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Discussed in this issue: Andrea Riseborough, Todd Boehly, Lisa Taback, Bela Bajaria, Taylor Swift, Jeff Shell, Daniel Ek, Lauren Sanchez, James “Baby Doll” Dixon, and the return of Charlotte Kirk…

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This guy (he didn’t want his name mentioned, but he agreed I could discuss our conversation) has been an Academy member for years and always votes. And, as we know, said voting often occurs after intense campaigning by studios and streamers, including invites to hosted screenings and pleas to watch the movies—just like the ones that turned the push for the British actress Andrea Riseborough and her tiny film, To Leslie, into the subject of an Academy investigation regarding...