Sentences with phrase «buzzing about her nomination»

Van's a fan Progressive bloggers are buzzing about her nomination, with The American Prospect gushing that she would bring «passionate commitment to working people, a high level of political smarts, and some genuine displays of raw guts that could make her a star of American liberalism» and Jonathan Stein, writing for Mother Jones, calling her «a nominee to get excited about.»

Not exact matches

Jordan Peele's horror - themed social satire Get Out and Christopher Nolan's WWII epic Dunkirk combined for 12 Oscar nominations, and now, they're heading back to theaters so you can see what all of the buzz is about.

Which means I can now speculate — based on my own reviews, the awards season hype machine and general industry buzz — about how the nominations will shake out.

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

So Saoirse Ronan grabs an Oscar nomination, which is not really a surprise, given that the buzz about Brooklyn has been huge, and that she's a great actress.

He's acted in smash comedies and action blockbusters, like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Pineapple Express and the Spider - Man trilogy; and buzzed - about indies, like Spring Breakers and Milk; he won a Golden Globe for a 2001 James Dean TV biopic, and scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his star turn in 127 Hours.

If some of those prophets who called the nomination for Demián Bichir still see something we don't, then the whispering buzz that the actor is poised to pull the ultimate upset could indeed be true, either because the performance actually warrants it or because, as unabashed cynicism has suggested, voters feel as guilty about the help of today as that of yesteryear.

Asghar Fahradi, who got a lot of Oscar buzz a couple years back (though no nomination) for ABOUT ELLY, won this year's Golden Bear for Nader & Simin: A Separation (2011).

The move surprised a lot of people, considering there was already plenty of buzz about funnyman Steve Carell, who went through a drastic physical transformation to play multimillionaire John du Pont, delivering a career - defining dramatic performance worthy of a Best Actor nomination and possibly a win.

The only logical explanation as to why more people aren't talking about Damián Szifron's Wild Tales this year is that they didn't realize it counts as a 2015 release (in the U.S.) after generating so much buzz last year from its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language film.

The series, which aired over the summer, drew solid ratings but seemed to lack the sort of media buzz that often is necessary for Globe nominations (about which more in a bit).

The movie is awful, from the script's blending of Southern charm and Jewish slang, to the over-the-top performances by its actors, but when an internet posting begins a rumor that star Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) should garner an Oscar nomination come awards time, the film's publicist (John Michael Higgins) goes into overdrive, generating even more buzz about possible nominations for its other two stars, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer) and Callie Webb (Parker Posey).

Moreover, because of all the buzz about Miers» religion and how this background might bespeak a new right on sentencing issues, broader public examination of the criminal justice system in the context of the Miers» nomination holds some hope of avoiding the usual knee - jerk right / left discussion of being tough or soft on crime.