Susan Sarandon: Oscar Campaigns Out of Control

Publish date: 2024-01-20

Susan Sarandon thinks that Oscar campaigns have grown unwieldy and turned the Academy Awards into a case of haves and have nots.

“We need campaign finance reform,” Sarandon said at a Variety panel at the Cannes Film Festival. “The campaigns are so enormous … it’s as long as a presidential campaign.”

“People have to be available for months and someone has to pay for that,” she added.

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