Sentences with phrase «double act on»

Eric Forth had been his great mentor and they formed a formidable double act on the backbenches, holding the government to account and being a royal pain in the arse to their own side on occasion.

As an example of this I offer you Claude and Ty, good mates but verbal sparring partners and a sort of double act on Arsenal Fan TV.

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I double - majored in theater in college, so I was planning to take on this challenge through some method acting — but since Musk has been sleeping on the Tesla factory floor and skipping showers as of late, I decided to spare my co-workers.

The «Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,» which President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 22, doubles the standard deduction to $ 12,000 for single filers and $ 24,000 for joint filers who are married.

His plays have been seen on the stages of Galapagos Arts Space, D Lounge, and Theater Double Rep.. A former member of the Bat Acting Company at the Flea Theater he has also performed at the Kennedy Center and Theater for the New City among many others.

The framework proposes a number of specific changes including: consolidating and reducing individual income tax rates to 10, 25, and 35 percent; doubling the standard deduction; cutting the business tax rate to 15 percent on both corporations and pass - through businesses; repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) and estate tax; repealing the 3.8 percent investment surtax from the Affordable Care Act («Obamacare»); moving to a territorial tax system; and imposing a one - time tax on money held overseas.

Aside from the general benefit to corporations from reduced taxes on earnings and gains, the Act diminishes the impact of double taxation on such earnings and gains to shareholders.

Bill S - 31, An Act to implement agreements, conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Slovenia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Senegal, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Germany for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income

That is a tough balancing act for a country that relies on foreign capital to finance its current account deficit - which has doubled to $ 55 billion over the last few years, according to Citigroup - but where the government says three in five children are stunted from malnutrition.

Instead they acted like political hacks rather than spiritual authorities, doubling down on the invective and serving up to the American public an even deeper draught of petty partisanship.

On the other hand, as for each act of willing the Good which does not will it in truth, it must be declared to be double - mindedness.

A comedian might «engage» with that be saying «if I wanted a double act, I would have got a stooge to com up on the stage with me, now shut the fuck up».

Woolworths is facing claims by Harris Farm Markets it is acting anti-competitively by enforcing a first right of refusal over a retail lease in Sydney's Double Bay, in a legal dispute that could mark the start of latest challenge to big supermarket power since Woolworths and Coles were challenged by the regulator on how they deal with suppliers.

back in the day we had a double act up front that worked in tandem perfectly in berkamp and henry one couldn't really function without the other properly almost the perfect combo for a strike pair graceful speedy winger converted c / f and the perfect no 10 with perfect all round vision and goalscoring ability what do we have now that is that equivalence we have a wordly no 10 but no great gracefully speedy henry type c / f and there are none like that out there atm maybe a few potential wannabes remy lacaztte and the likes but really ozil needs a double act with someone and maybe we will see it click into place with sanchez maybe he has the ability to be an henry winger converted c / f has similar traits pace skill strength can score ace goals just needs to find his feet at c / f and he will form a deadly partnership with ozil i think maybe the old time wenger classic 4411 the ox on the left and walcott on the right Ramsey and new d / m in the middle would work a treat for me this formation never dies out just gets reinvented to suit the players available

• Selkirk Sport, the leading Pickleball paddle and accessories brand, and one of the game's most prominent supporters, announced that professional tennis player, Kaitlyn Christian — who acted as Emma Stone's tennis double in the film «Battle of the Sexes,» has been signed to the Team Selkirk Advisory Staff and is now competing on the professional pickleball tour.

Like I said the other day we nerd a double act in attack ala bergy and henery I think given time to wrk on it we could make another with ozil and Sanchez no 10 and no 9 respectively they are potentially the perfect pair for it the master passer and the nimble skilful forward I say we should persist with this going forward and get reus in for the left wing goals galore there I think coyg

Bartley turned home a near - post corner from Hernandez to open the scoring after 36 minutes, before United's on - loan Spaniard got in on the act to double the advantage with a cool finish shortly after the restart.

