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Nina Metz: And the Oscar for best boi goes to …

Among the actors making publicity rounds in the run up to the Oscars on March 10 is a 7-year-old border collie named Messi, who co-stars in best picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall.” Called Snoop in the film, he traveled from France last week to attend the luncheon for Oscar nominees. Never one to let a good marketing opportunity go to waste, the Academy shared a post on social media with ...
Tom Hanks, with his dog and android, in "Finch."

Among the actors making publicity rounds in the run up to the Oscars on March 10 is a 7-year-old border collie named Messi, who co-stars in best picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall.”

Called Snoop in the film, he traveled from France last week to attend the luncheon for Oscar nominees. Never one to let a good marketing opportunity go to waste, the Academy shared a post on social media with photos and a jokey caption: “And the Oscar for bestest boi goes to Messi from ‘Anatomy of a Fall.'”

He seems to have the right kind of disposition to tolerate the noisy, sweaty, chaotic environments where Oscar campaigning is unfolding.

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