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    AMPAS puts new limits on pre-Oscar campaigning

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Oscar is clamping down on awards campaigning.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new regulations Wednesday to curtail campaigning for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The new rules eliminate star-studded receptions for films and individual nominees after the Oscar nominations have been announced on Jan. 24, 2012.

    There are no restrictions on screenings, receptions or filmmaker panel discussions prior to the nominations announcement, but once the nominees are known, receptions will not be allowed and no individual from any film can participate in more than two panel discussions.

    Academy members and Oscar nominees are also prohibited from attending any non-screening events that promote or honor a nominated film or individual after the nominations announcement, but they'll still be allowed to attend academy-sanctioned events and those held by various guilds and critics groups.

    The run-up to the Academy Awards is typically crowded with countless parties and events aimed at courting awards voters. Earlier this year, parties for "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" each featured the casts of those films.

    The new rules also extend the organization's ban on negative campaigning to social media, and sets new penalties for violations. Members who break the rules will be subject to a one-year-suspension for their first infraction and possible expulsion for subsequent violations.

    The regulations also allow for digital distribution of films to academy members, though academy president Tom Sherak says, "above all, we want academy members to see movies as they were meant to be seen, in a theatrical setting."

    The 84th annual Academy Awards will be presented Feb. 26, 2012.

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    11 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 mths ago
      Why should there be any campaigning for an academy award. When we got awards in school we didn't campaign for them. They were given based on merit.
    • Telstar62  •  8 mths ago
      Unfortunately, this is probably the closest we'll ever come to any campaign reform.
    • rippie dave  •  8 mths ago
      so much for the talk-show junkets.
      • Don B 8 mths ago
        I always give you a thumbs up because of your astute avatar.
      • rippie dave 8 mths ago
        depending how the Republitardican primary race shapes up, i think it's time for a change. even the NYT is tired of picking on Failin Palin the Half a Gov, though it has been a golden time for political satirists and comedians! Sarah is awesome: you can't write this stuff! she deserves a sitcom...

        Palintology: it sure ain't science, and it sure ain't art!
    • ltish  •  8 mths ago
      Too bad pre-nomination campaigning can't be reined in also. Before Brad Pitt's new baseball movie has been released, we're hearing he's a shoo-in for at least nominee, and perhaps, the academy award. Shades of Natalie Portman last year.
      • mujerado 8 mths ago
        That's not campaigning. It's called reviewing. Brad Pitt himself isn't doing the talking; movie reviewers are.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 mths ago
      These people are just so full of themselves it's sickening.
    • Carolyn  •  8 mths ago
      If only they enacted this before Gweneth Paltrow and Miramax bought her Oscar.
    • Steve  •  8 mths ago
      Don't these celebrities get tired of patting themselves on the back?
    • AlaskanMalGal  •  8 mths ago
      Yes, adore us for we are gods amongst men -- oops -- people. I don't like these shows. Everything from comments on whether the women have the right designer dress on to who's jewelry they are wearing -- in this economic climate? Seriously? How insensitive and they use this as a forum for their political views - I just don't watch. I'll read in the news who won.
      • mujerado 8 mths ago
        Good. That will free up a seat for someone who does care.
      • AlaskanMalGal 8 mths ago
        It's too bad your life is so boring that THIS is important to you.
    • Josh F  •  8 mths ago
      who cares i dont watch the oscars
      • mujerado 8 mths ago
        Goody for you.
      • Keith 8 mths ago
        Then why did you bother to read and respond to the article? Idiot.
    • SHARON  •  8 mths ago
      There is something wrong when a Judge doesn't use forensic in a murder Trial
      what happened to not guilty until proven guilty man made these laws and he don't even live

      up to there own laws
    • 19MCJ50  •  8 mths ago
      It's still one big giant clique!!!! And to be in the clique you have to belong to correct party.
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