Sentences with phrase «few nominations for»

It's certainly not hard to imagine her scoring a few nominations for this performance.

Not exact matches

Prospa has been rapidly building its small business loan portfolio over the past few years and in recent months has experienced strong growth, highlighted this week with nomination as a Finalist for the Telstra Australian Business Awards 2015.

This interstellar film from acclaimed director Denis Villaneuve did manage to score quite a few nominations, including one for Best Picture.

A lot of the blogs I follow I have either already nominated for the Liebster last time or Lidia nominated, so rather than nominate another 23 blogs or repeat nominations, I'll just nominate a few more for each.

Even those who are nominally pro-life (like Bob Casey, Jr.) vote pro-choice on the few active issues (Supreme Court nominations and support for Planned Parenthood).

His nomination is one of the few things that might have fired up Virginia Democrats unenthusiastic about their own apparent «choice,» Terry McAuliffe, to run to against Ken Cuccinelli for governor (for a rundown of why Dems aren't so excited about McAuliffe, see Jonathan Chait's «McAuliffe - Cuccinelli Not Quite the Grimmest Rooting Choice in History «-RRB-.

But there are a few conventions, agreed between all the parties, and all nominations for a peerage have to be approved.

Only a few months ago, Cuomo was moving to ensure a landslide third - term victory in 2018, which would cement his status as a 2020 frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The chairman had hoped only a few weeks ago that New York's April 24 presidential primary would actually mean something this time around as a Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all appeared locked in a heated fight for the nomination.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the race a few hours after Yahoo talked with Trump, leaving 14 people still vying for the Republican nomination.

For every six - to - seven seats Labour lose at the general election, the Corbynites need one fewer MP's nomination.

I was out - of - pocket for a few days, but I knew that when the Levy story broke, your first reporting — within 24 hours, it turns out — would be to hit Ed Cox for having considered Levy for the GOP nomination for governor.

As Pataki, who is just a few weeks shy of his 70th birthday, prepared in recent weeks to announce his candidacy, he conceded to friends and allies that he was an extreme long shot for the Republican nomination.

The race for the Republican nomination to challenge Assemblywoman Addie Russell will likely drag on for at least a few more days.

The next presidential election is nearly three years away, but in the Capitol the race is already unfolding, with no fewer than six senators — including New York's Kirsten Gillibrand — eyeing the Democratic nomination in 2020, with each angling to get to the left of the others, complicating things for their colleagues seeking re-election this year.

State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R - Fairfield, who is seeking his party's nomination for governor, pointed out the state's declining revenue prospects a few days before Malloy announced the tax refund was dead.

A few months later, he surfaced at the county Republican convention to accept his party's nomination for comptroller, only to back out a few weeks later, citing health issues and private - sector opportunities.

Hein's dilemma isn't in securing the Democratic nomination — it's his for the taking — but in avoiding the backlash he might suffer in Ulster County, which only a few weeks ago re-elected him to a four - year term many expected he would honor.

Now, after a few months, he has decided to officially declare for the Americans Elect nomination.

Current Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whom Hutchison is challenging for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, is expected to appoint a replacement until the special election is held a few months later.

But perhaps Kavanagh's taking one for the party gave him leverage when he successfully sought the nomination for state Supreme Court judge a few years later.

The 33 - year - old just earned her second Emmy nomination for her role as the vice president's chief of staff Amy Brookheimer on the hit HBO comedy, so needless to say, it's been an exciting (and «daunting») few weeks.

All in all, the iDate 2015 was a blast for us — we showcased the new goodies in the form of SkaDate Mobile Dating Apps, picked up a few tips from the industry pundits, stroke several partnership deals, and came away with our fifth finalist standing in the Best Dating Software Provider nomination in the row.

OPW - Oct 21 - There are just a few days remaining for you to submit nominations for the 2015 iDate Awards, as the deadline for receipt of nominations is October 31st.

There are quite a few missing nominations here, for work debatably more vital than Janney's, including the virtuoso cinematography by Belgium's Nicolas Karakatsanis (Bullhead, The Drop), which gets out on the ice in ridiculously dynamic long takes, dovetailing like an immaculate Torvill and Dean routine with the movie's livid, addictive, disreputable rock soundtrack.

Few Americans had even heard of Cate Blanchett before she earned an Oscar nomination for her striking portrayal of the Virgin Queen in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 period drama, «Elizabeth.»

