{"id":3517,"date":"2014-01-08T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2014-01-08T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T15:30:35","slug":"oscar-ballots-are-due-as-contenders-keep-the-campaigns-hot-and-voters-try-to-keep-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2014\/01\/oscar-ballots-are-due-as-contenders-keep-the-campaigns-hot-and-voters-try-to-keep-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Ballots Are Due  As Contenders Keep The Campaigns Hot And Voters Try To Keep Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3520\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\" alt=\"oscar logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar-logo-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar-logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As the deadline looms for the close of Oscar nomination polls , today at 5pm, a large number of potential voters are still not even close to seeing the key movies, whether in theaters or making a dent in that pile of screeners at home. A more limited voting pool could lead to a surprising outcome, and this year it seems there are many members struggling to check out all the contenders. Last year then-Academy President Hawk Koch boasted on the day of nominations that with the help of the (then-controversial) new online voting system, turnout was the largest in recent Academy history. Hoping not to fall off the pace, new President Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been sending recorded messages urging voters who haven\u2019t marked their ballots yet to get them in before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The campaigning for votes is well underway.\u00a0Millions spent on advertising. Whispering campaigns. Favors called in, articles solicited, letters written &#8211;\u00a0It\u2019s all part of the race to win Academy Awards, which in Hollywood is a sport as bloody as bullfighting and as precise as fencing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3522 alignnone\" alt=\"oscar1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar1-300x184.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar1-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3523\" alt=\"oscar2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar2-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/oscar2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On January 16th, tune into ABC&#8217;s Good Morning America for the live \u00a02014 Oscar Nominations. The\u00a02014 \u00a086th Oscars will be \u00a0hosted by Ellen DeGeneres \u00a0and will be presented on Sunday, March 2nd at 7e|4p only on ABC!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a first look at \u00a0this year&#8217;s Oscar Trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oscars\u00ae Trailer: Ellen DeGeneres\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DisioPE86AY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the deadline looms for the close of Oscar nomination polls , today at 5pm, a large number of potential voters are still not even close to seeing the key movies, whether in theaters or making a dent in that pile of screeners at home. 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