Why 'The Hurt Locker' is Hurtin'
Nicole LaPorte of The Daily Beast has a nice rundown of how “Hurt Locker” went from being a considered a shoe-in for “Best Picture” at the Oscars, to the mean, red-headed stepchild of the Academy.
It all started last week when the film’s financier Nicolas Chartier sent a series of inappropriate emails to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members, bashing Avatar. Things immediately went downhill from there.
Chartier’s emails — which were first reported by Los Angeles Times Oscar blogger Pete Hammond, and which are a violation of Academy rules — was just the first scandal for Hurt Locker, which until now, was enjoying a near-perfect run.
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