Speculation had Leviathan, Mommy or perhaps even
early awards favorite Foxcatcher as potential top honors out of all the festival submissions.
If you've seen «Lady Bird,» which is
an early awards favorite — on Thursday, the New York Film Critics Circle named it best film and gave Ronan the best actress award, and on Monday she picked up a Gotham Award — it might come as somewhat of a surprise that she's had such an idyllic relationship with her own mother.
Not exact matches
Definitely an
early favorite should we expand this
award to basketball.
The 88th Academy
Awards ceremony doesn't take place until February 28, 2016, but more than eight months out oddsmakers have already offered their thoughts on the
early favorites.
Earlier last week, 5Dimes became the first major sportsbook to post odds for the 2015 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
Award and Vikings RB Adrian Peterson opened as the clear
favorite.
Similar to teammate Connor Williams, he's projected to be an
early pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and is also one of the preseason
favorites for the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
Award.
Speaking of the Oscars, the next big event on the
awards schedule is the Oscar nominations coming up on Tuesday morning, so be sure to check back bright and
early to see if your
favorites make the cut.
Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape of Water» emerged as an
early awards season
favorite after it bowed at the Venice Film Festival in
early September and scooped up the fest's top prize.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is undoubtedly an
early favorite, winning the $ 10,000 Indian Paintbrush
Award and getting rave reviews.
Nothing resembling a Schindler's - style
favorite has come forward in an
awards race that remains wide - open at this
early stage.
No less expected was the
awarding of Best Actor to Timothy Spall, whose emphatic grunts as landscape painter J.M.W. Turner made Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner an
early critical
favorite of the fest.
The 39 - year - old had been an
early favorite on the
awards circuit for his turn as the eccentric Tommy Wiseau, winning the leading comedic actor prize at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7.
And while Ali's
favorite status also seemed solid
early on, thanks to a number of critics
award wins, there have been a few unexpected twists in his narrative — including an upset by Nocturnal Animals star Aaron Taylor - Johnson at the Golden Globes, and one by Lion's Dev Patel at the BAFTA
Awards Sunday night.
Lufthansa received the «Best European Airline»
award earlier this year, snatching it from long - time
favorite Turkish Airlines and now was upgraded from 4 star to 5 star certification by SkyTrax, leading with the following statement:
We're proud to share that The End of eating Everything received the Audience
Award for
Favorite Experimental Film at the BlackStar Film Festival
earlier this year!