Reaction: De Bruyne is my Man City blueprint — Guardiola (Premier League) Report: De Bruyne makes it sweet 16 for awesome Man City (Premier League) Report: Otamendi wins derby to fire Man City 11 points clear (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp calls for Liverpool focus after Euro spree (Champions League) Report: «Fab Four» fire seven - goal Liverpool into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho pledges only «the truth» on injuries (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Rashford send Man United into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho wants new shooting boots for Lukaku (Premier League) Report: Old boy Young downs Watford to lift Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp looks on bright side after Chelsea draw (Premier League) Report: Willian denies Liverpool morale - boosting win (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola targets Champions League milestone (Champions League) Report: Sterling strikes late to earn Man City top spot (Champions League) Report: Young England stifle Neymar's Brazil (friendly) Reaction: Loftus - Cheek showed he can cut it — Southgate (friendly) Report: New boys impress as England hold Germany (friendly) Reaction: Mourinho defends lack of Lukaku charity (Champions League) Report: Hapless Svilar helps Man Utd to brink of last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: «Stand up and be counted», Klopp tells Liverpool (Premier League) Report: Spurs» Kane rips sorry Liverpool to shreds (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola proud to beat «best opponents» Napoli (Champions League) Report: Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho and Klopp at odds over Anfield stalemate (Premier League) Report: Man Utd held at Liverpool as Mourinho parks the bus (Premier League) Report: McClean breaks Welsh hearts as Ireland reach play - offs (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Southgate admits England have long way to go (2018 World Cup) Report: Kane sends lacklustre England to World Cup (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Man City's show of force thrills Guardiola (Champions League) Report: Chelsea old boy De Bruyne gives Man City crucial win (Champions League) Reaction: «Amazing» Lukaku won't lose focus — Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Martial lead Man United in CSKA rout (Champions League) Reaction: Klopp says Liverpool on track despite stalemate (Champions League) Report: Coutinho scores as Liverpool held in Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Man United part of «second level», says Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Fix - it Fellaini gets Man United off the mark (Champions League) Reaction: De Bruyne masterclass leaves Guardiola purring (Premier League) Report: Mané sent off as five - star Man City crush Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Alli gesture takes shine off England win (2018 World Cup) Report: Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Klopp hopes Euro progress yields transfer lift (Champions League) Report: Can brace gets Liverpool back into big time (Champions League) Report: Sterling rescue act spares 10 - man Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Conte happy for Chelsea to play the hunters (Premier League) Report: Alonso ruins Spurs» Wembley house - warming (Premier League) Report: Lukaku double fires Man United to winning start (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger lauds Giroud after Arsenal edge Leicester (Premier League) Report: Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger fearful of another slow Arsenal start (Community Shield) Report: Courtois and Morata gift Arsenal victory at Wembley (Community Shield)

