Lobbying is allowed. Omg the cry babies

Viola Davis already has her Oscar. Let someone else have a chance. Viola will still make more movies and I'm sure she will be nominated again in the future.

@@jasonscott4366 I agree. It has been a norm during awards season. The most notorious about it was Weinstein.

Adding more nominees will dilute the prestigious nature of the awards

It’s ridiculous that big-time studios are allowed to spend tens of millions of dollars to campaign and lobby for Oscars on behalf of films like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water, while deserving little independent films are deemed to have committed “fraud” when actors like Jane Fonda, Kate Winslet, Sarah Paulson, Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett got NO MONEY for promoting this film and embracing a performance they personally loved on their social media platforms. If Andrea Riseborough were to be disqualified, they should also disqualify ALL FILMS that spent ANY MONEY to lobby for the Oscars. The height of hypocrisy to ensure little indie films never see the light of day..

Totally agree.

Agree

It’s not at all incidental that most of the people whining about unfair voting are the ones who haven’t even bothered to watch TO LESLIE. Sore losers.

Maybe they're getting scared that the big Hollywood studios and producers won't be needed anymore.

I mean, Greg Russell and Bruce Broughton got their Oscar nominations revoked for doing the same thing. Why should this one get a pass?

but the movie is great. did you watch it?

@@cristianacevedo178 it was FINE. You get movies like that every year in film festival. Nothing worthy.

@@maisom7385 Really??? That’s exactly what I said about Till!!! You get biopics like that every year. Fine but nothing worthy. Glad we agree.

@@DAN-lo7fz I didn’t mention Till but okay sure. One is a biopic and the other one is another white woman playing an alcoholic. The difference between these two basic movies is that people actually talk about Danielle performance throughout award season. And nobody did that for Andrea until when white celebs was paid to tweet the exact same tweets praising her during the Oscar voting. But somehow the one who was praised didn’t get the nomination. I don’t get it.

@@maisom7385 Which CELEB was paid to tweet?? Were Jane Fonda, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Sarah Paulson paid to tweet?? How much were they paid to tweet?? What is the going market rate for endorsing mediocre films?? You seem to be brewing a scandal in your head that no one else appears to be reporting. Tell us, what’s your source?? Last we heard, the only Oscar campaigns with millions of dollars in PAID ads desperately lobbying for nominations are the ones belonging to Top Gun, Avatar, EEAAO, The Fabelmans, Till and especially The Woman King. To Leslie has next to ZERO dollars in Oscar campaign money. Simply because it couldn’t afford it. Except for the passion of Jane Fonda and other fans who loved the film, had no stake in the game and nothing to personally benefit from embracing the film and its central performance on their social media. But you seem to have conspiracies brewing about how Jane Fonda and the rest of them ACTUALLY POCKETED FRAUDULENT $$$ TO promote this film. I’ll wait for your “FACTS” about all the celebs getting PAID TO TWEET in support of Andrea Riseborough.

She's INCREDIBLE in the film.

Wrong color

@@colinthomas867 right color

YES!

Those are different voters for those awards, not by fellow actors. And she got some Chicago Critics nomination.

@@etherealtb6021 Why wasn't she nominated by SAG then?

@@philipzamora4259 because SAG has 80% less voters and are new each year and are all types of voters. Oscars have actors vote on actors, etc.

Not the first time that has happened. In fact this is the 19th time.

Lack of funds to campaign/screening thus being shut out by major award giving bodies (GG, CC, SAG, BAFTA). The A-listers were perturbed that such terrific performance will get left in the cold come Oscars time. They mustered a grassroots campaign using social media and it worked shoving the 2 actresses that are presumed to get the 5th slot.

Like miramax lobbying for Gwyneth paltrow to win or miramax lobbying for Shakespeare in love to win over saving private Ryan!!!! Can't believe saving private Ryan didn't win because Harvey's Weinstein lobbying. It's always the young white it girl like Gwyneth who wins

Exactly!!!! 28,000 in the box office REALLY????? In a Hollywood world that bleeds money, this "nomination" should NOT have happened.

