Winston Duke and Natalie Portman also won prizes from animal rights organization
Bradley Cooper wasn’t nominated for Best Director at the Oscars, but he just won an “Oscat” from PETA for Best Director for casting his dog, Charlie, in “A Star is Born.”
The animal rights organization’s Animals in Film and Television Division announced its winners of the Oscats on Tuesday, a list of the movies and stars who promoted kindness to animals through positive actions, storylines and CGI in 2018.
Cooper previously won an award from PETA called the “Compassion in Film Award” in October for the same thing. PETA additionally recognized “Black Panther” star Winston Duke, “Vox Lux’s” Natalie Portman and the films “Annihilation,” “Tully,” “Love, Simon” and “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” among others.
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Duke won Best Actor for playing the vegetarian tribe leader M’Baku in “Black Panther,” and the film also won The Cat’s Meow award for its CGI panthers and rhinos.
