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This, from AP:
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This, from Salon.com:
A producer of the war story "The Hurt Locker" will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards because of e-mails he sent urging academy members to vote for his movie. But he will receive an Oscar if his film wins best picture.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the action Tuesday against producer Nicolas Chartier, who violated Oscar rules that prohibit mailings promoting a film by disparaging another.
Chartier sent e-mails seeking support for "The Hurt Locker," "not a "$500 million film"—an obvious reference to best-picture contender "Avatar." Chartier apologized in a subsequent e-mail.
While Chartier cannot attend Sunday's ceremony, he would receive his Oscar later if "The Hurt Locker" wins.
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This, from Salon.com:
A bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war plans to sue the makers of "The Hurt Locker," claiming the film's lead character is based on him and that they cheated him out of "financial participation in the film."
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger says he plans to file the multimillion-dollar lawsuit in Detroit federal court on behalf of Master Sgt. Jeffry Sarver. He planned a news conference for later Wednesday.
Sarver claims the film's screenwriter, Mark Boal, was embedded in Sarver's unit and that the information he gathered was used in the film. The film is nominated for nine Academy Awards, including best original screenplay.
The movie's U.S. distributor, Summit Entertainment, says it "distributed the film based on a fictional screenplay" and hopes "for a quick resolution to the claims made by Master Sgt. Sarver."