Ironically there was no recognition for Benigni, not even a foreign
film nomination for his Oscar winner, Life Is Beautiful.
Earlier today, the Writers Guild of America announced
their film nominations for 2017, and as usual, there are a couple of surprises in the form of omissions and inclusions.
FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 23rd ANNUAL CRITICS» CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE The Big Sick Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk...
The Director's Guild of America announced
the film nominations for the 2016 DGA Awards and, shockingly, the surprise was that there were no surprises.
FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 22ND ANNUAL CRITICS» CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water La La Land Lion Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Sully BEST ACTOR Casey Affleck — Manchester...
Not exact matches
Interestingly, fellow nominee Mad Max: Fury Road «s search volume dropped more than 85 % around its
nomination, though that might have something to do with the fact that the
film was released last May and had been out of theaters
for months when
nominations were announced.
The company tracked the number of Internet searches across various platforms
for each of the Best Picture nominees during the week before the
nominations were announced last month and the week after, and then compared those numbers to the weeks around each
film's initial release.
In addition to Bullock's win, it somehow managed to get a best picture
nomination, because 2009 was not the finest year
for film.
Now you can add the
film American Hustle — which won a Golden Globe
for Best Picture and picked up 10 Academy Award
nominations this week — to the list, especially if you want to explain how really great salespeople find leads, draw customers, and make deals.
Why she's awesome: Hayek received an Oscar
nomination for her role in the
film «Frida» and has starred in numerous blockbusters.
The streaming service also earned three
nominations for its documentaries «Icarus,» «Strong Island,» and «Heroin (e),» and one nod
for the foreign language
film «On Body and Soul.»
Meanwhile, Netflix (nflx) is second to only Time Warner's HBO (twx) in terms of TV category nods (nine to HBO's 12), while the streaming giant also picked up three big
nominations in the
film categories, including two
for its original feature
film Mudbound.
The two big winners, with 12
nominations apiece, were the musical productions of «Mean Girls» and «SpongeBob SquarePants,» earning Tina Fey a nod
for her adaptation of her wickedly funny 2004
film of the same name.
But, along with an additional award
for cinematography, the
film only won three Academy Awards on the night despite topping all other
films with 12 total
nominations.
The
film was nominated
for 14 Academy Awards — it shares the all - time
nomination record with «All About Eve» and «Titanic.»
«The Revenant» will always be known
for being the
film that won Leonardo DiCaprio his first Oscar after five previous
nominations.
Thus far, the
film's accolades include seven
nominations, plus a number of wins at run - up events, including Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes
for the movie, Frances McDormand and co-star Sam Rockwell.
As
for what I think will win: The Shape of Water has 13
nominations, wins from the PGA and the DGA, and, as I write this, a timed - to - do - damage plagiarism lawsuit against it that I think is only likely to increase support
for the
film.
Last week, we reported on «Alone but Not Alone,» the unknown song from an obscure, independent Christian
film of the same name, which nevertheless netted an Oscar
nomination for Best...
Congratulations to Mr. Adam Sandler, whose
film Grown Ups 2 leads all
nominations for this year's Razzie Awards — an honor that recognizes excellence in awfulness — garnering a total of eight noms including worst picture.
Described as «beautiful, bright, witty and down to earth», she starred in 10
films and earned a Tony
nomination for her performance in the Broadway production The Pleasure of His Company.
This interstellar
film from acclaimed director Denis Villaneuve did manage to score quite a few
nominations, including one
for Best Picture.
In a way, the studios pretty much decide ahead of time which
films they want to push
for getting those
nominations from other Hollywood insiders, and as a result, some of the best
films of the year can get ignored.
Bernstein earned Oscar
nominations for his work on 14
films, including The Great Escape, the theme to which became the unofficial anthem of the English national soccer team and is still sung by supporters.
The Center has won two Oscars
for its tolerance education
films and received five Oscar
nominations.
There was also Abigail van Buren, better known as newspaper advice columnist Dear Abby, and Abigail Breslin, the actress who received an Academy Award
nomination at the age of 10,
for her role as Olive Hoover in the
film Little Miss Sunshine.
On that, Debbie Howard is so deserving of her
nomination for a ground breaking
film Still Loved giving so many people a voice where they have previously been silenced.
Hayek, 41, who won an Academy Award
nomination for best actress
for the 2002
film, «Frida,» said she has struggled with her weight since her daughter Valentina Paloma was born last September.
