Sentences with phrase «clear frontrunners for»

In one of the most unpredictable Oscar years we've seen in a while, there are no clear frontrunners for many of the categories heading into the hottest month of the season.

Casey Affleck and Denzel Washington were the clear frontrunners for Best Actor.

There's no clear frontrunner for the 2013 mayor's race, although Rep. Anthony Weiner outpolls ex-Comptroller Bill Thompson.

If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to announce a candidacy for the Presidency, she would be the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.

Whether Obama wins or loses in November «12, she figures to be touted immediately afterward as the early and clear frontrunner for» 16.

Hillary Clinton remains the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, the clear frontrunner against all Republican challengers for the general election based on all polling, and the clear favorite among Democratic insiders and throughout the Democratic establishment nationally and in major states.

The 42 - year - old actor was the clear frontrunner for best supporting actor through the later stages of this year's awards race.

As thoughts turn toward the jury prizes that will be handed out on Sunday, no film has stood out as a clear frontrunner for the Palme d'Or.

Eager to piece together any reason for the lack of a clear frontrunner for this year's Oscar race, Variety's Peter Bart has put out a thesis: it's because movie critics like bummer movies that Academy voters don't.

It's a stunning achievement for Hideo Kojima and the clear frontrunner for 2015's Game of the Year.

Not exact matches

Michigan was believed to be the clear - frontrunner for three - star Walled Lake, Michigan QB Sam Johnson.

The Post has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo for governor, while making quite clear it still has considerable reservations about the AG and his ability to clean up Albany, pledging to «fully monitor his progress, and to offer advice when appropriate.»

Douglas Hogg, the former Conservative cabinet minister who played a notable part in the MPs» expenses scandal after it was alleged that he had claimed money for the clearing of the moat at his country house in Lincolnshire, has emerged as a frontrunner to win a hereditary place in the House of Lords.

Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo has made it clear he believes the public sector unions are part of the problem, and has called for them to make «shared sacrifices» — much like they did in the 1970s.

Considered at the time the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, instead he stepped aside, clearing the path to the White House for then Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton.

Haggman dropping out of that race would help clear the field for the frontrunner Donna Shalala, a former Clinton Foundation chief and past University of Miami president.

The frontrunner and clear favorite appears to be disgraced former governor Mark Sanford, who represented the district for 6 years in Congress.

Not only did he find himself at the short end of the stick when a leader was last chosen, but his campaign this year, stuck in the doldrums for months, gained critical traction as he contrasted, in debate after debate, what he described as his inclusive style of leadership and decision - making with a heavy - handed control of the Council he saw from Quinn, who for months had been the clear frontrunner.

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In a year excitingly devoid of a clear Oscar frontrunner like «La La Land,» which won this prize here last year, «Three Billboards» made an enjoyably offbeat choice for top honors: a crowd - pleaser of blistering intelligence and pitch - black humor, grounded by Frances McDormand's ferociously controlled performance as a grieving mother forging her own path to justice.

This year's crowded Academy Awards field lacks any clear frontrunners — but not because it wants for worthy candidates

I'm talking about the Oscar race, which was something of a black hole for its first three months, the inevitable result of a season with no clear frontrunner that was also frequently drowned out by that other news cycle I mentioned earlier.

If Social Network were to win both major critic awards and remain a far frontrunner for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, the writing on the wall becomes clear for Oscar night.

Usually, these categories lock up pretty early with a clear frontrunner and the obvious runners - up, and it feels like we kind of scrape around the barrel looking for one or two people to round out the list of top ten female performances in a year.

In a field as crowded as this one — there are dozens of TV shows and films nominated for awards, with few clear frontrunners in any category going forward — it's hard to make sweeping pronouncements about trends in the industry.

In both cases, we saw what happens when awards pundits hold off with their pronouncements, hoping for one last bang at the end of the year to clarify what seems like a foggy year with no clear Best Picture frontrunner.

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In the case of Scholastic «s publication of Suzanne Collins» wildly successful Hunger Games trilogy, print books should have accounted for a higher percentage of sales, given the prevalence of print over digital in that demographic; at the same time, ebook sales of E.L. James» 50 Shades of Grey trilogy and the anonymity of digital purchases — coupled with the self - publishing numbers from the first go - round — made ebooks seem to be the clear frontrunner.