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Update on Oscar voting, attention Academy voters:  the deadline to register for paper balloting has been extended to December 14th. If you really don’t have access to a computer or email in 2012, this is for you. But if you don’t register for the paper ballot by tomorrow, I am told, that’s it. You will still be able to register at any time for electronic voting by email or in person at Academy theaters in Los Angles, New York, and London. And get this: the Academy is getting so modern and cool that they will have kiosks–like ATMs– in the lobby at their theatres where voters can log in and vote on the spot. I mean, how easy is that? Call the Academy office if you have questions.

Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.