Sentences with phrase «film acting categories»

Queen Latifah, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, Uzo Aduba, Regina King, and Gina Rodriguez were nominated for their TV performances, while no actresses of color were nominated in the women's film acting categories.

The other Satellite winners in the film acting categories were Jessica Chastain («The Tree of Life») and Viola Davis («The Help»), the latter tabbed as a lead performance.

Not exact matches

After two years in which the Oscars failed to nominate a black actor in any of the acting categories, nominations this year represent a diverse pool of actors and films.

Over in the acting categories, George Clooney and Tilda Swinton won for «The Descendants» and «We Need To Talk About Kevin» respectively, with both films also ranking as one of the best of the year.

The Academy is going to want to spread the love around the categories for this film and Arkin is really the only acting threat.

Hoffman's masterful display of talent in The Master is also undeniable, and as that film's divisive reaction makes it a lesser player in the Best Picture race, many of its admirers will likely look to the acting categories to show their appreciation.

The same would hold true of a Lead Actor bid for Boseman — though James Brown is an enormously compelling real - life figure whose life is replete with the material that wins actors awards, the Best Actor race more than any other acting category is closely tied to the Best Picture race, and Boseman will likely struggle against competitors in stronger films overall.

Wright has been acting since 2011 on UK shows like «Top Boy,» «Doctor Who» and «Humans» and in films such as «The Commuter» and «Urban Hymn,» which led to a BAFTA nomination in the most promising newcomer category.

The nominations covered 31 separate categories of feature film, short - form and television work, as well as individual achievements in character animation, design, effects, music, storyboarding, writing, voice acting and more.

I am honored to open the show as a presenter as MTV makes strides once more by doing away with binary acting categories, celebrating television and film in a truly inclusive way,» said Dillon.

«Silver Linings» is the only film this year to have acting nominees in all four categories.

Beasts of the Southern Wild is not eligible for SAG so any Oscar predictions for that film in the acting categories will have to be made blind.

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Truth be told, the only film in the category more deserving is The Act of Killing, so we'd have been fine with kicking any of the others to the curb to make room.

Last year, the same person or film won in 14 of the 19 categories in which both shows give out awards, including three of the four acting categories.

The film benefited by the group's additional comedy categories where Keaton was able to pick up his two acting awards.

Since the inception of the SAG awards, we've never had a year in which all four acting winners have come from films lacking a corresponding Cast nomination (minus 1994, since there was no such category in its first year).

My Man Godfrey features brilliant performances by Carole Lombard and William Powell, and was the first film to receive Academy Award nominations in all four acting categories.

Over at USA Today, Susan Wloszczyna has come to the conclusion that, in a fairly weak year for film with a less - than - competitive Best Picture slate to show for it, the performance categories are where it's at this year: The real action this year is in the acting.

This week I'm focusing on designs from films nominated outside of the Best Picture category, say for acting, Best Foreign Language Film, etc..

As was recently reported by the hive of Oscarologists over at Gold Derby, American Hustle has history on its side when it comes to the acting races, as only two of the 14 films to see their stars nominated in all four categories have walked away without a single acting Oscar (those two, for the record, were 1936's My Man Godfrey and 1950's Sunset Boulevard).

The Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo earned three SAG nominations, leading the pack in the film categories including a lead acting nomination for Bryan Cranston and another for ensemble.

To add insult to injury, several prominent film writers framed entire articles around the clear competition imbalance between the male and female lead acting categories.

Part of the reason for this is that so many of the roles played are extended cameos or otherwise short of the screentime or impact required for a nomination, another is the fact that no Anderson film has received a nomination in the acting categories.

Last year we saw the two - year drought of no acting nominations for people of color turn into nominations in all four categories, two winning (Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis) and Moonlight become the first black - led and LGBTQ film to win Best Picture in Oscar's 89 - year history.

There are any number of possible explanations for this trend, most probable simply being the increasing split between blockbuster «entertainment» films that dominate the technical categories while low - budget (in) dependent films, driven by strong acting, directing and writing, dominate the more prestigious awards, making a 7 Oscar win relatively rare (in order to reach that number, a film has to do well in either the effects or design categories, areas which favor big - budget spectacle).

It wouldn't be too surprising to see four Oscar nominations in the acting category from this film.

There were several record - breaking recognitions, as well, including Rachel Morrison of Netflix's «Mudbound,» who became the first female nominee ever in the Oscar cinematography category, and the film's star Mary J. Blige, who is the first person to be double - nominated for acting and original song.

The film was nominated for best picture in the comedy / musical category and lead Daniel Kaluuya earned an acting nod.

OTHER CATEGORIES There's far more to choose from if you expand the survey to films that will compete for nominations outside the Best Picture and acting races.

Because the Golden Globes breaks up lead acting and best film into the two categories, there are few major snubs.

«American Hustle» becomes the 15th film in Oscar history to receive nominations in all four acting categories.

The caustic, darkly comic ballbuster Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri walked away from the Globes with trophies in four of the six categories it was nominated in, and the most awards of any feature film of the night: The movie took the Best Motion Picture — Drama) prize, stars Sam Rockwell and Frances McDormand both took home acting awards in their categories, and director Martin McDonagh won for his screenplay.

I hope that Daniela Vega is one of the few actresses from a foreign film to cross over into the acting category with success.

Outside of the competitive races in the acting categories, the cast of «Spotlight» — which includes Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and Brian D'Arcy James — will be given a special ensemble acting award for their work in the film.

Lawrence is one of many bright spots in this film, which achieved the rare feat of getting Oscar nominations in all four acting categories.

Because her thinking man's Ilsa act in The Reader is at least conceptually riskier than her put - upon dishrag Debbie Downer in Revolutionary Road, we were that close to throwing her by the wayside in this category, especially because there's a clearly superior crypto - leading role in the mix (Rosemarie DeWitt, whose titular character in Rachel Getting Married has been shut out of a lot of races thus far, but we feel anyone who actually watches enough of the film to justify throwing their vote toward frontrunner Anne Hathaway should have no other choice but to recognize DeWitt's equally tricky, equally attention - stealing performance).

As should be clear to you by now, this is a film that ought to feature on Oscar night well beyond the acting categories, for its editing, cinematography, writing, direction, and even that rarely consequential subject hair and makeup all warrant notice.

Awards Speculation: The acting categories are where this film is going to make its play for Oscars.

Managing two acting nominations in the same category for a film like «Up in the Air» is, in my opinion, quite the accomplishment.

To many fans dismay, the arenas in which the film is most likely to fall short are the acting categories.

Blige was also nominated in the Best Original Song category for «Mighty River,» making her the first person ever nominated for an acting performance and an original song for the same film.

While this year's list of Golden Globes nominees isn't as lily - white as, say, the Oscars typically are, the slate is still lacking inclusivity; out of 30 acting nominees in the film categories, just five are not white.

The Annie Awards, known for predicting the next animated film to take home an Academy Award, honor excellence and achievement in animation, with a total of 36 categories including Best Feature, Best Feature — Independent, Production Design, Character Animation, and Effects Animation to Storyboarding, Writing, Music, Editing and Voice Acting.

OSCARS 2017: Nominees from the acting and directing categories reveal the untold stories of how their films, characters and personal journeys came to fruition (Entertainment Weekly)

Even the acting categories were dominated by films with male creators.