It's the type of anti-hero that Academy
Award voters love to hate.
Not exact matches
Her has emerged as a surprise front - runner in the
awards race with
voters falling for Spike Jonze's tender
love story between a lonely writer (Joaquin Phoenix) and a Siri - like computer operating system (Scarlett Johansson)
HBO's freshman comedy «Veep» received mixed reviews, but Emmy
voters loved veteran actress Julia Louis - Dreyfus, who won the best comedy actress
award for her turn as a caustic U.S. vice president.
It's less that an inspiring based - on - a-true-story film is a rarity during the
awards season —
voters for the Oscars often
love those — but that Spielberg has become so known for this genre.
Though director Wes Anderson's offbeat movies such as «Royal Tenenbaums» and «Moonrise Kingdom» have never gotten
awards love from the guild, this year SAG
voters reversed the trend, bestowing «The Grand Budapest Hotel» with a best ensemble nod — perhaps not surprising given the movie's deep roster of talent, including Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Owen Wilson.
And the winner is: SAG
voters love Mirren, nominating her for nine individual
awards and giving her three trophies.
SAG
voters love volume here, giving the ensemble
award to the movie with the biggest cast five years running.
If they really
love The Post (which they might since it's about the press and the Globe
voters are technically the press) then there is a great chance they're going to
award Meryl in the drama category.
Awards Speculation: If we do see Allied finished in time and high quality enough for
voters to consider, this is a definite dark horse for major Oscar
love.
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.
We're going with Mary J. Blige, who has become a standout in her first
awards season as a representative of her daring film Mudbound; Octavia Spencer, a former winner who is both well - liked and part of a film industry
voters seem to
love; and Holly Hunter, perhaps the biggest underdog in this category, but a four - time nominee who proved with her surprise nomination for Thirteen in 2004 that, when Oscar
voters are given the chance to notice her, they'll take it.