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The Artist could face Hollywood backlash in awards season
• Silent arthouse film urged to play down French origins• Campaign to make canine star Uggie eligible for awardsIt’s the saga of a star Jack Russell barking his way though prime-time TV interviews and demanding parity with humans for a best supporting actor award, intense lobbying by the influential film mogul Harvey Weinstein, and France’s biggest actor reduced to doing camel impressions on an American chatshow. The cut-throat race to ensure the French silent arthouse film The Artist makes history by sweeping the board in the Hollywood awards season enters a new phase with the Golden Globes this weekend.
published date:Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:25:33 GMT