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The musical is nominated in 16 categories heading into the 70th Tony Awards, which air on CBS on Sunday, making the show a strong contender to top the Tony's record of 12 wins, set by Mel Brooks» The Producers in 2001.

The so - called «Nobel Prize in Economics» (more accurately known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) will be awarded Monday morning and two Canadian economists are considered to be top contenders.

One of the most inspiring parts of the day was during judging of the student awards, when the jury called in the top contenders — students from Brigham Young University in Utah and Filmakademie Baden - Wurttemberg in Germany.

We are super excited to be a contender for BEST FRIED CHICKEN in Chicago in the @chicagotribune Dining Awards!

Those three i's are the foundation for the NEXTY Awards, the pinnacle biannual award bestowed upon worthy contenders in the natural products industry at Natural Products Expo West and Expo East.

In both 2013 and 2014, Chef Maslow was nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year Award, and this past year was a Food & Wine «The People's Best New Chef: New England» contender.

The Egyptian has been in fine form so far this campaign, scoring 36 and assisting 12 in 41 appearances in all competitions, form that will surely see him be in the contender of the award for Premier League Player of the Year.

The Puskas award itself would be riddled in bias, the panel (chose the contenders) had three of them hailing from the British isles.

Tottenham Hotspur have punched way above their weight this season, with Pochettino already one of the stronger contenders for the end of the year manager of the season award — for the impressive work he's done in a fairly short time at the North London club.

In the period leading up to the announcement of the Fields Medal, which is awarded every 4 years to a mathematician under the age of 40, both the winners and the «similarly brilliant» mathematicians recognized as contenders show similar levels of productivity, Borjas and Doran found.

This story of the strange relationship between eccentric millionaire John du Pont (Steve Carell) and Olympic wrestling champions Mark (Channing Tatum) and Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) will be a major contender during awards seasons, with all three actors in the running for nominations.

When said rare movie opens in theaters one week before Christmas with a fair amount of pre-release buzz, it is expected to not only be good, but a wisely - timed serious contender for Hollywood's award season.

Starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as the two leads, the film is expected to be one of the major contenders in the upcoming Award season.

The season's two most talked - about Academy Award contenders, «Cold Mountain» and «Master and Commander,» are both set in the 1800s.

Sam Elliott gets the role of his long acting career in The Hero, and as he told a packed audience at Deadline's 7th annual The Contenders awards - season event last month, the biggest surprise of all for him was that he actually got to play an actor for the first time.

For a spell, it looked like Oliver Stone «s Snowden could be a contender in this year's awards race.

Earlier in the year when the prestige pictures were vying for the early awards buzz, Angelina Jolie's Unbroken was kicked around as a contender.

Seeing the three of them and other respected actors like Molina, Dean Norris, and Michael Kelly assembled here in a movie unspooling just before Thanksgiving gives Secret the illusion of being an awards season contender.

It's that time of year again - the road to the Oscars is fraught with rumours, shifts in momentum and, of course, all the contenders maximising their awards potential for the audiences» «consideration».

More than ever before, Hollywood's A-list actors aren't in just 1, but 2 major Awards Season contenders.

The third annual The Contenders Emmys, Deadline's television awards - season event, was held yesterday at the DGA Theater in Hollywood, where a total of 24 networks and studios showed off 43 of their Emmy - contender programs to kick off Emmy season.

Here's what a few of the top contenders in Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony are up to:

Brie Larson in Room is the real wild card as she and her film really burst onto the scene in late summer, culminating in a surprise People's Choice Award win at the Toronto International Film Festival in September that cemented her as not only a contender but as a threat to win.

The movie will be headlined by Frank Grillo, who is best - known for his roles in «The Purge» and «Wolf Warrior II,» which has grossed an estimated $ 850 million in China; Jamie Bell, who stars opposite Annette Bening in «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool,» which SPC is positioning as an awards contender; Margaret Qualley, who starred in «The Nice Guys» and «Novitiate,» which SPC has acquired; and James Badge Dale («Only the Brave»).

A handful of limited - release Best Picture nominees are going into tonight's awards with some box - office wind in their sails, placing most of tonight's contenders on par with most recent recipients of the top prize.

So, seizing the opportunity of a sympathetic audience, and amidst a season where many of the 84 movies put forward by their home countries as Academy Award contenders are floating around at festivals — big and small, rural and urban, American and elsewhere — I thought I'd weigh in on the titles I've caught.

