The person that stands the most to gain from all of this, of course, is Hammer, who is pretty much a lock for a Best Supporting
Actor nomination after just barely missing out last year for his incredible work in «The Social Network.»
Not exact matches
After two years in which the Oscars failed to nominate a black
actor in any of the acting categories,
nominations this year represent a diverse pool of
actors and films.
This year included
nominations of six non-white-themed films and more than 10 black
actors and filmmakers
after two years of severe lacking.
Snub: Mandy Patinkin (pictured right), «Homeland» Supporting
Actor - Drama Though «Homeland» returned to the Best Drama race, Patinkin was passed over
after getting
nominations for the last two years.
Should his incredible performance earn him an Academy
nomination for Best Leading
Actor, he will be the third youngest man to ever receive that honor (he turns 22 the day
after Christmas)...
Denzel Washington also turns in the kind of work that draws fellow
actors» eyes in «Roman J. Israel, Esq.,» but will he be eager to hustle the circuit once again
after all the work that went into a
nomination (and loss) for his role in «Fences» last year?
After being snubbed by the Golden Globes, Tomas Alfredson's spy thriller is nominated for 11 Baftas, including a best
actor nod for Gary Oldman — just one
nomination behind The Artist
Coming into his own
after a long gap, the
actor does a convincing job of showing where Dixon's rage is coming from, and has picked up one of the Oscar
nominations among the film's seven (including acting nods for McDormand and Harrelson too).
Sony's Capote (2005) raked in $ 49 million worldwide and collected five Oscar
nominations (star Philip Seymour Hoffman won best
actor); Warners waited more than seven months
after the Oscars for the smoke to clear before it released Infamous (2006), starring Toby Jones, but the movie still flopped.
The big surprise of the morning was three
nominations for «All the Money in the World,» Ridley Scott's drama about J. Paul Getty that received so much attention because the role of Getty was recast
after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced against
actor Kevin Spacey.
The TV version was canceled
after four episodes (six would air), but strong reviews (and a lead
actor Emmy
nomination for Nielsen) kept the project alive until ZAZ adapted it into the The Naked Gun, which airs tomorrow night on TCM as part of their «Salute to Slapstick.»
After winning both Emmys and Golden Globes, The Night Manager only received a single supporting
actor nomination for Tom Hollander.
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.
Year
after year her awards are fraught with controversy that includes incomplete
nominations lists (check out the TWO
nominations in Adapted Screenplay this year), names that are later removed (which happened to Viola Davis for 2008's Doubt),
actors being listed as TV shows (I'm looking at your, Lizzy Caplan) but the biggest and most real controversy has been the group's penchant for nominating films they haven't even seen.
Coming just days
after our packed Deadline's The Contenders Emmy event at the DGA, we're jumping in right away with a look at the legacy of Atlanta's Donald Glover and who could be up for a Best
Actor in a Comedy Series when the Primetime Emmy
nominations are announced July 12.
After last year's Oscar
nominations, in which no Black
actors were nominated for the second consecuitve year, changes were made within the voting system that allowed for new members.
After more than 50 years as an
actor — years that have included 80 - plus movies, dozens of TV shows, Oscar and Emmy
nominations and a reputation as one of the classic character
actors of his generation — Bruce Dern didn't exactly think that his career was over.
After six
nominations, endless Twitter memes, and no doubt a very warranted tantrum or two, Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won the Academy Award for Best
Actor.
A few pundits out there, and I'll admit that I jumped on it too, ripped Robert Redford out of their predictions
after missing out on a Screen
Actors Guild
nomination.
Of the three
nominations for Sean Baker's «The Florida Project» — best picture, Willem Dafoe for supporting
actor and Brooklynn Prince for young performer — only 7 - year - old Prince came away with an award, charming the audience with a tearful speech and telling her fellow nominees, «We should go and get ice cream
after this!»
Tonight, less than 24 hours
after the Oscar
nominations were announced - and the whole world got to react to the various snubs - The Critics» Choice Movie Awards revealed their picks for the best movies,
actors, actresses, etc. of the year.
Redmayne was hardly the only male
actor to surprise — at the supporting end, Tom Hardy scored a
nomination for his turn as the villainous Fitzgerald in «The Revenant»
after not garnering much pre-announcement heat.
The Critics Choice Awards released their annual
nominations earlier today (The Shape of Water continued its ascendance, leading all films with 14
nominations), the Golden Globe noms will be announced on December 11, and the Screen
Actors Guild follows soon
after, on December 13.
She now has the big
actor award, her film just received 14 Academy Award
nominations, and you'd have to go back to 2002 to find the last instance of an actress losing the Oscar
after winning at the SAG Awards, when her film won Best Picture (that would be Renee Zellweger in Chicago).
Official December Oscar predictions from the Gold Rush Gang and myself will be out a bit later than usual,
after the Los Angeles Film Critics Association announces their winners on December 3 and before the Screen
Actors Guild and Golden Globe
nominations are announced on the 11th and 13th.
The Guatamalan - born
actor earned a Golden Globe for the mini-series, «Show Me a Hero,»
after a previous
nomination for «Inside Llewyn Davis.»
Allen has also created platforms for his
actors to go on winning Oscars ® themselves, making this film an excellent vehicle for Stone to be nominated once again,
after her
nomination last year for Best Supporting Actress in «Birdman.»
