U.s. Magazine Launches Doris Day Oscar Campaign

_A U.S. tabloid has launched a new campaign to land Doris Day_ an Oscar before she dies.

The Globe has often reported the reclusive 88-year-old movie star is unwell and close to death, and editors are now urging readers to help them lobby Oscars bosses to give the actress an honorary _A_cademy _A_ward while she's still alive to accept it in person.

Launching the initiative this week (ends01Feb13), Globe editors write, "_A_s the 88-year-old Hollywood icon faces her brave last days, Globe is kicking off a national campaign to get her the _A_cademy _A_ward she so richly deserves, but has been so cruelly denied for decades.

"Her closest brush with the movie academy's golden boy came with a Best _A_ctress nomination for her 1959 romantic comedy Pillow Talk, co-starring Rock Hudson. However, French actress Simone Signoret trotted off with the statuette for Room at the Top."