Award - winning
film maker, Cary Joji Fukunaga has issued a statement requesting
for his critically acclaimed war drama, «Beasts Of No Nation'to be removed from the 2015 Ghana Movie Awards
nominations announced on Friday afternoon in Accra, Ghana.
Adapted
for the screen by William Kennedy from his Pulitzer Prize - winning novel, Ironweed was
filmed at several Albany locations and brought international attention to the Capital Region and earned Oscar
nominations for both Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
Unlike previous years, Ghana recorded a lot of new faces on the
nomination list; some of whom Included new actor, Joseph Otsiman who got the nod
for Best Actor In Supporting Role for his performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director catego
for Best Actor In Supporting Role
for his performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director catego
for his performance in the drama thriller
film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated
for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director catego
for AMAA 2016 Award
For Best Director catego
For Best Director category.
Ghana had a maximum of fifteen (15)
nominations with five (5)
films for the upcoming 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs) to take place in June.
Chris Palmer has produced more than 300 hours of wildlife programmes, winning two Emmy awards and an Oscar
nomination for the
film Dolphins.
Even though he has more than a dozen
films to his credit, including work on the 2003
film version of The Hulk that garnered him
nominations for two awards from the Visual Effects Society, Benza says it was a challenge to create highly athletic performances from bulky, animated characters that appeared to be the size of small buildings and weigh several tons.
Already moving on from La La Land, the romantic musical which is picking up
nominations and awards left right and centre this year, Emma needed to prepare
for her role as tennis player Billie Jean King in Fox Searchlight's up - coming
film Battle of the Sexes.
Oscar
nominations were announced yesterday morning, and shockingly, Jessica wasn't nominated
for anything this year, despite the fact that she appeared in leading or supporting roles in at least three extremely Oscar - buzz - worthy
films in 2014.
It wasn't long after her 1998 graduation that the aspiring actress made her feature debut in the 2000 drama Our Song, with
nominations for the
film at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance
Film Festival serving to increase her exposure among cinephiles, even if the
film did go largely unseen by the masses.
The
film earned the Merchant Ivory team 9 BAFTA
nominations and a Palme d'Or
nomination at Cannes
for director James Ivory.
She appeared in a string of independent
films throughout the 1990s, in addition to all the aforementioned Di Cillo titles; she had the lead, opposite Anne Heche, in the acclaimed Walking and Talking (1996), written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award
nomination for Best Actress.
Like fellow French - Canadian drama Incendies (see below) the previous year, Monsieur Lazhar earned an Oscar
nomination for best foreign - language
film.
«This time, its war, «was the tagline and Aliens went on to become one of the biggest blockbuster
films of 1986 and not to mention ending up being nominated
for Seven Oscars including a Best Actress
nomination for Sigourney Weaver and winning two Oscars
for Sound Effects Editing and Special Visual Effects.
While star Johnny Depp's singing earned mixed reviews — and the movie dropped or shortened some of Sondheim's songs — the
film as a whole received plenty of critical acclaim as well as a Golden Globe
for best picture (with Depp himself earning an Oscar
nomination for his performance).
Harrelson received the
film's only acting
nomination for his work as Larry, but I think he provides the weakest performance of the leads.
Davis» was opposed to the casting, insisting that Buono was «grotesque,» but after
filming finished the actress went up to Buono and apologized
for her earlier attitude; even more gratifying to Buono was his Oscar
nomination for Baby Jane.
His performance as Billy Crystal's put - upon brother in the
film won him an Oscar
nomination for Best Supporting Actor of 1992, as well as a Golden Globe
nomination.
For her work in the film, Mulligan won a number of critics awards for Best Actress, as well as garnering nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Acade
For her work in the
film, Mulligan won a number of critics awards
for Best Actress, as well as garnering nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Acade
for Best Actress, as well as garnering
nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Academy.
Ringwald only lasted a season before she was let go, but her television work paved the way
for subsequent screen roles.In 1982, Ringwald made an auspicious
film debut in Paul Mazursky's acclaimed Tempest, earning a Golden Globe
nomination for her portrayal of John Cassavetes» daughter.
The
film was an unqualified hit, netting seven Oscar
nominations and winning two, a Best Actor
for Jack Nicholson and a Best Actress
for Helen Hunt.
While retaining many of the Broadway show's musical numbers, the
film enlisted the stage production's Tony - winning composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to write additional material
for the
film, though their new songs failed to earn any Oscar
nominations.
He also starred in and received a Golden Globe Award
nomination for HBO's dramatic
film about the Lindberg baby kidnapping, «Crime of the Century» directed by Mark Rydell.