The Hackademy Awards Trump the Oscars.
The Academy Awards might be just a couple of days away but they’ve already been trumped by the Hackademy Awards. Created by the anti-smoking group Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails, the ‘Hackademy Awards’ outs movies that make smoking look glamorous with a ‘Thumbs Down’ award and movies that portray smoking as uncool with a ‘Thumbs Up’ award.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which had more than 100 incidents of cigarette smoking throughout the movie, won the Thumbs Down award, as did actor Robert Downey, Jr. (Tropic Thunder) and Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) for their smoking characters.
Thumbs Up awards went to the movie What Happens in Vegas which was apparently smoke free, as well as Will Smith (Hancock) and Nicole Kidman (Australia) for their non-smoking characters.
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