This is just cry babies calling racism over nothing

@@taranjene4453 Sounds like a sarcastic riposte directed at...the AMPAS.

What rules did they break exactly? Im just hearing a lot of fake outrage

@@jasonscott4366 Apparently, her team took to contacting Academy members directly in efforts to convince them to nominate her. That is the primary violation...or so I've read.

@@AvecPoesie That plus the fact that the official Instagram for the film, directly named the competition, which is strictly prohibited.

Viola Davis is not so good, she is overrated because she is a black woman (two quota for the same price, hippies from hollywood are very excited to feel having clear conscience). I'm tired of award ceremony become "policy propaganda" and not just the recognization of talent of actress, no matter the sex, the color of skin, or religion of actor/actress

@@maluekfassi9060 LMAO, be quiet hater

Have you seen To Leslie?

@@maluekfassi9060 nah she’s good

@@maluekfassi9060 You sound jealous.

Have you honestly also seen The Woman King and Till?

And push Viola out of the nomination? PLEASE.

@@vicdog4440 ive seen all 3. I am super sad Deadwyler in particular didn't get the nomination but to pin the blame on Andrea isn't fair. Quit frankly if you want to talk about performances that didn't deserve the recognition over Viola and Daniel i think you should look at De Armas and the Williams instead (Also good performances but chaotic and small respectively). All had great performances but i doubt anyone can watch To Leslie and not realize she deserved the nomination just as much as Daniel and Viola.

@@Rollinjoint I love love love Viola from her great scene stealing performance in Doubt to the Woman King. I do think she deserved a nom, but not over Andrea. Kate Winslet discribed this as the best performance she has ever seen and if you watch it i think you will see why too.

No thanks

From what I've seen so far those A-lister paising her did not say "vote for her" either only saying that her performance is the most outstanding or the standard "For Your Consideration" which is the standard Oscar campaign. I don't think the 'grassroot' campaign violate anything.

Nah, you shouldn’t say anything until you see it. I was set on Danielle but Andrea’s performance stands by itself regardless of this drama. It’s literally some of the best acting in years and obviously enough people agreed because now she has an Oscar nom. So really all we can do is wait and see.

@@SwimmerPrince I think the point I was trying to make was that there is a big gap of culture & understanding between A-list movie stars, who help make up the Academy voting body, versus the average American who isn't a cinophile, isn't allowed to vote, but is interested enough to hear about the nominations on the news. Because the campaign for Andrea was started by her A-list peers, in the bubble of Hollywood, although the performance may be worthy of the nomination, these A-listers intentionally targeted only the Academy voting body during their voting period, to try to sway enough votes. And it worked. But I'm also saying that I believe that the majority of people in the US are just now finding out about her through this Oscar drama, which I think could hurt her in the long run because the very first association people here are going to have with her name won't necessarily be her performance (because many people haven't seen it) but rather whether or not the nomination/award was given to her by a fair voting body. The whole campaign her peers are doing for her may end up not only hurting her chances of winning, but may also leave an unfavorable taste in the public's mouths for her in the future. Because even if the performance is great, sometimes the drama that happens off-screen outshines the performance.

I agree! Celebrities are considered influencers in their own right and putting a spotlight on a person can and did influence the decision to nominate her as supposed to her being nominated for her performance.

If anything this only increases her chances. People will watch this little seen film now. All this drama is ridiculous. I hated the way the director of Till reacted. Such a spoil sport. It reminds me of Bill Eichner saying go watch Bros if you're not a homophobe after the film flopped. Maybe people just didn't want to watch Billy Eichner.

Again, it shouldn't be about 'long overdue'. That's another thing that makes the awards themselves ridiculous.

elitism! lol

She is just spectacular in it! I want Michelle Yeoh to win, but if it's not her, I want Andrea to win this year!

