Sentences with phrase «dern wins»
Dern won that festival's best actor prize for his work as a man dealing with deteriorating health as he makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million dollar lottery prize.
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Dern won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, a triumphant return in an up - and - down career that hasn't seen him have a lead role in a major film in three decades.
Laura Dern won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for supporting actress in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television.
Not exact matches
A prolific film and TV actress, Dern has been nominated for dozens of awards — including winning a Emmy in 2017 for «best supporting actress» for her role in Big Little Lies.
Dern stars in a Golden Globe - winning role as a self - destructive corporate buyer with a new perspective about the merits of self - help and inner healing.
Another underdog, but Bruce Dern's role in Nebraska was widely - acclaimed and may see him earn at least an Oscar nod if not a win
Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern have already won well - deserved Emmys for their phenomenal performances — two that rank high on the list of the best of their remarkable careers — but this is one of those rare projects in which every actor and actress seems to be on the same page.
The actress, 50, won Best Actress in a Limited Series for Big Little Lies; Big Little Lies — which also starred Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz — was one of the big winners at the Globes, also picking up awards for Best Limited Series and Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern.
Acclaim: The series, which co-stars Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern, also won the Critics» Choice Award for Best Limited Series.
Dern is Woody, an elderly Montanan who believes a sweepstakes entry has informed him that he's won a million dollars, contingent on his ability to return the letter to the sweepstakes» home office in Lincoln, NE.
The Archer School for Girls hosted its seventh annual Archer Film Festival, empowering female filmmakers and featuring award - winning actress Laura Dern as the keynote speaker.
Cate Blanchett, Adele Exarchopoulos, Bruce Dern, Jared Leto, James Franco and Lupita Nyong» o win acting awards, with two ties
Presented entirely in black and white, Nebraska stars Bruce Dern as Woody, a man who believes he's won a million dollars in...
«Nebraska» has already gained acclaim on the festival circuit, particularly for Dern's lead performance (which won Best Actor at Cannes earlier this year), but there's nothing really special about any of the acting here.
The film stars Bruce Dern as a man who believes he's won a million dollars in a sweepstakes, and plans to go to Nebraska to get...
The film stars Bruce Dern as a man who believes he's won a million dollars in a sweepstakes, and plans to go to Nebraska to get it.
The film stars Bruce Dern as Woody, a man who believes he's won a million dollars in a sweepstakes, and plans to go to Nebraska to get it.
Its stars did not go home empty - handed, either: Elisabeth Moss won best actress for Handmaid's Tale, while Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, and Alexander Skarsgard were all honored in their respective categories for their work on the HBO adaptation of Liane Moriarty's best - selling novel.
Keach brought poignancy to his role as a veteran plane named Skipper in «Planes,» Disney's animated hit — he'll be back for the sequel — and he has a showy supporting role as the boorish former business partner of Woody (Bruce Dern), an elderly man who believes he's won $ 1 million in a sweepstakes, in Alexander Payne's «Nebraska,» opening Nov. 22.
Bruce Dern stars in Alexander Payne's latest as an aging Montana man whose convinced he's won a million dollars and must walk to Nebraska to obtain it.
Featuring an award - winning performance from Bruce Dern, the film harks back to...
Sam Rockwell, watching the awards show on a monitor as the engravers worked, cheered at Laura Dern's win for Big Little Lies.
Grizzled and grumpy and cantankerous — and from outward appearance, deep in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer's Disease — Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is convinced that he's won a million dollars in a Publisher's Clearing Sweepstakes.
Like most of the director's work, it's a road movie: Fooled by one of those «you may have already won» mail scams, elderly drunk Woody (Dern) badgers his youngest son, David (Forte), into driving him from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska, to collect the million dollars he's been promised.
The other, a tale of complex women and domestic abuse, «Big Little Lies,» won four awards, including best limited series, best actress for Nicole Kidman, and best supporting actress for Laura Dern.
Matthew McConaughey won Best Actor in a Leading Role, a category shared with Christian Bale (American Hustle), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), while his co-star Jared Leto took home Best Actor in a Supporting Role, beating out Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) and Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street).
«Nebraska» Synopsis: Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is a small - town man who believes he's won a million dollars.
