Michelle Yeoh stands by the “integrity” of her fellow Best Actress Oscar nominees.The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star addressed the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s Academy Award nomination for indie film “To Leslie” following discussions of possible voter tampering.“The Academy has always prided itself on having regulations and playing by the rules and if [cheating them] was so easy it would have done before,” Yeoh said during BBC Radio 4’s “Today” (via The Independent).
“We are always evolving on how to protect our integrity and I have great faith we will continue to do that.”Academy Award darlings Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, and Jane Fonda campaigned for Riseborough’s nomination, leading to an investigation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
While Riseborough’s nomination still stands, Academy CEO Bill Kramer announced that “social media and outreach campaigning tactics that
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