I think they should cancel the Oscars completely. It's endless.....Maybe she didn't deserve to be nominated. Look at Leo DiCaprio. He got snubbed so many times but he didn't cry about it. Your supposed to love your acting career and shouldn't be about the awards. geezz

Whiners will always be whiners. For ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS that Jane Fonda, Charlize Theron, Sarah Paulson, Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet have in this town, of ALL their friends with contending performances this year they could praise, people assume the ONLY reason why they were embracing Andrea Riseborough was because they know her personally or have some illegitimate gains from doing it. You REALLY think Jane Fonda, at this point in her life and career, cares about endorsing a film she personally despises or has never seen??? Please. These endorsements, in my opinion, are INFINITELY more genuine and authentic than the millions of dollars Top Gun, Avatar and The Woman King spent in Oscar campaign $$$$ to buy Oscars. At least TO LESLIE spent $0 or next to nothing to promote the show.

Very well said!!!

There is no Black nominees? What gives?

They won't cancel the nomination. The blowback would be too severe.

(1) Ana de Armas is not white. (2) How many nominations for WOC are minimally required for people not to cry RACISM?? (3) Did you even watch TO LESLIE to deduce that Andrea Riseborough does NOT deserve her nomination and it’s entirely fraudulent how she got nominated?? (4) If Andrea’s campaign is fraudulent, you imply that Jane Fonda, Kate Winslet, Sarah Paulson, Charlize Theron and even Cate Blanchett herself (who openly praised Andrea’s performance) are ALL FRAUDS, and possibly racists. (5) if Andrea’s campaign is fraudulent, what about all the studios spending tens of millions of dollars lobbying for Oscars on behalf of Top Gun, Avatar, The Fabelmans and The Woman King??? So it’s acceptable for Yeoh, Williams, Davis, Blanchett and Deadwyler to have paid ad after paid ad after paid ad after paid ad targeting Oscar voters but it’s unacceptable for Jane Fonda and Gwyneth Paltrow to promote TO LESLIE for NO MONEY??? Hypocrites.

Anna de Armas is not white. Now who's racist?

And no I don't think Viola deserved a nomination for that problematic historical revisionist movie. I'd bump Michelle for Deadwyler though.

Pearl was mindblowing. One of the most incredible performances BY FAR.

Simple - one anonymous vote takes place (zero campaigns and lobbying) and whoever rises to the top, wins. These are run like presidential campaigns and the studios are just mad that the actors themselves took some of the control away from them.

Too late. Most of the nominated films were products of Oscar campaigns that cost tens of millions of dollars. TO LESLIE was probably one of few films that DID NOT have any Oscar campaign $$$ because it simply couldn’t afford it!!! And yet, it’s the one that people are attacking the most!!! Hypocrites!!!

@@DAN-lo7fz I could not have said it better. The entire Hollywood system is based on deals behind closed doors, expensive PR campaigns, exploitation and other unsavory exchanges.

@@lizabetx483 Exactly. And these studios who spent millions of Oscar campaign dollars to buy Oscar nominations have the GALL and shamelessness to protest the one nominee that spent $0 campaigning simply because it couldn’t AFFORD to have a campaign!!! Exactly how many FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ads did To Leslie pay for??? ZERO.

It’s 2023 nothing is based off merit anymore

Mia Goth should have been nominated for BOTH Pearl and X

You are hilarious. It’s ok to spend tens of millions of dollars to promote Top Gun, Avatar and The Woman King but not ok to spend $0 to promote To Leslie??? Please. I say ALL POWER to the little films triumphing over the big studio bullies now trying their best to silence this little film and this little powerhouse of a performance.

Welll said!! Why did these Celebrity fans of performance come out and lobby a week before the vote instead of when her movie premiered? The motives speak for themselves. Plus, how can we ignore the FACT that some A-list promoters of To Leslie NEVER even saw it but still posted?!?! Come on!

@@biancalama4781 Because they loved the film and they want to ensure more voters watch it and vote for it at the Oscars!!!! How is that different from the studios of Till, The Fabelmans or The Woman King spending hundreds and thousands of dollars in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ads to lobby their actresses for Oscar nominations ???? The only difference is, that Andrea Riseborough had NO Oscar For Your Consideration ads because the studio simply couldn’t afford it!!!

