the other contending films. Academy rules prohibit “casting a negative or derogatory light on a competing film.” The executive committee of the Academy’s Producers Branch, at a special session late Monday, ruled that the ethical lapse merited the revocation of Chartier’s invitation to the Awards.

    The group stopped short of recommending that the Academy governors rescind Chartier’s nomination. If “The Hurt Locker” were to be selected as Best Picture, Chartier would receive his Oscar® statuette at some point subsequent to the March 7 ceremonies.