Asactorscontinue tostrugglein negotiations with the entertainment companies, its probably worth noting a point that doesnt get advertised much.

Disclaimer: There is no link between leverage at the bargaining table and Oscar votes.

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The numbers dont lie.

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Thats a whopping loss of status.

That category fell 30.3 percent in eight years, to 154 from 221.

An explosion in computer-made fantasy effects couldnt help but take a bite out of real, live performers.

A worldwide obsession with relatively inexpensive, digitally drivendocumentarieswould naturally claim space from the dramatic arts.

So the actors count for less than they used to.

And that doesnt seem to have made the movies more appealing.