Actors Expected To Hit Awards Circuit In Force As SAG-AFTRA & Studios Reach Deal To End Strike
deadline.comWith SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP having reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, it appears that the long-stalled beginning of Oscar campaign season for the many actors, forbidden from participating in any form of promotion for movies distributed and made by struck studios and streamers, finally can join the party.
Until now, the FYC campaigns largely have been fronted by directors, craftspeople and, more recently with the end of the WGA strike, writers.
For many voters, however, it is the lure of the stars that fills seats at FYC screening events and gets tune-in to the late-night talk shows and other promotional outlets so often used during the season to bring attention to a contender.
Since the July start of the strike, stars of presumed top-tier contenders from Bradley Cooper to Cillian Murphy to Annette Bening to Margot Robbie to Leonardo DiCaprio have been AWOL on the circuit, absent from the all-important fall festivals and unable to promote anywhere including for film openings, even to the ridiculous SAG Halloween costume ban.
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