Sentences with phrase «early frontrunner»

The phrase "early frontrunner" refers to a candidate or competitor who is in the lead or is considered the most likely to succeed at an early stage of a competition or election. Full definition
Leonardo DiCaprio emerges as early frontrunner to play The Joker in new Martin Scorsese - produced film
These guys are All Sports Series vets at this point and I think they are among early frontrunners to take the 2014 Summer League College / Prep Crown..
But it could just as easily struggle to find an audience and be forgotten even more quickly than supposed early frontrunner The Birth of a Nation was last year.
As often the first group to not only put out nominations but announce their winners, they more or less can establish very early frontrunners when the -LSB-...]
In fact, this film might be able to do better than the five nominations «The Big Short» received, especially if you look at Adams and Bale as early frontrunners.
But an early frontrunner for the worst defense has come from Alabama state auditor Jim Ziegler, who is using the Bible to defend the indefensible.
It's ironic that Durant has the fifth - best odds of winning the MVP Award while his two former Thunder teammates (Westbrook and Harden) are the early frontrunners.
The list of PFA Premier League Player of the Year has been announced, with Kevin De Bruyne and Mo Salah seen as the early frontrunners for the honour.
Vanderhoef was the early frontrunner in this race, largely due to his higher name recognition (recall he also ran for LG as John Faso's running mate in 2006), but he told me this morning that the contest is tighter than expected.
The early frontrunner is Andy Burnham.
Bloomberg has repeatedly gone out of his way in recent months to praise Democratic City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the early frontrunner who paved the way for his third term.
De Blasio usually swatted away the barbs and returned to his carefully crafted talking points about his equity agenda and the reasons that Quinn, the early frontrunner, should not be mayor.
State Assemblywoman Jane Corwin is the early frontrunner on the GOP side and would be favored in the special election.
Asked to asses his chief Republican rival, former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, whom many see as the early frontrunner, Catsimatidis said that Lhota was well - qualified, but lacked his status as a «visionary.»
Donovan was the early frontrunner, until two of his campaign staffers were indicted over the summer for alleged campaign finance violations.
The early frontrunner, state Speaker Chris Donovan, was coasting to the nomination until his campaign went into turmoil in June when two staffers were indicted for alleged campaign finance violations.
The early frontrunners remain the early frontrunners.
Add to this the reemergence of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, and it's easy to understand Liu's frustration, as well as the difficulty he's had gaining traction in a race he was once considered an early frontrunner.
Mr Miliband has emerged as an early frontrunner in the contest, and was frequently regarded as a possible challenger to Mr Brown in the event of a forced leadership contest.
I'm eager to see what this year's race brings us, and we'll be hearing all about the «early frontrunners» next month when the festival season begins in earnest.
Though the whisper campaigns are hard at work trying to convince voters that the film itself is too «hard to watch,» there will be no denying Ejiofor's talent, and right now I consider him the early frontrunner to take the trophy home.
It's been a heated race, full of controversy, late bloomers and early frontrunners.
Silver Linings Playbook is the crowdpleasing candidate (not unlike David O. Russell's 2010 contender The Fighter), and it became the early frontrunner after its stellar debut at the Toronto Film Festival.
Imagine as we enter Oscar race 2013 three strong films written and directed by women, with leading women at the forefront, one of which is crowned the early frontrunner to win.
Kristin Scott Thomas has a juicy role to sink her teeth into, and not only is she a top tier contender for Supporting Actress, she could even be one of the early frontrunners to win the Oscar.
HUNGER and SHAME director Steve McQueen's harrowing, historical drama 12 YEARS A SLAVE is currently the early frontrunner for the upcoming award season.
While Inside Out should return Pixar to the Best Animated Feature Oscar category they last won for 2012's Brave and right now it looks like an early frontrunner, the film will have to compete against The Good Dinosaur, Pixar's other 2015 release whose Thanksgiving Eve opening may give it an advantage with short - memoried voters.
NB — Angelina Jolie received a nod solidifying her as one of the early frontrunners for Oscar which means the Pitts will certainly be stepping up their campaign leading into award season.
Can Boyhood finally make good on its early frontrunner status and win here?
Some years, the foreign - language film Oscar race revolves consistently around an early frontrunner; others, like this one, remain a guessing game throughout.
By all appearances, the early frontrunner status of Spotlight seems to be very solid now.
Leonardo DiCaprio has emerged as an early frontrunner for the role of The Joker in the forthcoming film about the character's origin story, which is being executively produced by Martin Scorsese.
While we can't make overly sweeping generalizations from our research (we looked at a particular set of schools with particular characteristics), this first analysis of personalized learning finances enables educators and policymakers to learn from these early frontrunners and, ideally, to more clearly understand potential fiscal implications.
The team did announced that a statement regarding which engine supplier the team will use next season will be made shortly and early frontrunners are both Ferrari and Mercedes - AMG.
With the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One around the corner, and with performance tests of both Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 present and correct, the next generation console power debate is in full force - and there's an early frontrunner.
Noble is the most established of the artists on the shortlist and is the early frontrunner for the prize.
Gillian Carnegie, 34, is the first artist who exclusively uses paint as a medium to be nominated for the pounds - 25,000 prize for five years and has emerged as the early frontrunner.
If you can't get your hands on a Moto 360 (or the cost of that proves to be too high) then the Gear Live could be the early frontrunner.
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