Sentences with phrase «academy members like»

Wonder Woman is a film I'm going to include simply because I believe that the Academy should be about «Best Picture of the year,» not «Best Picture that nobody but Academy members like.»

The thing is, academy members like well - meaning, tasteful movies.

Not exact matches

I've been talking to a lot of the new members asked to join the Academy during its two - year diversity push, and a lot of these ostensibly hipper, younger voters — many of whom are people of color and white women — are happy to tell you they like Three Billboards.

I'd like to present my findings from this research: first, because they're kind of interesting, and, second, so that I might redeem this semi-sordid situation by helping Ms. Tyler (who may or may not read the website of First Things, but, anyway) fill out her ballot with the names of the most distinguished and deserving individuals who have not yet made it into the 4,600 - member American Academy.

And that's before you start thinking of guys lower down the ladder who could be a factor in future, like Ferrari Driver Academy member Callum Ilott (who'll race in GP3 this year) or Red Bull Junior Dan Ticktum (European F3).

While the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics» 74,000 - member trade group partners with the likes of Coke and Hershey's, the nation's health continues to suffer from poor diet.

In 1603 Prince Federico Cesi, a botanist, founded the Accademia dei Lincei, or the Academy of Lynxes, named because its members — renowned Italian scholars like Galileo and Fabio Colonna — needed eyes as sharp as lynxes» in order to pursue scientific discovery.

Wallace's perspectives are particularly interesting because he is both a highly respected climate researcher (and National Academy of Sciences member) and, like a number of other long - time researchers in the field, was once a «skeptic» (in the best sense of the word) regarding the evidence for anthropogenic climate change.

Its goal is to help members connect for casual sex, but it also makes hanging out on the sidelines enjoyable with elements like the sex academy and its patented purity test.

Its goal is to help members connect for casual sex, but it also makes hanging out on the sidelines enjoyable with elements like the Sex Academy and its patented Purity Test.

Now, it seems like more people are going for Birdman, seeing as how it swept PGA, DGA, and SAG, which, given how they have actual members of the Academy voting in them, are far more reliable precursors than the critics» prizes.

[Note: In the same year, Planet of the Apes (1968) was given a Special Honorary Oscar for John Chambers» outstanding, convincing makeup (there was no Best Makeup category until 1981)- the Academy members presumably didn't realize the superior, too - believable makeup in the opening scenes of 2001 that included both human actors with life - like masks and infant chimpanzees.]

If A Single Man has the brains to match its good looks, and somehow fails to make the final ten, then I'll wonder what happened to the Academy members who annually select Best Picture nominees like Atonement, Brokeback Mountain, Sideways, Lost in Translation, The Hours, Gosford Park, and other films that play to literate stylish taste.

Voted on by 111,228 eligible SAG - AFTRA members and coming just over three weeks before Academy Awards ballots are due, the SAG Awards tend to honor character - driven films with sprawling, starry casts, like last year's winner, «American Hustle,» 2013's «Argo» and 2012's «the Help.»

It's as if merely nominating the likes of «Avatar» and «Inception» and «The Martian» releases members of the Academy from having to vote for them.

«Labyrinth» has the edge because the box - office is surprisingly strong for a subtitled film and because it is up for six Oscars, a sure sign that academy members really like it.

In case you were wondering why Oscar pundits like Scott Feinberg and now, the LA Times» Glenn Whipp are so cool on Gone Girl's Oscar chances because stories like this reveal how Academy members think.

This is your chance to throw it out there to any Academy members who might read this site — and might scroll down the comments and read YOUR BEST TAKE on what film or contender you'd like to see honored.

Then, in an upset, the Screen Actors Guild (which shares many members with the Academy) handed the prize to Denzel Washington instead, creating what now looks like the tightest Oscar race of the year.

In the year of La La Land, the Hungarian «Sing,» about a children's choir, sounds like the exact sort of uplifting escapism that might go over like gangbusters with Academy members.

The other ace in the hole for a movie that could follow the like - minded «Birdman,» «All About Eve,» and «The Artist» to a Best Picture win: Academy members, especially actors, respond strongly to this inside - Hollywood story about «the city of stars.»

Academy members, like most reviewers, mistake their political prejudices for aesthetics.

«If you do like the film, it's an actors» film and you vote for them,» said a veteran Academy member.