In the last episode of Show Your Work, Lainey and Duana predicted Laura Dern's Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series or TV movie win precisely because of the year she had.
Bruce Dern plays an old man suffering from dementia who believes he has won a million dollars in one of those magazine subscription scams.
Synopsis: In director Steven Spielberg's three - time Academy Award ® - winning blockbuster Jurassic Park, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
Written by Bob Nelson (the first time Payne wasn't directly involved in writing a film he's directed), the comedic drama stars Bruce Dern (who won best actor at Cannes and is a shoo - in for his first Oscar nomination in over 35 years) and Will Forte (of «Saturday Night Live» fame, pulling off a largely dramatic role) as a father and son road tripping it from Montana to Nebraska to claim the alleged prize money the mentally deteriorating father thinks he's won.
When the Game Stands Tall Director: Thomas Carter Starring: Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig, Michael Chiklis, Laura Dern Synopsis: The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151 - game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
Woody (Bruce Dern) is an elderly, unemployed ex-drunk who, believing he's won a mail - order sweepstakes, sets out on foot from his home in Billings, Montana, for Lincoln, Nebraska, where he obstinately imagines his prize money is waiting for him.
Skarsgård's Big Little Lies co-star Laura Dern also took home her second big win of the season, winning Best Supporting Actress in a limited series following her victory in the same category at the Globes
Directed by: Alexander Payne Written by: Bob Nelson Main cast members: Bruce Dern, June Squibb, Will Forte, Bob Odenkirk, and Stacy Keach Number of Oscar nominations in total: 6 Other nominations besides Best Picture: Best Director (Payne), Best Actor (Dern), Best Supporting Actress (Squibb), Best Original Screenplay (Nelson), and Best Cinematography Notable precursor wins: Won -LSB-...]
Dern, who won best actor at Cannes, also was the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures» top pick last week.
This economic uncertainty is translated into the quest of Bruce Dern's character Woody, a fragile elderly man who is determined to take what he believes is a winning lottery ticket all the way to Nebraska.
Bruce Dern stars as Woody Grant, a stubborn, booze - addled crank who believes he's just won $ 1 million from a Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize letter he received in the mail.
The L.A. Film Critics Assn. named Bruce Dern best actor for his performance as an elderly man who believes he's won a magazine sweepstakes in Alexander Payne's «Nebraska.»
Bruce Dern plays Woody Grant, a man who's just won a million dollars - or so he thinks.
Based on the play by Jason Miller, That Championship Season follows four high school buddies (played by Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Martin Sheen, and Paul Sorvino) and their former coach (Robert Mitchum) as they get together to celebrate the 24th anniversary of a pivotal basketball win.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Dern («Big Little Lies») should win but she's up against a whole bunch of worthy talents.
Convinced that he won a million dollars in a sweepstakes contest, cantankerous coot Woody Grant (an excellent Bruce Dern) heads with his son David (Will Forte) from their Billings, Montana home to Lincoln, Nebraska to pick up the loot.
Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is convinced he has won a million dollars, but he has to go to Nebraska to collect it.
Big Little Lies won a leading four awards, including best limited series and best supporting actress for Laura Dern.
Big Little Lies, meanwhile, bagged a double win, with Alexander Skarsgard crowned Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, beating Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock and Jeff Daniels in Netflix's Godless, and Nicole Kidman crowned Best Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, beating both leading ladies from Feud: Bette & Joan and her own co-stars, Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern.
A host of winning actors delivered strong statements addressing the #MeToo movement and decrying the culture of misconduct in Hollywood and beyond, from Big Little Lie's Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon, The Handmaid's Tale «sElisabeth Moss and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri's Frances McDormand.
The black - and - white film focuses on a trip that David Grant (Will Forte) takes with his doddering, crusty father Woody (Bruce Dern) to Woody's childhood hometown in rural Nebraska after Woody is convinced he's won money in a junk - mail sweepstakes.
One came from Laura Dern, who won supporting actress for Big Little Lies, a TV series that, aptly, depicts not only sexual abuse, but a group of women who only fully discover their power when they unite.
«Nebraska» won five Golden Globe nominations overall, including best actor in a comedy or musical for veteran actor Bruce Dern.