Academy Poised to Enact New Rules Limiting Oscar Parties (Exclusive)
Is currently being drafted by an AMPAS committee, still must be approved by the Academy's board of governors, which next meets Aug. 2. But the plan will almost certainly include new restrictions on the number and kind of events that can be thrown, and insiders expect new regulations to be adopted."There will be a tightening of the rules, no question," an Academy insider tells THR has reported, many industry observers raised eyebrows this past season over the increasingly blatant Oscar campaigning that masqueraded as great parties. "Out of control" is how one awards consultant puts it.
In January, Sony Pictures threw a spare-no-expenses bash at Spago, ostensibly to celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Social Network parties, too, like the one Arianna Huffington threw in February with Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hooper, Oliver Stone, Maria Bello and Jane Lynch . "If you're an Oscar voter, you can pretty much go to a party or reception or some kind of event every night from December until the voting ends," one insider says.
A popular trend this past season was the "third party endorser" party, where a well-liked Hollywood figure would host a reception honoring a close friend whose movie just happened to be in contention for awards. Julia Roberts , for example, hosted a well-timed screening and reception for Biutiful on behalf of her buddy Javier Bardem -- who later landed an Oscar nomination for best actor.
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It is not yet clear how strict the new regulations will be. The Academy already outlaws certain gifts, as well as lavish events specifically hosted for voters. But bash-throwers have long skirted the party rules by inviting journalists and other industry insiders to events, and by associating the soirees with guilds or other third parties. The goal this year, says a source close to the discussions, is to limit the number and kind of functions thrown in connection with a specific film (not including screenings), to lessen the impression that voters are being constantly lobbied.
"The complaints from members were up this year," says a source in the Academy. "It was looking like vote-buying, and nobody wants that.
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"There will be a tightening of the rules, no question," an Academy insider tells THR after a season of "out-of-control" campaigning. In response to an Oscar season featuring a significant uptick in campaign parties and schmooze-fests, the Academy of
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Nikki Finke's Deadline website has had its Academy Awards credentials revoked after publishing a number of spoilers about the Oscar show, including the entire lineup of the telecast, complete with the names of the presenters and the order of awards and production numbers.
Finke posted the lineup Friday morning with the notation that the show "looks to be yet another snorefest from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences." The report, which misspelled the names of Oscar show writers Jon Macks and David Wild among other errors, caused Academy communications director Leslie Unger to pull the pressroom credentials of Deadline reporter Mike Fleming, who had flown from New York to Los Angeles for the show.
"Deadline was banned from covering the Oscars precisely for covering the Oscars," wrote Finke in an outraged post on Saturday morning. She later added that "a few" of her spoilers were published "with the permission and encouragement … of Oscar bigwigs who were hoping to spike more viewership for Sunday's show."
When contacted by TheWrap, Unger said the Academy had no comment on Finke's complaints.
Finke traditionally live-blogs (or, as she says, "live-snarks") during the Oscars, almost always in a severely negative tone. She does not attend the show, and in the past did not employ a reporter whose credentials could be revoked.
The Academy's action came on the heels of an equally outraged column from Movie City News columnist David Poland, who has long been famously critical of the woman he refers to as "Crazy Nikki."
Calling her actions "trying to spoil the show for everyone else … while live-blogging like a bitchy teen who never got asked to the prom," he also took aim at the Academy for not striking back. "It's time for people in this town to grow some balls and respond to Ms. Finke like the half-pint playground bully she is," he wrote.
On Saturday, Poland responded to the pulling of Fleming's credentials by saying "thank God the Academy did this" and calling it "a normal Academy response to bad behavior by someone to whom they are giving access." He also questioned the complicity of Academy officials who, he charged, had been leaking information to Finke.
In the past, a number of press outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, have had credentials pulled because of coverage of the show that revealed spoilers.
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