Salon.com > Oscar snubs http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Oscars: Does Hollywood fear “Zero Dark Thirty” torture debate? http://www.salon.com/2013/01/10/oscar_noms_bigelow_affleck_tarantino_shut_out/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/10/oscar_noms_bigelow_affleck_tarantino_shut_out/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13167004 On one hand, it sure looks as if Hollywood is getting skittish about “Zero Dark Thirty” and the continuing political controversy around its portrayal of torture and links to the CIA. As expected, the film was among the nine best-picture nominees in Thursday morning’s Academy announcements. But Kathryn Bigelow was denied a best-director nomination in a category many (myself included) thought she might well win.

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