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While Michell can be hit and miss (his last would - be awards - contender, «Hyde Park On Hudson,» falling in the latter category), he's done some of his fine work, and this has crowd - pleaser written all over it, and shouldn't be ruled out.

The star of the awards season contender «Molly's Game» grew emotional in recalling her first trip to the festival five years earlier, telling a story of spying on Oldman while he was eating lunch.

Movies in 2016 were such «cinematic crap» that there will be six contenders in each Worst Achievement in Film categories at this year's Razzie Awards.

The flamboyant and funny Ezra Miller won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, and with a wildly inconsistent batch of contenders, there is no sure thing in this category.

It feels like an obvious Critics» Choice contender / frontrunner for lead actor and series in the comedy races, especially since this is the same voting body who has repeatedly awarded a showrunner / star like Louis CK and even championed Glover's first show Community.

Additionally, distributor Warner Bros. shuffled the release date until later in the year to better coincide with an Oscar campaign, a sign that the studio feels the film (which co-stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Chris Pratt) is a serious awards contender and not just some low - budget doodle.

While it is a light year for Best Actor contenders and it's possible to mount something late (Fox Searchlight bought both Oscar - contenders «The Wrestler» and «Jackie» in Toronto), it's a tall order for a fledgling studio like Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, even with top - flight awards wranglers on board.

And former champ Stallone makes for a gracious, understated presence on the sidelines this time (he was awarded this year's Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe in recognition); likewise, that famous theme does make an appearance but it doesn't overshadow the emergence of a whole new contender.

Speaking of Paramount, the studio that wishes «Slumdog Millionaire» had gone straight to DVD as planned has a trio of live action contenders in the fray, none of them, I'm told, specifically aimed at the awards season.

The official Academy Award shortlist of Best Documentary contenders will be released in early December.

But even in her absence, the young lady is generating enough to buzz to plant her as a strong contender for the Best Actress award.

Timothée Chalamet, who appears in three critically acclaimed awards contenders this season in «Lady Bird,» «Hostiles» and «Call Me by Your Name,» has certainly been on enough red carpets to have answered dozens of questions about representation, Hollywood inequities, sexual misconduct and more.

Some of these launched at prestige fall film festivals («Downsizing,» «Molly's Game,» «Hostiles,» «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»); others are bonafide awards contenders (Steven Spielberg's «The Post» and Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread»); and some, like Hugh Jackman vanity musical «The Greatest Showman,» will soon skid into either bad reviews or audience reaction, or both.

Her vividly sensual prose may make the novel a production designer's dream — and given what we've seen of the film thus far, it seems a likely awards contender in the design categories — but there should be more at play here than simple visual splendor.

I remember the awards buzz this was getting in 2005 so it would be funny if it suddenly surfaced as a viable contender next year.

Trumbo may be framing itself as the typical contender for those top awards, and it very well may be in contention, but tonally, it is a bit off and it lacks the height of performances that we expect.

Regardless of how much big - screen work they've done before, they make up one of the best ensemble casts of the year, but standing first among them is Tessa Thompson, who gives a revelatory performance that in a just world would be a serious awards contender.

Neon / 30West's I, Tonya joins the wide - release awards contenders, playing fourteen hundred and fifty locations this Friday to Sunday, taking in $ 2.55 M ($ 1,763 PTA).

Whether or not he's telling the truth remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: with Anderson behind the camera and a cast that includes Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix (making his big screen return after wasting the last few years making «I'm Still Here»), «The Master» will likely be a contender in nearly every major category come awards time.

Even though The Shape of Water led the field with 13 nominations and did well with the guilds, it was tough to imagine the fish sex movie would be a real contender at the world's stodgiest awards ceremony, even if things have loosened up a bit in the last few years.

What You Need to Know: Another wide release in January, «Lone Survivor» continues to be touted as a serious awards contender.

The buzz out of Telluride is that 8 - year - old Jacob Tremblay is a revelation, and maybe an awards contender, for his role in Lenny Abrahamson's dark drama about a boy raised inside a small room where he and his mother (Brie Larson) are imprisoned.

The last film, which is considered the strongest Oscar contender in the field, went home empty - handed except for the Variety Award, a previously - announced honorary award for bringing attention to British film, for star Benedict CumberbAward, a previously - announced honorary award for bringing attention to British film, for star Benedict Cumberbaward for bringing attention to British film, for star Benedict Cumberbatch.