Sentences with phrase «acting nod»

Not everyone who deserves an acting nod gets one.

Not always, of course, but often the film with the most Best Picture heat generally will land a lead acting nod.

True, everyone thinks Les Miz will be her big Oscar grab and it probably will be but — that doesn't take away the fact that she's still the film's best shot at an acting nod.

Rita Moreno is looking for her first nomination since the»80s for «One Day at a Time» Season 2, Rosie O'Donnell hopes «SMILF» will earn her her first acting nod since 1996, and Jessica Walter wants one more nomination for «Arrested Development.»

In the supporting categories, former winner Christian Bale (The Big Short), esteemed veteran Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) and three - time nominee Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight) are up for Best Supporting Actor alongside Hardy, Sylvester Stallone (Creed) rounding out the category, receiving his first acting nod in 39 years for playing the same role in 1976's Rocky).

It even drops the laurel in the top left corner indicating Ms. Kruger picked up the best acting nod at this years Cannes festival.

Perhaps Eastwood could have taking Jenkins» spot on the Best Actor roster, but, frankly, it was over-recognized with an acting nod already seven years ago for Million Dollar Baby.

The film was nominated for best picture in the comedy / musical category and lead Daniel Kaluuya earned an acting nod.

Indeed, though frontrunners Gravity and 12 Years a Slave scored heavily as had been expected, with 19 nominations between them, far more noteworthy is the major love that has been thrown in the direction of the Bale - starrer, whose ace ensemble (Bale and Bradley Cooper pictured) resulted in an acting nod for all four of its stars - which is very rare, indeed.

With the exception of Forrest Gump, Zemeckis» films have mostly settled for technical recognition and only the infrequent acting nod.

He's on his fourth straight acting nod for House of Cards and all the dudes who previously beat him (Jeff Daniels, Bryan Cranston and Jon Hamm) are gone.

The show received nine total nominations, including acting nods to Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.

And Transparent, one of the most buzzed about and topical shows of the year, pulled of a whopping 8 nominations, including four acting nods.

Lawrence's Silver Linings co-star Bradley Cooper also picked up multiple acting nods, and Skyfall's Judi Dench and Beasts» nine - year - old star Quvenzhane Wallis each nabbed two.

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).

On the TV side, the star - studded miniseries «Big Little Lies» leads with six nominations, including acting nods for Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgard.

«The Good Wife: The Second Season» (Paramount) earned nine Emmy nominations, including «Outstanding Drama Series» and six acting nods (reviewed here) and «Police Story: Season One» (Shout!

No acting nods to Jeff Bridges for The Big Lebowski or John Huston for Chinatown.

After picking up three nominations last year when it was the breakout new show of the season, the time - jumping NBC drama returned in its second season with another trio of nominations, including best drama and individual acting nods for Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz.

New mother Suranne Jones was named leading actress for her role in «Doctor Foster», while other acting nods went to supporting actor Tom Courtenay for «Unforgotten», and supporting actress Chanel Cresswell for «This Is England» 90», which also won the miniseries trophy.

Plus, Metcalf had three acting nods this year and already lost two of them at the Creative Arts Emmys.

The biggest question mark will be for the acting nods, since we all know that without a SAG nomination, your «Best Picture» prospects are pretty much dead in the water.

Wrestling drama «GLOW's other two nominations were acting nods for Alison Brie and Marc Maron, while «Big Little Lies» scored three in just one category.

Remember last year when «Silver Linings Playbook» landed four acting nods?

Fans of The Big Sick who were disappointed by its Golden Globes snubs will feel somewhat vindicated, as Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's real - life love story turned romantic comedy picked up two acting nods — for outstanding cast in a motion picture, and a separate nomination for Holly Hunter in the outstanding supporting actress category.

The predictable critical acclaim it generated does not translate to a major awards season presence, but the film did get recognized with a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding British Film of the Year (ironic, given the setting and cast) and six nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Best Director, and acting nods for Lane, Keough, and LaBeouf.