Phoenix could be Allen's first
actor to win in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category, which, personally, I think he's overdue for, but, at the very least, we can expect a nomination, after Academy voters snubbed the actor for an indelible performance in Spike Jonze «s «Her,» two years
actor to win in the Best
Actor in a Leading Role category, which, personally, I think he's overdue for, but, at the very least, we can expect a nomination, after Academy voters snubbed the actor for an indelible performance in Spike Jonze «s «Her,» two years
Actor in a Leading Role category, which, personally, I think he's overdue for, but, at the very least, we can expect a
nomination,
after Academy voters snubbed the
actor for an indelible performance in Spike Jonze «s «Her,» two years
actor for an indelible performance in Spike Jonze «s «Her,» two years ago.
The
nominations for the 2018 Golden Globes have been revealed — with Christopher Plummer receiving a Best
Actor nod only a month
after he was announced to replace Kevin Spacey in All The Money In The World.
If I were a gambling man I'd say the odds of Bryan Cranston earning his first Oscar
nomination after his career - defining performance in «Breaking Bad» has as good of odds as any
actor this year.
With two big BAFTA wins on Sunday for screenplay and lead
actor Casey Affleck, a very good shot at taking a WGA Original Screenplay award this coming Sunday, a domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award
nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected
after its smash Sundance debut over a year ago.
This year's list included seven
actors of color, three African American writers (including the late August Wilson, who wrote the screenplay for Fences), and a Best Director
nomination for Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), who becomes only the fourth black director nominated in the Oscars» history
after John Singleton, Lee Daniels, and Steve McQueen.
After cleaning up with various critics groups and other film - honoring bodies, and going 1 - 2 at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, commercial juggernauts Wall ▪ E and The Dark Knight both got relegated to somewhat unfortunately expected, consolation - type booby prizes: a Best Animated Feature nod for the former, and a Best Supporting
Actor nomination for Heath Ledger for the latter, among a mess of other, lesser nods.
If you're like most people, you probably know James Franco best as the goofy comic
actor from «Pineapple Express,» «This Is the End,» «The Interview» and the like, or the intense dramatic
actor who earned an Oscar
nomination for «127 Hours,» played «Spider - Man's» best friend / nemesis in Sam Raimi's movies and headlined an acclaimed James Dean TV biopic
after getting his start on «Freaks and Geeks.»
After receiving a Golden Globe and Screen
Actors Guild
nomination, Chau missed out in the best supporting actress race for playing a Vietnamese refugee in Alexander Payne's drama.
The actress received an Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
nomination for «Grace of Monaco,» which is surprising because it only ended up on Lifetime
after The Weinstein Company pulled it from theatrical release, and critics who saw it weren't very kind, either.
After a few zingers handed out by the Academy this week with their Oscar
nominations, the Screen
Actors Guild will weigh in on their...
After two Oscar
nominations (and one win) for Best
Actor, Eddie Redmayne is ready to take over Hollywood by starring in his own global blockbuster, and there's no better place to start than with a spinoff of one of the most successful film franchises of all time: the «Harry Potter» series.
Daniel Day - Lewis won his third best
actor trophy — the first time in history when an
actor has won the award thrice — while Argo walked away with best picture, medical
after not getting a
nomination for best director.
After appearing in a more serious dramatic role in Wes Anderson's «Rushmore,» Bill has been experiencing a film renaissance, with tons of critical praise for his work in films like «The Royal Tenenbaums» and «Lost in Translation,» which he received an Oscar
nomination for Best
Actor.
As the buzz for Netflix's first foray into feature film, Beasts of No Nation, hits festival
after festival and the Oscar buzz gets louder and louder could we see Best Supporting
Actor contender (and virtual lock) Idris Elba be joined on Oscar
nomination morning by his co-star Abraham Attah in Lead?
After allegations of sexually exploitative behavior appeared on Twitter one day before Oscar voting closed, James Franco was snubbed of his expected Best
Actor nomination, a move which will help the Academy avoid a controversy like last year's Casey Affleck's win.
Nearly two weeks
after five women accused James Franco of inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior, the
actor missed out on an Academy Award
nomination for his performance in «The Disaster Artist.»
After those have been shared, the
nominations for
actor in a leading role,
actor in a supporting role, actress in a leading role, actress in a supporting role, animated feature film, directing, documentary feature, documentary short subject, foreign language film, original song, best picture, adapted screenplay, and original screenplay will be announced at 5:38:30 a.m. PT / 8: 38:30 a.m. ET (and not 30 seconds sooner).
Sylvester Stallone took home Best Supporting
Actor, a win that further complicates that category not only because Stallone missed
nominations at SAG and BAFTA, but also because his win elicited one of only two standing ovations for the night (the other being for DiCaprio
after his win), indicating a strong sense of supporting from Hollywood for the legendary star.
After winning three Oscars for his performances in My Left Foot in 1989, There Will Be Blood in 2007 and Lincoln in 2012, not to mention landing
nominations for Gangs Of New York in 2002 and In the Name Of The Father in 1993, acclaimed
actor Daniel Day - Lewis is retiring from acting, as indicated in an official statement released by one of his representatives.
Co-starring with Michelle Monaghan, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, J.K. Simmons, and several other talented
actors, he could turn the real - life story of «Patriots Day» into a second Academy Award
nomination (
after his work in «The Departed»).