A Messy Oscar Scandal From “a Little Movie With a Giant Heart”

On the morning of Oscar nominations, when Andrea Riseborough’s name was announced as a nominee for lead actress, a loud gasp went through the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The nomination took many by surprise because her awards campaign for her performance in To Leslie had only begun about two weeks earlier. Many had not even heard of the small independent film, which centers on a woman with substance abuse issues who makes attempt after attempt to right her life, but a celebrity-driven grassroots campaign took the town by storm—and landed her an unexpected nomination. Now, just a few days later, a… Read Full Article