@@biancalama4781 The motives speak for themselves indeed. Even Cate Blanchett was promoting Andrea Riseborough. I wonder how much Jane Fonda, Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett charge for endorsing films they despise.

@@DAN-lo7fz It's the Academy rules not mine. They waited until the Oscar campaign season was dying down to do a last minute push by directly contacting voting members. It was a desperation move. Perhaps the Academy should change their rules to give smaller films a better chance but as it stands they used questionable tactics. They brought this negative attention on themselves.

Incidentally, Cate Blanchett also had a part in praising the work of Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie. It’s shameful anyone should think this constitutes FRAUD. Is it a crime now for actors to praise performances and films that they DID NOT get paid to promote?? While studios spending tens of millions of dollars campaigning for Oscars are considered “LEGITIMATE”.

Oh please, Ruben Ostlund also missed out those award shows as Best Director and yet there he was in the Best Director Oscar nomination

@@BryanCostner plam d’or is enough for him to qualify (Cannes is one of the most prestige film festival )

@@Martinmarshallmargella Really? Huh okay then, still Ostlund was pretty much in not many people's prediction for Best Director anyway

Your comment makes zero sense

@@Lommy9999 K.

There’s nothing weird about it 😂 are you are a newbie in Oscar race history? Because Life Is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Parasite, Roma and Amour -all nominated for both category.

Parasite won both😊

I’m pretty sure Parasite won both

true, it's also a pure business award now. Oscars usually drive more people to the cinemas, to watch these movies, so it's all about money.

many black actresses have won oscars before. oh cry me a river. michelle yeoh is the first asian actress to be nominated for best actress EVER, and you dont see us asians whine about andrea being included. what next? make another hashtag saying oscar so white??

@@ianw0ng how many have won for best actress? And Michelle Yeoh being the first Asian actress to receive a nomination should be a big deal and it is! And Who is us Asians? Because I’ve seen people of all races talk about this issue including asians and so what if people make another hashtag to denounce racism in Hollywood? If you don’t want to be a part of it then mind your business!

@@ozoz3444 see past the race. not everything is racist for pete's sake. just because your favourite black actresses dont get nominated this year doesnt mean andrea does not deserve her spot. also, if you want to advance a just cause, pick something more important than an award for movies. 'oscar so white' boycott was the dumbest cause ever, spearheaded by a very priviledged selfserving succubus.

Does that determine if a performance is great or not? You people are not very intelligent.

There was no snub for Dolly De Leon. She was always on the bubble for getting a nomination and you know it.

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Also Woman King is highly problematic and that should not be overlooked, regardless of Viola's performance.

She wasn’t nominated at all during the awards season. No golden globes, baftas, film critics and SAG.

@@Whitneypyant Well yeah so what? It's not like it never happened before. Back in 2009, *Maggie Gyllenhaal* was nominated for best supporting actress in the movie "Crazy Heart". It was her sole nomination that year from all major award shows. She didn't get nomination from the Golden Globes, Cannes Film Festival, BAFTA, SAG, Critics' Choice Awards, Satellite Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, NY Film Critics Circle, and LA Film Critics Association. The only other nomination Gyllenhaal received that year was from the much smaller Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Association which, of course, was not on the same level as the Oscar or Cannes. Yet you didn't hear people getting outraged and questioning her nomination that year. Why different treatment with *Andrea Riseborough* then? Similar to Gyllenhaal, Riseborough's other nominations were from less popular Chicago Film Critics Association and Independent Spirit Awards. So it's not like she didn't get nominated _at all_ in _other_ award shows and film/critics associations. Esp. since many people who have watched *"To Leslie"* thought that Riseborough was _phenomenal_ in it and totally deserving her nomination, so why the outrage? What's the issue here? I totally don't get it.

Amen Race card race race card race card. Yawn. That shite is so tired