Andrea Riseborough Will Retain Oscar Nomination, but Social Media Offenders Will be Addressed by Film Academy - Variety

Andrea Riseborough ’s Oscar nomination for independent drama “ To Leslie ” will not be rescinded, but the use of social media in a grassroots campaign supporting her did not sit well with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

After the film academy announced it would be “conducting a review of campaign procedures” in the wake of Riseborough’s shock best actress nomination, the body’s board of governors deliberated at a previously scheduled meeting on Tuesday.

The Academy strives to create an environment where votes are based solely on the artistic and technical merits of the eligible films and achievements,” he concluded.

Since the Oscar nominations announcement, industry professionals and reporters have been discussing whether the awards campaign for the British actor violated any of the Academy’s strict rules and guidelines.

But publicists and Riseborough’s supporters mounted a low-cost Oscar campaign, leading to rumors that the group may have exercised “aggressive” tactics to target the 1,302 members of the Actors Branch.

Among the most prominent potential campaigning violations was a since-deleted Instagram post from the “To Leslie” account that quoted an excerpt from Richard Roeper’s top 10 films of the year, which referenced Riseborough’s fellow best actress nominee Cate Blanchett (“Tár”).