Andrea Riseborough Controversy Shares Similarities With 2004 FYC Ad Where Shohreh Aghdashloo Wasn’t Disqualified From Oscars - Variety

There may be hope for Andrea Riseboroughto keep her Oscar nomination for “ To Leslie,” considering a similar case that didn’t disqualify another surprise nominee from the past, Shohreh Aghdashloo.

However, on Feb. 20, 2004, four days before the final Oscar voting deadline, a print ad in an issue of Daily Variety centered on Shohreh Aghdashloo’s powerful turn in “House of Sand and Fog” (2003).

Jeffrey Katzenberg, then head of DreamWorks, and Terry Press, the studio’s marketing chief, both issued apologies following the scrutiny, with the former telling the Los Angeles Times, “we made a very bad and ill-advised mistake.”

It quoted Richard Roeper’s top 10 films of 2022 that mention Cate Blanchett’s performance in “Tár,” which violates rule no.

If Riseborough’s campaign did violate Academy rules, the organization could rescind the nomination, which has only occurred nine times in Oscar history, but never for an acting performance.

According to sources, the Academy Board of Governors was already set to meet this Tuesday and will include Riseborough’s nomination as part of the agenda.