Sentences with phrase «academy voters from»

Whether all four could make it a full sweep remains to be seen; Academy voters from its 17 branches will decide on the 24 categories Feb. 20 — 27.

Not exact matches

A former publicist, DuVernay never shied away from the issue, tweeting to her 600,000 - plus followers that «shame is a helluva motivator» after the Academy tweaked its membership rules to bring in more minority voters.

In recent years, the statuette has gone home with lesser - seen movies, often from off the mainstream radar — offbeat or «prestige» titles that captured the imagination of Academy voters if not the American public — to the near - total exclusion of big budget Hollywood blockbusters.

The theme of a reluctant gentile trying to save Jews from Hitler's minions should be appealing to Academy voters, who named Schindler's List the Best Picture of 1993, but may induce Holocaust fatigue in some viewers.

Like the Lopezes and Pasek and Paul, Common is a known quantity among academy voters: The Chicago rapper took the original song prize three years ago with «Glory,» his and John Legend's tune from Ava DuVernay's «Selma.»

From Emily Blunt in «The Devil Wears Prada» to Robin Williams in «Mrs. Doubtfire,» we've rounded up the most underappreciated actors doing what Academy voters seem to fear: making us laugh.

Star Denzel Washington and writer - director Dan Gilroy joined me onstage at the DGA Theater in front of a packed crowd of Academy and key guild voters for a conversation about where Washington's unique character came from — a socially backward activist who really has never left the spirit... Read

In the past, certain actors racked up nomination after nomination simply off of goodwill from the Television Academy even though the average voter had never seen their show.

Though it didn't make the final cut for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars (probably because the source material was a little too lighthearted for those misery - loving Academy voters), «The Intouchables» is one of the most crowd - pleasing movies that I've seen all year, boasting an infectious charm that had me grinning from ear to ear.

Especially since Keaton, whose career - achievement advantages should make him the favorite, has been looking weak, losing other acting prizes to Redmayne, whose chances get a boost from the growing European constituency among Academy voters.

The Academy frequently likes its Britpics chirpy and digestible, and «Made in Dagenham» (already retitled from its original, less awards - friendly moniker «We Want Sex») boasts five words very dear to voters» hearts: «Based on a True Story.»

Erin Brockovich is about as funny, smart, interesting and inspiring movie as any this year and one can only hope Academy voters don't suffer from the short attention span that they are known for come nomination time.

If not: «The Light That Never Fails» from Meru Lowdown: Going out on a limb here that the Academy music branch can't say no to the great track from The Weeknd just like they couldn't as Grammy award voters.

It's a no - brainer to see why 20 Feet From Stardom struck a resounding feel - good chord with Academy Award voters.

And while The Shape of Water has been recognized by film journalists and critics, it has also attracted big attention by industry voters, including nominations from the Screen Actors Guild, the Director's Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America and the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs).

With Jessica Chastain on hand, fresh off her back - to - back Oscar nominations, I could see this drawing massive appeal to Academy voters, fans of the fiery - haired thespian, and film critics from a wide variety of publications (who've been her biggest supporters, let's face it).

They are formulated using a combination of personal impressions (from advance screenings), publicly available information (release dates, genres, talent rosters and teasers / trailers often offer valuable clues), historical considerations (how other films with similar pedigrees have resonated), precursor awards (some groups have historically correlated with the Academy more than others) and consultations with industry insiders (including fellow members of the press, awards strategists, filmmakers and voters).

However, I should explain that my prediction is led less by any conviction that the milquetoast Academy voters will get the thrilling formal invention and conversational artistry of «The Class» — and believe me, if they do, you'll hear my cheers from across the Atlantic — than by an instinctive suspicion that they will not get the avant - garde visual stylings and bleak anti-narrative of presumed frontrunner «Waltz With Bashir.»

Academy voters have been in the habit in recent years of giving gold statues to documentaries about musicians, with «Searching for Sugar Man» and «20 Feet From Stardom» winning back - to - back Oscars in 2013 and 2014 before «Citizenfour» broke the streak this year.

Wonder Woman, the massively successful superhero film, also got a nod from the Producers Guild, a keen sign that it might get some true recognition from Academy voters in categories beyond technical achievement.

is not necessarily the stuff for awards, with more than a few Academy voters likely recoiling from the extremity of Aronofsky's work.

The 90 - odd members of the Globes - bestowing HFPA have always tended to vary from the choices of the considerably larger pool of Academy voters, whose ranks have swelled to nearly 7,500 this year with the addition of 1,457 new members, many of them women and people of colour.

From old rich and white Academy voters to movie - loving seven - year - olds at home, everyone gets a kick out of bloopers.

That's because the studios wait until the Holiday Season to release their best films in theaters, given how Academy voters tend to forget pictures and performances from earlier in the year.

Aside from reminding Academy voters that they have yet to give Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar and maybe they should get on that, the recently released trailer for The Revenant promised a visually stunning historical adventure from both a director — Alejandro González Iñárritu — and a cinematographer — Emmanuel Lubezki — at the...

The Canadian actress has won fervent critical acclaim for her chameleonic performance as a group of wildly different clones, as well as smaller prizes such as the Critics» Choice Television Award, but has yet to earn recognition from the famously habit - prone voters of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Rush is a dud of a film that really stomps on whatever faith was left in Ron Howard's filmmaking virtues, but Brühl is reason enough to see it, and his nominations from SAG and BAFTA, whose memberships significantly overlap with those of the Academy of Motional Picture Arts and Sciences, prove that voters are.

Lesley Manville, haunting as the neurotic friend in Mike Leigh's Another Year, could have been nominated in either actress category but was omitted from both, a probable case of underexposure with the Academy's Californian voters.

Since the Critics Choice miss one title from their nominations that the Academy voters pick, like Philomena or The Blind Side or American Sniper — you have to wonder what films are missing from the Critics Choice and whether that will be the case this year.

Voters from the Academy's Documentary Branch viewed this year's 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.

Though the N.B.R. Awards Gala tends to diverge from the Oscars when it comes to winners, perhaps Gerwig will be making a similar speech on a much bigger stage just a couple months from now — provided Academy voters love Lady Bird as much as every industry gala does.

Beyond that, Tom Wilkinson is the obvious stand - out from the supporting men of «Belle «-- a sympathetic yet conflicted representation of white guilt that many Academy voters can likely identify with.

The Globes voters are a group of about 90 journalists from 55 countries around the world (the Hollywood Foreign Press) while the Oscars votes come courtesy of around 7000 Academy members including actors, producers, directors, writers and more.

The measure passed with 70 percent support from Oakland voters and will generate $ 120 million over 10 years to transform our secondary schools — both district - run and charter — with college and career prep linked learning academies.

A voter from the Academy's producers branch thinks «The Florida Project» «got f — in» screwed,» wishes he'd seen the Kevin Spacey version of «All the Money in the World» and says Gary Oldman gets his vote even «if he hit his wife with a telephone» (he denied the claim and was cleared).