Reaction: Hodgson lionises England record - chaser Rooney (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney sees off Slovenia to close on record (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Coleman foresees glory for conquering Wales (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Hodgson tells under - fire Sterling to toughen up (friendly) Report: England and Ireland draw a blank in Dublin (friendly) Reaction: De Gea uncertainty clouds Man United's horizon (Premier League) Report: Arsenal thwart Man United as De Gea departs (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool prepare for life without «irreplaceable» Gerrard (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard «devastated» after final Anfield game (Premier League) Report: Gerrard says farewell as Crystal Palace poop party (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal manager Wenger irked by Swansea «accident» (Premier League) Report: Arsenal sunk by Fabiański and Gomis (Premier League) Reaction: Rodgers accuses Fàbregas as Liverpool's top - four bid fades (Premier League) Report: Chelsea close Champions League door on Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho steels Chelsea for challenges ahead (Premier League) Report: Hazard storms Palace to give Chelsea title (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho feels the love despite Chelsea jibes (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal «boring», not Chelsea — Mourinho (Premier League) Report: Arsenal stalemate delays Chelsea coronation (Premier League) Reaction: Fight for final places, Sherwood tells Villa (FA Cup) Report: Aston Villa end Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Mourinho calls for caution as title beckons (Premier League) Report: Hazard fires clinical Chelsea closer to title (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal says Man United top dogs after derby romp (Premier League) Report: Man City blown away by Man United fightback (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson urges Kane to build on perfect debut (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney, Kane on target in England stroll (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Van Gaal beams after Man United storm Anfield (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard sorry for red card against Man United (Premier League) Report: Gerrard off as Mata brace ends Liverpool run (Premier League) Reaction: PSG revel in Champions League breakthrough (Champions League) Report: Thiago Silva and 10 - man PSG claim Chelsea revenge (Champions League) Reaction: Wenger thrilled as Welbeck proves point (FA Cup) Report: Old boy Welbeck fells Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers rues cost of Liverpool resurgence (FA Cup) Report: Blackburn intrude on Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Wembley win leaves Mourinho feeling «like a kid» (Capital One Cup) Report: Clinical Chelsea earn Mourinho third League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Man City stirrings give Pellegrini Barça hope (Champions League) Report: Suárez scores brace as Barcelona down Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers plots Liverpool assault on top four (Premier League) Report: Coutinho rocket sinks seething Southampton (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends Man United's «long - ball» tactics (Premier League) Report: Blind late show rescues spluttering Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini remains hopeful as Mourinho sulks (Premier League) Report: Silva keeps Man City on Chelsea's heels (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho cries foul over Costa «stamp» claims (Capital One Cup) Report: Ivanović sinks Liverpool as Chelsea reach final (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Odds were against Man United — Van Gaal (FA Cup) Report: Minnows Cambridge hold Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers buoyed by Sterling - inspired Liverpool (Capital One Cup) Report: Sterling slalom checks Chelsea in League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Arsenal masterclass sets standard, says Wenger (Premier League) Report: Cazorla stars as Arsenal stun Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends methods after United defeat (Premier League) Report: Tadić strike punishes shot - shy Man United (Premier League) Report: Bloodied Skrtel earns Liverpool a point (Premier League) Reaction: In - form United «forcing luck», says Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: De Gea stars as United deepen Liverpool gloom (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool will «fight» for return — Rodgers (Champions League) Report: Basel thwart Liverpool to reach last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Van Persie rescued United, admits Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: Van Persie sends lacklustre Man United third (Premier League) Report: Agüero undoes Southampton as Man City go second (Premier League) Report: Stunning Agüero treble gives Man City hope (Champions League) Reaction: Hodgson dismayed by England fan chants (friendly) Report: Rooney at the double as England silence Scots (friendly) Report: Rooney, Welbeck inspire England fightback (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Tevez returns as Argentina overcome Croatia (friendly) Reaction: Man City have «crisis of confidence» — Pellegrini (Champions League) Report: Nine - man Man City left on brink by CSKA Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal says beaten Man United getting closer (Premier League) Report: Agüero gives City spoils against 10 - man United (Premier League) Reaction: Shocks are warning for England, says Hodgson (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney on mark as England school San Marino (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Mourinho urges Chelsea to stay grounded (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger plays down Mourinho touchline spat (Premier League) Report: Hazard, Costa sink Arsenal in stormy derby (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini rues carelessness after Roma hold City (Champions League) Report: Totti makes history as Roma thwart Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers heartened by Liverpool resilience (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal wants more from match - winner Di María (Premier League) Report: Falcao debuts as Man United crush QPR (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson hails Welbeck for biding his time (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Welbeck gives improved England winning start (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Angry Hodgson dismisses England statistics (friendly) Report: Rooney rescues England in turgid Norway win (friendly) Reaction: Wenger backs Sánchez to fill Giroud's shoes (Champions League) Reaction: Pellegrini gladdened by Jovetić display (Premier League) Report: Jovetić at the double as Man City sink Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Ancelotti predicts «new cycle» for Madrid (UEFA Super Cup) Report: Ronaldo still the boss as Madrid win Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) Reaction: Wembley win sets tone for Arsenal — Wenger (Community Shield) Report: Vibrant Arsenal down Man City in Community Shield (Community Shield) Reaction: «Lethargic» Arsenal not ready yet — Wenger (Emirates Cup) Report: Falcao scores comeback goal to sink Arsenal (Emirates Cup) Reaction: Wenger enthused by Sanogo - Campbell double act (Emirates Cup) Report: Sanogo upstages Sánchez in Arsenal romp (Emirates Cup)

MILAN: Mauro Icardi scored a double as Inter Milan went top of Serie A on Tuesday with a 3 - 2 win over Sampdoria as victims of the Holocaust were remembered following anti-semitic acts by Lazio fans.

Fact is, though, there were times during his deadly double act with a certain Luis Suarez where he often flourished from out wide, cutting inside with late runs or laying balls on a plate for his strike partner.

It could be said that they are making the most the «half space», a term taken from the German game to describe the area between the hole and the wings, much like Eden Hazard and Pedro have done for league leaders Chelsea, who are another double act thriving on their differences as well as their similarities either side of a hard - working striker.

Now that you have read some examples of convenience and comfort that double strollers can give you, it is time to act on it.

It can act as a regular tandem double stroller or a sit and stand stroller, depending on your needs.

Senator Gillibrand and Assemblywoman Meng urged the U.S. Senate to vote on theSUCCESS Act of 2012, legislation that would provide investors with strong incentives to invest in small business stock, double deductions for start - up expenses, purchase new equipment, and continue tax credits that small businesses can take advantage of.

He has gone on to reinvent himself as a centrist media figure, forming an unlikely double act with Labour MP Diane Abbott on BBC 1's This Week, hosting his own discussion show (Dinner with Portillo) and fronting documentaries on capital punishment and mental health.

The NPP whose economic team was led by this same Bawumia who doubled as the running mate to Nana Addo introduced the National Pension's Act 766 section 112 (5) of 2008 that rather imposed tax on voluntary pensioners who took their accumulated funds before 10 years.

