Sentences with phrase «awards voters made»

Not exact matches

For those Heisman voters who believe autograph / memorabilia sales prove a player's lack of character and make him undeserving of such a haughty award like the Heisman, that suspension and the drop in overall stats would probably disqualify him from the running.

The claim that he lied to voters and made a U-turn on a pledge to write off student debts is about as honest as a centre forward diving in the penalty area to con a referee into awarding a spot kick.

He made some good points but he also suggested that voters could have two boxes on their ballot papers at election time - one to vote as normal but another to award, if they chose, say # 3 in annual funding to that same party.

The HFPA voters — a relatively small group as far as major awards bodies go — typically make some oddball selections, and while not all of their film choices were favorites among the film critic community, the voters seemed to avoid any laughably bad selections this year.

With a number of actress - driven films getting awards attention, voters had to make tough decisions to narrow down the field to 5.

On a night where Hollywood could have made its biggest statement about #TimesUp and #MeToo, Academy Award voters played it predictably and disappointingly safe.

The youth and comparative inexperience of the «Social Network» ensemble would make it an atypical winner in the category — but at the same time, counting out Jesse Eisenberg's long - shot Best Actor bid, this is the only place where voters can acknowledge the most acclaimed and awarded film in the race.

On the other hand, if voters don't feel like exporting the award, «The Fighter» «s well - liked, well - known assembly of stars and character actors would make for popular winners in the category.

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.»

La La Land made history at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, winning in all categories it was nominated in - a record seven trophies, including Best Picture - Comedy / Musical, cementing it's frontrunner status for Best Picture as Academy voters...

Of course, the 120 - plus critics, broadcasters, and writers who make up the London Film Critics» Circle likely have no overlap with Oscar voters, but it's still a nice boost for both «Amour,» which also landed best actress honors for Emanuelle Riva, and «Life of Pi,» which also recieved a special award for Technical Achievement of the Year for visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer.

If Ratatouille still retains a viable contender as a spoiler, it's not because audiences continue to drink whatever Pixar puts in the Kool - Aid that gets, as Laurie Anderson would say, «ah - dults» hailing each of their new movies as the studio's everlasting masterpiece of classic filmmaking (making it simply a matter of time before one of them actually wins an award outside the best animated feature playpen), but rather because its presence in this category might remind voters that one or two of the striking writers aren't just trying to feed their own mouths.

I think this could raise his profile during this awards season and make him more present on voters» radars.

It may seem insane to fear that but we're talking about a young woman who makes complicated performances look effortless and Effortlessness can be anathema for awards voters.

I'd like to see «Wild» in that group, but if it can't make it with the Spirit Awards voters, it doesn't have much of a shot here.

As the Academy Awards draws nearer, this issue, currently making its way to voters» mailboxes, aims to bring readers into that bubble as well.

Of course, it's worth noting that NYFCC is made up of a small group of New York — based film critics; a larger awards body like the Oscars will be pulling from a much bigger pool of voters working within the film industry.

Only 15 % of participants who identified as Republican voters said they felt the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had made the right choice for the annual awards ceremony's top prize.

(OK, Green did win the prestigious Fangoria Chainsaw Award, but aside from that...) A showcase like this one can only make it harder for awards voters to ignore her.

The 90th Academy Awards are still a while away, but with plenty of high quality movies already on voters» radars, now is the time for studios to start making moves to ensure that their films are given the recognition they deserve.

Though critics are almost unanimous in praising Germany's «Toni Erdmann,» I wonder if it is too daunting for the membership, and if the voters will choose to make a statement about Donald Trump's travel ban by giving the award to «The Salesman» from Iran's Asghar Farhadi, who's decided not to attend because of the president's action.

One exception may be Brooks, whose unexpected turn as a vicious kingpin offers a chance for voters to make up for the award they should have given him for Broadcast News.

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.

The actors are all excellent, but it's going to be tough to make any impact on awards voters.

When Shannon Wheeler's «I Thought You Would Be Funnier» was nominated for an Eisner award but left off the first version of the online ballot, Mosher made sure the comics news sites knew about it and distributed copies of the book to journalists and Eisner voters; in the end, Wheeler's book won the award.