Best Supporting Actress. It's a category that's notorious for being a wild card race and now one of its nominees has become just that -- a wild card.
Melissa Leo, who has all but swept the awards season thus far (including victories at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Critics Choice Awards) for her work in "The Fighter," has quite possibly gone from front-runner to question mark with a self-promoted campaign.
Late last week, Leo released two Hollywood trade ads on her own (sources say "The Fighter's" distributors Paramount and Relativity had no idea about the move), one in which she wears a black, sequined gown, in the other a large, white faux-fur coat. Both ads simply read, "Consider..."
Deadline asked the 50-year-old star why she opted to go rogue so close to Oscar night. Leo explained to the website about her decision, "I took matters into my own hands.
Melissa Leo, who has all but swept the awards season thus far (including victories at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Critics Choice Awards) for her work in "The Fighter," has quite possibly gone from front-runner to question mark with a self-promoted campaign.
Late last week, Leo released two Hollywood trade ads on her own (sources say "The Fighter's" distributors Paramount and Relativity had no idea about the move), one in which she wears a black, sequined gown, in the other a large, white faux-fur coat. Both ads simply read, "Consider..."
Deadline asked the 50-year-old star why she opted to go rogue so close to Oscar night. Leo explained to the website about her decision, "I took matters into my own hands.
- 2/8/2011
- by Aly Semigran
- MTV Movies Blog
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