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Stones "Cast" as Oscar Controversy Heats Up
Who is keeping a much-deserved category out of the annual gold-grab, and why? The Casting Society of America, whose efforts have long been overlooked by the Academy Awards, has launched an e-mail campaign urging AMPAS to add a category to the annual kudoscast. "I've been fighting for it for over 30 years," CSA president Mike Fenton (who has cast such films as Godfather II and E.T.) tells the New York Daily News. Alas, the way the Academy sees it, directors theoretically have "final say" on who fills what roles. As such, the Directors Guild is wont to squash the CSA's bid. "It's a very sensitive issue," helmer Taylor Hackford tells the News. "[Talk of a casting category] will cause dissension in the ranks."
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Mar 6, 2007 10:14 AM
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Simmah down, skoobeedont.... 
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Mar 6, 2007 11:05 AM
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So another lame award to sit through.
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Mar 6, 2007 11:06 AM
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 First, thanks scoobeedont for the link. That article made the exact points I was thinking. The director has control of everything else too, yet those pursuits are catagorized,and the directors would never see most of the actors they end up seeing without the casting director bringing them in. Second. If I have to sit through catagories like documentaries, animated shorts and foreign films that no real people see, I can handle casting director as a new one.
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Mar 7, 2007 6:44 AM
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I say let them have a category. I mean, the director oversees the editing and the music too, and those directly involved in those processes get awards. So why not casting?
*pulls out soapbox*
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Mar 7, 2007 7:34 AM
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