Women’s rights march coming to Kennett

A rally to support women’s rights will be held in Kennett that coincides with marches in Philly and D.C.

NEW YORK » Oscar nominations balloting might be finished but Hollywood’s “Me Too” moment has kept right on going.

When Academy Awards nominations are announced Tuesday morning, it might be a brief, celebratory reprieve for an industry enflamed by sexual harassment scandals and gender equality protests.

Or it might just add more fuel to the fire.

Will the motion picture academy, as it has done in 85 out of 89 years, field an all-male field of film directors? Will James Franco squeak into the best actor category after several women made allegations against him of sexual impro pria tes while filming sex scenes? Franco denied the claims on late-night shows just days before nomination voting closed last Friday.

Either of those outcomes could make the Oscar nominations — a morning often dominated by Harvey Weinstein in the past — one more fraught chapter in the ongoing “Me Too” saga that has already shaped and contorted an Oscar race unlike any before.

Here are questions in the lead-up to Tuesday:

IS THERE A FRONTRUNNER?

After winning four Golden Globe Awards, including best feature, drama, Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” may have finally taken the Oscar race position that no one wants: favorite. It has the most unblemished score card of all the contenders, including nine BAFTA nods, an ensemble nomination from the Screen Actors Guild (which hands out its awards Sunday), top award nods from the directors and producers guilds, and the often predictive Toronto Film Festival audience award.

But “Three Billboards,” which many have criticized for its portrayal of a racist police officer (played by Sam Rockwell), has proven a lightning rod — both celebrated for the timeliness