The Dish: Beasts' burden

The cast of unknowns in the critical and audience fave "Beasts of the Southern Wild" have been ruled ineligible for the SAG Awards because the film was not made under the SAG Low-Budget Feature Agreement, which mandates the use of professionals. The ruling could prove a stumbling block to the film's Academy Awards chances, as the SAGs and Oscars often mirror one another. But somehow we think we'll be seeing young Quvenzhané Wallis come Oscar time.

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