The government, keen to be seen acting in response to the problem, has doubled the maximum sentence for carrying a knife to four years and spent # 3 million on an anti-knife advertising campaign and

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton doubled down on plans to pay for reauthorization of the Zadroga Act by making changes to Medicare that Democrats have long said aren't an option — an unserious offer with just days to go until Congress heads home for the holidays.

Furthermore, residents of Dawaki suburb in the FCT were saved the orgy of armed robbers attack last week when the police acting on a tip - off, swooped on a gang of robbers, arrested them and recovered 3 double barrel guns, 1 pump action gun, 50 live cartridges and 41 pieces of empty shell cartridges, as they had mobilized and were about to proceed to unleash terror on innocent residents of the community.

U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei is doubling down on equal pay for women in a new 30 - second ad criticizing his Republican opponent's position on the Paycheck Fairness Act.

So they have set their sights higher, on the forested portions of the mountains, where fire acts as a double - edged sword.

That huge jump in the document that Obama submitted today to Congress would keep it on track for a 10 - year (2006 to 2016) doubling that is authorized under last year's America COMPETES Act.

As part of that long - running partnership, Rockefeller would like Congress to deliver on its promises in the 2007 and 2010 versions of the COMPETES Act to double the budgets of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science.

Nominally it the response of the climate to a doubling of CO2 (or to a ~ 4 W / m2 forcing), however, it should be clear that this is a function of time with feedbacks associated with different components acting on a whole range of timescales from seconds to multi-millennial to even longer.

While Burberry — first under American businesswoman Rose Marie Bravo who installed Bailey as designer and then under the double - act of Angela Ahrendts as chief executive and Bailey as creative director — focused on its distinctive British heritage, Tisci's track record shows his heart to be in a dark, gothic sensibility laced with a subversive southern Mediterranean soul.

Death by Chocolate Poke Cake Love Bakes Good Cakes Chocolate Bliss Cheesecake Love Bakes Good Cakes Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Mom on Timeout Chocolate Cherry Marshmallow Crunch Bars Mom on Timeout All Stars Chocolate Cupcakes Mom on Timeout World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Tossed Salad Life Chocolate Milkshake Cupcakes Beyond Frosting Chocolate Shortbread Mousse Beyond Frosting Double Chocolate Chewies Juggling Act Mama Sinful Sweetheart Brownies Juggling Act Mama Quick Almond Joy Brownie Bites Juggling Act Mama Chocolate Pretzel Pecan Pie Juggling Act Mama Toffee Topped Raspberry Beer Brownies Juggling Act Mama Double Chocolate M&M Cookies Juggling Act Mama Double Dark Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream The Frugal Foodie Mama Triple Chocolate Almond Creme Brulee The Frugal Foodie Mama Brownie with Rolos Cooking on the Front Burners Chocolate Revel Bars In the Kitchen with Jenny Turtle Brownies In the Kitchen with Jenny Easy Chocolate Mousse -LCB- I Love -RCB- My Disorganized Life Dark Chocolate Truffle Cookie Cups -LCB- I Love -RCB- My Disorganized Life Brunchweek Candied Bacon Brownies -LCB- I Love -RCB- My Disorganized Life Samoa Brownies Architecture of a Mom Chocolate Cherry Mice My Turn For Us Nutty Wacky Crazy Cake Flavor Mosaic

He shows that he's insecure when he ACTS on these needs» (David DeAngelo, Double Your Dating, pg 49).

For four years, he and Cosby in their scenes together comprised one of the funniest comedy double acts seen on television, his innocent yet conniving Griffin Vesey making the perfect foil to Cosby's ill - tempered curmudgeon Hilton Lucas; another highlight of his portrayal (and a clever «in» joke referring back to his work in Cool Runnings) were Griffin's occasional attempts to impress women by passing himself off as a West Indian, affecting a Jamaican accent.

In Dressed to Kill, Michael Caine, the sexy, badass man's man from Get Carter and Alfie, plays a psychotic psychiatrist struggling with gender identity, while Angie Dickinson (and her body double), a star known for sexual allure rather than genuine acting prowess, wryly plays a middle - aged housewife bored with her life, who goes cruising in an art museum and ends up with a stranger going down on her in a taxi cab before getting sliced to ribbons.

2 TPB Written by BRIAN POSEHN & GERRY DUGGAN Penciled by DECLAN SHALVEY, MIKE HAWTHORNE, REILLY BROWN, KHARY RANDOLPH & SCOTT KOBLISH Cover by REILLY BROWN ON SALE MARCH 2018 Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan continue their Deadpool double act — through good times, bad times and downright ugly times!