Clearly, enough members of the Television Academy liked it enough to shower it with 22 Emmy nominations including four acting nominations for Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, and Jeffrey Wright.

to take the win here, as most Academy members would probably feel more comfortable choosing the flashiness of a prestige movie like

The Academy occasionally hands out awards for «classy» horror like Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, and The Silence Of The Lambs, but generally, its members would rather be watching Driving Miss Daisy, or movies that courageously affirm their humanity and moral rectitude.

«On behalf of the Academy members, I'd like to applaud the entrants this season for their dedication to producing outstanding content as they continue to push the envelope of creativity».

Like Matthews - Mint Hill, Gateway Charter Academy also had good marks on its application rubric from subcommittee members.

Leaders like Mullins and Atria who experienced the first year of the academy, came back for a second round, to learn how to instruct their own staff members in the CEL methods.

«Resolutions like this distract us and are perpetuating harmful myths in the community,» Rachel Hazlehurst, of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy told the board, calling the resolution from board member Scott Schmerelson «divisive in nature.»

Belmont Students Perform With 80s Iconic Band Foreigner «It's like a dream come true,» exuded Elizabeth, a choir member from Belmont HS, Multi-Media Music Academy, as she described singing the chorus for 80's rock group - Foreigner.

In a discussion about charters and their impact on districts, panel members noted that the increase in charter enrollment in Dallas has prompted the district to launch innovative projects — like the collegiate academies — to keep families enrolled in DISD.

Like Petry, John and Michael Sabat are closely associated with the Success Academy charter schools and both are members of the Education Reform Now Board of Directors.

Writer's Craft Academy is a private membership site for aspiring authors, featuring a vast library with hours of training videos for authors; additional resources like ebooks, workbooks, and checklists; an exclusive members - only Facebook group; a monthly writer's craft book club; and weekly video conference group coaching sessions.

Also, people with service as members in organizations like cadets at the Air Force, United States Military or Coast Guard Academy, Public Health Service officers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officers, midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, merchant seaman with World War II service, and others are eligible to apply for VA Loans.

* We are members and support various industry organizations like the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), the California Real Estate Inspectors Association (CREIA), the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Academy of Building Inspection Engineers.

In the glorious olden days, artists like Sir Joshua Reynolds, JMW Turner, and John Constable were members of the Royal Academy and Varnishing Day of the summer exhibition were famous or infamous as both social and artistic events.

As an enthusiastic member of the neighborhood (El Barrio translates as «the neighborhood») she had to invent ways of painting people who did not look like academy models.

Gleick's big lapse came when he strayed into aggressive advocacy of the kind more typically carried out by monkey - wrenching groups like the Yes Men (see its latest prank, a fake secret video of a fake party celebrating Shell's Arctic drilling plans, for instance) than a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Wallace's perspectives are particularly interesting because he is both a highly respected climate researcher (and National Academy of Sciences member) and, like a number of other long - time researchers in the field, was once a «skeptic» (in the best sense of the word) regarding the evidence for anthropogenic climate change.

Tennekes resigned from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, saying that «I don't want to remain a member of an organization that, like AMS and NAS, screws up science that badly.»

Studies like this usually take time to get published, but Emanuel «decided to use his status as a member of the National Academies of Science, which let him pick his own peer reviewers, who were likely to be friendly and get the review done quickly,» Ars Technica reported.

He is described as a member of the French academy of sciences, so he certainly seems to be well credentialed (like Ivar Giaever).

Farewell»: Prominent Skeptical Scientist Dr. Henk Tennekes Resigns from Dutch Academy — «I don't want to remain a member of an organization that, like AMS and NAS, screws up science that badly»

The authors were members and staff of the organizing committee for this workshop and would like to thank the speakers and attendees, the Academy, BECS staff, and the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), the workshop sponsor, for a valuable and stimulating event.

Board member Dr. Lannette Woodruff (Ward 4) wanted to understand what an early childhood campus really looks like, so I joined her for a tour of Eagle Academy PCS.

The «Joy» actress, christened «too cool to be America's sweetheart,» took home this year's Oscar for Best Real Estate Client, voted by members of the real estate industry as the nominee they'd most like to help buy or sell a home in RISMedia's 2nd Annual Academy Awards of Real Estate.

* We are members and support various industry organizations like the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI), the California Real Estate Inspectors Association (CREIA), the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Academy of Building Inspection Engineers.