Hurt Locker producer banned from Oscars

Academy slaps down Nicolas Chartier for his anti-Avatar campaign

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Nicolas Chartier, one of the producers of The Hurt Locker, which many expect to take best picture at the Oscars on Sunday night, has been banned from attending the Academy Awards ceremony.

As The First Post's Christopher Goodwin explained on Monday, the Academy had to move swiftly after Chartier admitted canvassing Academy members. In a mass email-out he urged them to vote for The Hurt Locker and "not a $500 million film" - a none-too-subtle reference to Avatar, his film's main rival for the best picture Oscar.

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Rachel Helyer-Donaldson writes for The Week.co.uk about film and the arts. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, the Irish Independent, and the New Zealand Herald.