Model - turned - actress CAROLINE DAVIS from Belfast acted as Natalie Portman's body double on the set of «Your Highness».

But the younger Damon had also been carving out a career as a stand - up and a writer away from the family, and broke out on the big screen as part of a high - testosterone double act with Rob Riggle in «The Other Guys.»

Here's the full list of 142 films that featured on our contributors» ballots: (Disclaimer: Luc Besson's Lucy didn't get a single vote - I just like this image of Scarlett sorting through stuff) 71 1001 Grams 12 Years a Slave 20,000 Days on Earth 22 Jump Street 52 Tuesdays A Girl at my Door A Most Violent Year A Most Wanted Man A Touch of Sin Aberdeen Alleluia American Sniper Birdman Black Coal, Thin Ice Blind Blue Ruin Boyhood Calvary Captain America: The Winter Soldier Casa Grande Chef Citizenfour Climbing to Spring Cold in July Danger 5 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Der Samurai Duke of Burgundy Edge of Tomorrow Electric Boogaloo Enemy Fandry Force Majeure Frank Free Fall From What is Before Giovanni's Island Gone Girl Goodbye to Language Guardians of the Galaxy Haemoo Han Gong - ju Hard to be a God Horse Money Housebound Ida Inherent Vice Interstellar It Follows Jauja Jigarthanda Jodorowsky's Dune John Wick Killers Lady Maiko Les Combattants Leviathan Li'l Quinquin Life Itself Like Father Like Son Locke Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere Magical Girl Maidan Man From Reno Melbourne Memphis Mommy National Gallery New World Nightcrawler Norte, The End of History Nymphomaniac Of Good Report Only Lovers Left Alive Over Your Dead Body Pale Moon Peaky Blinders Pride R100 Red Army Seven Weeks Sils Maria Snowpiercer Song of the Sea Sorrow and Joy Spring Stand By Me Doraemon Starred Up Starry Eyes Stray Dogs Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Act of Killing The Babadook The Dam Keeper The Double The Editor The Grand Budapest Hotel The Great Beauty The Great Passage The Guest The Hobbit The Internet's Own Boy The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness The Lego Movie The Missing Picture The One I Love The Overnighters The Penguins of Madagascar The Raid 2 The Sacrament The Second Game The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Snow White Murder Case The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Terror Live The Tribe The Wind Rises The Wolf of Wall Street The Wonders The World of Kanako These Final Hours They Came Together Tokyo Tribe Tusk Two Days, One Night Under the Skin Wadjda We Are The Best!

The Party is like a kind of one - act play by Simon Gray or Anthony Schaffer, which might be produced on stage as the second half of a double - bill — with an early piece by Stoppard before the interval, perhaps — so that the evening can end on a heartstoppingly loud gunshot before the curtain call.

While it's invidious to compare a female director's work to that of her spouse, it's plausible that two filmmakers who live and have worked together (she has acted in his films) may find styles and preoccupations rubbing off on each other, or separately making films that would be a dream double - bill; this is certainly the only MHL film that feels remotely like an Assayas one, and it's certainly different from the pared - down precision of her other, more vignette - like works.

The staccato cadence of Tim Streeto's editing, which clusters together short scenes that excise the beginnings and ends of interactions, often keeps the impact of Bernard's autocratic parenting from registering fully on impact, but the film's tragicomic punch lands in the final act after an otherwise useless therapy session triggers in Walt a warm memory of his mother — thus spawning a stint of self - analysis that doubles as an occasion for viewer reflection.

Though the most memorable laughs come from Coogan and Brydon's hilarious double act, Winterbottom's film eases back on the vaudeville of it all by judiciously returning to Sterne (Stephen Fry's Parson Yorick notes, «Life is chaotic... amorphous»).

Those double - digit pace - setters aside, there is bound to be cheering from the Silver Linings Playbook camp, which did considerably better than expected with eight citations, including one in all four acting categories, and disappointment from the Zero Dark Thirty team: Kathryn Bigelow's follow - on from The Hurt Locker got five mentions, including best actress for 2012 nominee Jessica Chastain (The Help), but Bigelow herself was left off the list — a notable snub to the person who had previously made Oscar history as the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing.

Centering on the titular folk singer (Oscar Isaac), a slightly feckless drifter trying to carve out a solo career after the suicide of his double - act partner, it's perhaps closest in tone to «Barton Fink» and «A Serious Man,» but with the near - musical element of «O Brother Where Art Thou» and some typically sharp, borderline absurdist humor.