From what we've seen in the recent past the eventual snubees can come from a film that doesn't end up performing as well as we thought it would overall (Hanks) or are the likely sole nomination for their film (Swinton, Cotillard) or someone that simply can't compete with Meryl Streep and her 281 previous nominations (Thompson). (awardswatch.com)
MPs have sole nomination rights for leadership candidates and those candidates will need a higher level of support than at present 20 % of MPs (bbc.co.uk)
For all the deserved talk about the dearth of meaningful roles for women in Hollywood, horror has actually done its part to correct that imbalance, earning accolades for actresses starting with The Bad Seed and Psycho and continuing with 1976's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, whose sole nominations were for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) and Best Supporting Actress (Piper Laurie). (rollingstone.com)