Originally brought to my attention by the ladies over at cineboobs.

From the article:

“As an Oscar blogger, I strive to not just regurgitate studio press releases and publicist-implanted narratives, but rather to take my readers with me behind-the-scenes of the awards race and provide them with the unvarnished truth about the films and people who are at its center.

Today, I want to set the record straight about one of them, Melissa Leo. Leo, 50, is the veteran character actress whose electric performance in “The Fighter” as Alice Ward — the irrepressible mother/manager of boxers Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) and Micky Ward (Mark Whalberg) — recently earned her best supporting actress honors at the Critics Choice Movie Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and led to her second Oscar nomination in three years. She is also my friend.

Last week, as Oscar ballots were mailed out to Academy members, Melissa took out an ad in the Hollywood trade papers that featured a glossy image of herself — as opposed to herself underneath the clothes, hair, and makeup of her character, which rendered her almost unrecognizable — alongside the word “Consider.” For this, she was the subject of a lengthy post on a prominent blog that implied that this was the behavior of a self-important diva and likened it to some of the most tasteless “for your consideration” ads in Oscar history….”

(Please go read the rest of the article, I really do believe that this needs to be said.)