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Someone seems to have informed Academy president Janet Yang that she probably shouldn’t be posting a lengthy endorsement of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ star Michelle Yeoh just as Oscar voting was starting this weekend. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
January 16, 2023

Someone seems to have informed Academy president Janet Yang that she probably shouldn’t be posting a lengthy endorsement of Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh just as Oscar voting was starting this weekend. Influential plugs like that are considered a no-no for Academy leaders, especially its president, and especially during the height of a heated Oscar campaign. Yang lauded her “four decades of love” for Yeoh, adding “it’s sobering why it took so long” for the awards recognition; she also posted a video of a Netflix campaign event for Pinocchio filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, but at least that was at an Academy venue.