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"James Cameron has dismissed the controversy surrounding the Oscar campaign for The Hurt Locker. Earlier this week, it emerged that the movie&amp;#039;s producer Nicholas Chartier has been banned from attending the Academy Awards after sending emails promoting The Hurt Locker and urging members not to vote for a &amp;quot;$500m film&amp;quot;, which was taken to mean Cameron&amp;#039;s Avatar. However, speaking to Access Hollywood, Cameron claimed that the furore was about a &amp;quot;dumb mistake&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I really couldn&amp;#039;t care less about that,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#039;t reflect at all on [director] Kathryn [Bigelow]&amp;#039;s integrity or [screenwriter] Mark Boal&amp;#039;s integrity because their producer has made a dumb mistake.&amp;quot; Cameron recently admitted that he expects The Hurt Locker to win &amp;#039;Best Picture&amp;#039; at the Oscars. The 2010 Academy Awards will be held tonight at Hollywood&amp;#039;s Kodak Theatre. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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