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Warner Bros. is pushing Steven Seagal for a best actor Oscar with ads in entertainment industry trade publications. That the support relates less to his acting ability than the fact he was CAA exec Mike Ovitz’s Tae Kwon Do instructor is typical of the logic behind who the studios decide to support with trade ads for Academy Award nominations. Studio execs, many of whom declined to talk on the record, maintain that their primary goal with trade ads is to remind the 5,000 Academy members of their films when it comes time for nominations.
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