Few would have bet that «Inglourious Basterds» would turn into the festival's Oscar MVP (they might have been more inclined to say Jane Campion's «Bright Star,» but that film went on to only earn one nomination), or that festival opener «Up» was a sure thing for a Best Picture nomination.

One of the few outliers, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, received a nomination for Snowden.

But no Oscar predictor has the film on the list for Best Picture even though many believe Sully could come in with a few nominations because of the Eastwood - Hanks Academy connection.

Making his feature debut, writer - director Yan England, who scored an Oscar nomination for his 2011 short «Henry,» has a solid - enough feel for the stresses of adolescence, particularly when the cruelty of the many bears down on the few.

Only a few years later, she's received a Critics» Choice Television Award nomination for her no - bullshit performance as Amantha Holden on «Rectify» and is the leading player in a new network series co-starring Matt Lanter and Goran Visnjic.

There were few surprises in the big film categories, though Richard Gere has snagged a nomination for Arbitrage and The Master is in the race here after being mysteriously ignored by SAG.

Oh man, MUDBOUND for cinematography is one of those few nominations I'm really hoping for on nominations morning.

Anyone who's been playing armchair industry - insider over the past few weeks got a cold dose of reality this morning, as the nomination announcement for the 89th Academy Awards confused, delighted and outraged awards - show obsessives.

The nominations for the 72nd Annual Golden Globes Awards have been revealed... and there are a few surprises in the motion picture categories — most notably the complete absence of any nominations for Interstellar (except for its musical score, and even the box office washout Noah got that much attention).

But despite a couple of nominations and wins for guest actors over the next few seasons, the series was never able to break through again as competition in the drama races really started heating up.

Far fewer industry observers were predicting the film to factor into the highly competitive races for best picture, director and supporting actress, where Lesley Manville received a nomination for her magnificently icy turn as Woodcock's sister and business partner.

Sure, Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren are both nominated for Trumbo and the film has a Cast nomination as well but Cranston, despite the legion of TV voters who will probably cast a few his way, has very little chance against DiCaprio and non-Oscar nominee Mirren doesn't feel like a formidable candidate against Oscar nominees Alicia Vikander or Kate Winslet.

The costume and visual effects teams work hard for the Oscar nominations that eluded them last year and there's spiffing handheld IMAX camera action in the arena where our heroes - a few mean - looking bad - asses and a bunch of other contestants we never actually meet - find themselves in a tropical jungle dome laid out like a clock with a wicked surprise in every sector.

While he still works frequently in the genre, Young succesfully shook off his typecasting as «the horror guy» a few years ago (perhaps his Golden Globe nomination for 2001's The Shipping News signalling the final shackle coming off); and this is probably his strongest «serious» score since then.

Happy to be there: As was the case yesterday in my predictions of a few technical categories, this is the lone Oscar nomination for Robert Zemeckis's tepidly - received «Allied.»

Perhaps as a made - for TV movie, Home of the Brave would have been considered solid fare, maybe even supporting enough fine performances by the cast to earn a few choice Emmy nominations.

Although he just won the Oscar a few years ago, another nomination should be in store for this iconic talent who delivers one of his career bests.

There's also a question about whether this is for children or adults, although it does show some shades of «Hugo,» and that movie secured a few nominations.

Even Heath Ledger, whose death has been largely attributed to his intense thesping as the Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, was making few shortlists many months ago until everyone collectively agreed that a nomination for the late actor would be something more than just a gesture of remorse.

All of those actors got Oscar nominations for their sterling work, and deservedly so, but in the Best Actor category Christian Bale lost out to Matthew McConaughey, who capped a remarkable renaissance over the past few years with a formidable turn as a HIV - positive Texan cowboy in Dallas Buyers Club, a fine drama that's well worth a look.

And yet, even though Jenkins won a much - deserved Oscar nomination a few years back for «The Visitor» and averages four or five movies a year, it still feels like he's chronically undervalued in Hollywood.

For the most part, there have been relatively the same few actresses receiving nominations this year.

2016 was a terrific year for film, and overall there were few big surprises, as most of the more acclaimed films got multiple nominations, led by a record - tying 14 awards (matching «Titanic» and «All About Eve») for the musical «La La Land,» starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

Not only is he a lock for an Emmy nomination, but he's out front for the win, having triumphed at the Critics» Choice Awards a few weeks back.