Michelle Yeoh breaks Oscar rule and mentions Cate Blanchett in Instagram post

Michelle Yeoh is nominated for an Oscar for her leading role in the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. However, on Tuesday (07 March) the actress broke one of the Oscar nominee rules.

While the Academy members were still being elected, Yeoh shared in several excerpts a “Vogue article on her Instagram page. This article mentioned, among others, co-nominated actress Cate Blanchett. “Critics would say Blanchett’s performance is better […,] but it should be emphasized that she has already won two Oscars […]. Meanwhile, an Oscar would be life-changing for Yeoh: her name would forever be accompanied by the phrase “Oscar Winner,” and it should land her better acting roles after years of Hollywood underappreciation.” The post has since been deleted by Yeoh.

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In doing so, Yeoh broke Oscar rule number 11 (“References to other nominees”), since both Yeoh and Cate Blanchett are nominated. The rule clearly states that “any tactic that singles out comrades-in-arms by name or title is expressly forbidden.”

This isn’t the first time Blanchett has been mentioned in a rule-breaking Instagram post. It was only in January of this year that the official Instagram account of the Oscar-nominated film To Leslie mentioned the actress. This post has also since been deleted. While the incident didn’t have serious repercussions, Oscars Chief Executive Officer Bill Kramer wrote in a letter to Academy members that such tactics were “a cause for concern.” The cause “To Leslie” is also explosive because the leading actress Andrea Riseborough, who was nominated for it, may have had her nomination due to an illegal campaign – stars like Gwyneth Paltrow drummed for Riseborough so that she would be nominated. Academy members are not allowed to do this.

Despite these uncertainties, Yeoh is already an Oscar favorite, with everything pointing towards a neck-and-neck race with Blanchett. Yeoh could make history on Sunday with a win for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, which is nominated for 11 Oscars. This would make her the second woman of color and the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for best female lead.

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