It comes as no surprise that Boyhood leads with the most nominations; Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, and Ellar Coltrane received acting nods.

Along with its Dorian Awards nomination for Film of the Year, Call Me By Your Name scored nominations for Director of the Year (Film or Television), three acting nods — for Timothée Chalamet (Best Performance of the Year, Actor) and Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg (Supporting Film Performance of the Year, Actor)-- and a few others.

In the television categories, Vallée's Emmy - winning Big Little Lies earned a number of acting nods (Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard) as well as best limited series.

Both «Get Out» and «Lady Bird» earned SAG Ensemble nominations, while «Lady Bird» landed two Oscar acting nods (Soairse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf) to «Get Out» for Daniel Kaluuya — with a total five nominations to four for «Get Out.»

I do hope Greta Gerwig gets a nomination for Best Original Screenplay while Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf get acting nods.

Civil rights drama «Lee Daniels» The Butler,» which earned three SAG acting nods, received no Golden Globe nominations.

Sure, Les Miserables got eight nominations, including the expected acting nods for Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, and Daniel Day - Lewis is poised to make history as the first - ever three - time winner of the Best Actor Oscar, this time for a performance in Lincoln that ranks among his very best.

Two acting nods for Shameless as a Comedy (it's new campaign tactic) even though it's more of a Drama than it used to be.

The show is up for five awards, including acting nods for Jeffrey and Judith.

The leads of Werewolf, Breagh MacNeil and Andrew Gillis, are up for Best Actor and Actress, while Hello Destroyer's Jared Abrahamson, Joe Dion Buffalo and Kurt Max Runte all get acting nods.

Not exact matches

Both the MMA films Warrior and Redbelt proved entertaining, and a special nod to Steven Soderbergh's Haywire as a vehicle for Gina Carano's martial arts expertise if not acting chops.

We smile and nod understandingly when a kid has a tantrum, or when a kid acts in a way that would seem crazy to those not in...

With a nod to Miss Jane, until recently, only very privileged women have been able to act on their yen for men who are «big and dumb.»

Flanagan did include «common sense» reforms to the SAFE Act on his to do list — a nod to the conservative upstaters who did not support him during the battle to replace Skelos as leader because of his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control law.

Will they repair the damage of a year ago when they nodded through the Health and Social Care Act?

The Tory right grumbles and chunters about the way in which the LibDems constrain a proper Tory government from doing things — calling a referendum to get out of Europe; pulling out of human rights acts — which David Cameron has no intention of doing, despite the occasional nod and wink to pretend otherwise.

He can afford more nods and winks, only while he stays in Coalition, and so can be understood to be unable to act on them.

Continue acting like a Republican (and not just on labor issues), change his voter registration to (R), and then look to primary Christie in 2016 for the Republican nod..

And there was a nod to JFK's inaugural address in the claim that «a new generation has taken charge» — an act of rhetorical homage which was then bathetically ruined by Miliband's clunky repetition of the words «I get it».

SC81458 and the clinical development candidate, SC83288, are fast - acting compounds that can cure a P. falciparum infection in a humanized NOD / SCID mouse model system.

I have a few places where there is a nod at organising underneath a load of mess, I need to get my act together too!

It's Spielberg's best and truest action film since Jaws, relentlessly paced, pitch - perfectly acted (the young Fanning is almost certain to get a Best Supporting Actress nod come Oscar time), and rife with moments of such horrifically poetic imagery that it's all you can do not to stop thinking about them long after the film has ended.

If a final act of martyrdom is perhaps a nod to heroism, it's only a slight one, and Johnson doesn't harp on it for all that long.

FX's acclaimed modern - day Western police drama was ignored by the Emmys last year, but with Season 2 it picks up four acting nominations, including nods for lead actor Olyphant and supporting player Walton Goggins.