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Oscar Voting Closes: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Directing Chances, ‘Saltburn’ Surging and More Revelations Learned From Academy Voters
Oscar voting has closed,with are a few possibles surprises including "Saltburn," "Origin" and "Barbie."
However, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie ” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” has shown considerable strength, and films such as Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” and Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” are picking up momentum. Given the genre, and the impression that as one AMPAS member told Variety, “at the end of the day, it’s just a Barbie movie,” could that prevent the past nominee for “Lady Bird” (2017) from making the cut? Industry heavy hitters such as Cher and Angelina Jolie have voiced support for Ava DuVernay’s harrowing drama, leading social media chatter to speculate that a possible “To Leslie-esque” surprise could be brewing for its star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (coincidentally, Andrea Riseborough attended a screening).
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