Nicolas Chartier, one of the four nominated producers of “The Hurt Locker,” will have to stay away from the Kodak Theater for Sunday’s Oscar ceremony. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that, as a penalty for violating campaign rules, Chartier would be barred from the 81st Academy Awards gala. Chartier violated Academy rules against campaigning directly to voters and disparaging the competition. But AMPAS stopped short of stripping Chartier of his candidacy as a nominee for its top award and said that, should “Locker” win, Chartier will receive the Oscar statuette — just not at the Kodak. Chartier began apologizing last week for having violated the campaign rules. The offending email, sent out Feb. 19, had urged Acad members to vote for “Locker” as he disparaged “Avatar.”

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