Sentences with phrase «first nomination for»

The Bookshop earned Fitzgerald her first nomination for the Booker prize in 1978.

It's been a little over 24 hours since President Obama announced his first nomination for the United States Supreme court, 2nd Circuit judge Sonia Sotomayor.

In 2010, it first feature film, The Secret of Kells, was nominated for an Academy Award and in 2015 Tomm Moore's follow up feature, Song of the Sea, garnered Moore a second Oscar nomination and a first nomination for Producer Paul Young.

We are trying to start a trend in hopes that she may get her first nomination for this film.

Sofia Coppola, «Lost in Translation» (2003) • The daughter of Oscar - winning «The Godfather» director Francis Ford Coppola picked up her first nomination for the quiet Japan - set character study, but lost to Peter Jackson for «The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.»

Shockingly, this is the first nomination for the master behind Memento, The Dark Knight and Inception.

In his first nomination for Best Actor, British actor Paul Scofield earned a surprising victory for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in Fred Zinnemann's hit adaptation of Robert Bolt's play.

Kyra Sedgwick landed notice for Lifetime's Story of a Girl while Jean - Marc Vallee nabbed his first nomination for the female - driven sensation, Big Little Lies.

No nod for Best Picture this time round but, an impressive eight Oscar nominations in total, including Spielberg's first nomination for Best Director, a win for Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography and a Special Achievement Award for Frank E.Warner's sound effects editing.

Another «12 Years a Slave» alum has had great success since his first nomination for that film.

Ivory, of the famous Merchant - Ivory period films of the 80s and 90s, should easily earn his first Oscar here, his first nomination for writing (he...

This is the first nomination for a Spirit Award for the actor.

His victory for Blade Runner 2049 came 23 years after his first nomination for The Shawshank Redemption.

«45 Years» Veteran actress Charlotte Rampling could score her first nomination for playing half of a couple preparing for their 45th wedding anniversary.

On «The King's Speech,» he will once more be visiting the British royalty, a world that brought him his first nomination for «The Queen» four years ago.

But if it follows in the footsteps of Gravity or The Martian, it will be one to watch: Chris Pratt could earn his first nomination for Best Actor.

But this year she's celebrating her first nomination for a film role, thanks to Greta Gerwig's breakout indie «Lady Bird.»

Judith Light earns her first nomination for Transparent (she was previously nominated in Guest for Ugly Betty) for an episode of more depth than most of her first season episodes combined.

Laurie Metcalf, already a three - time Emmy winner and recent Tony winner, on Tuesday earned her first nomination for an Oscar — a supporting actress nod for «Lady Bird.»

The actress, however, received her first nomination for a film role this year for her performance in the drama «Cake.»

Since this is the first nomination for the Austerberry / Vieau / Melvin trio, it would, of course, be their first win as well.

Diane Keaton won the 1977 Best Actress Oscar at her first nomination for Woody Allen's semi-autobiographical comedy «Annie Hall.»

This is the first nomination for both Larson and Rampling, while Ronan received her first in almost a decade since her breakout performance in 2007's «Atonement.»

I'm nerding out so hard right now because this is my first nomination for well... anything!

With that, the caucus was officially opened, and Mike Boylan made the first nomination for Michelle Mosher to be the Republican candidate for town clerk.

This is the first nomination for Mzvee and also Yemi Alade has been nominated for the highly coveted award three times in a row, while Wizkid has won the award in the past.

Not exact matches

The 2008 election showed just how powerful social media could be in driving votes, and President Barak Obama's 2008 campaign was, and is, widely viewed as the first general - election campaign to focus on social media as its primary mode of marketing (Howard Dean's bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination also used social media heavily.)

As the distributor of Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea, Amazon became the first streaming service to receive a nomination for Best Picture.

She spoke for the first time since clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, acknowledging the milestone of becoming the first woman to earn the nomination of one of the nation's major political parties.

The Netflix political drama House of Cards earned an Emmy nomination for best drama series Thursday, marking the first time a program that aired online rather than over traditional television received a nomination.

So pro-Hillary investors might actually see it as a good sign then that the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index is down 5 % since Clinton officially received the Democratic nomination for president, and that the sector has fallen nearly 11 % since Sept. 22 alone, which was just before the first presidential debate.

First find the most appropriate awards to apply for, get your nominations in order and hope for the best.

The protests in Hong Kong were sparked when Beijing rejected a proposal for open nominations of candidates for Hong Kong's first - ever leadership election in 2017, meaning all candidates will continue to be picked by a panel that is mostly aligned with Beijing.

Ten of the 17 major candidates for the GOP nomination qualified to make the prime - time debate stage Thursday night, but it's real estate mogul and chairman of the Trump Organization, Donald Trump, leading the pack, with 19 percent of Republican primary voters selecting him as their first choice.

This was Fisher's second Grammy nomination and first win, following her nod for spoken word for her 2008 book «Wishful Drinking.»

«The Revenant» will always be known for being the film that won Leonardo DiCaprio his first Oscar after five previous nominations.

Unlike previous years, the nomination application is just the first step for communities across the country to share unique stories about their local rink, teams, hockey spirit and passion.

SEPTEMBER 2004: Chris Tenove's series of reports from towns hard - hit by government cutbacks in B.C.'s «Heartland» garners first of many Webster Award nominations for Tyee.

Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo: Tracy McKinnon, chairperson of the Fort McMurray Catholic School District, is challenging first - term PC MLA Mike Allen for that party's nomination.

Calgary - Currie: Former political staffer Dustin Franks is challenging first - term MLA Christine Cusanelli for the PC nomination.

This is not the first time the PCs have decided to appoint a candidate in this constituency rather than allow members to vote for a candidate through an open nomination contest.

Lethbridge First - term MP Jim Hillyer is facing two challengers for the Conservative nomination in the new Lethbridge riding.

The NDP have recruited their first nomination candidate in Lori McDaniel, a Suncor employee and health and safety representative for Unifor Local 707A.

Since accepting the nomination to serve as Trump's Trade Representative, Lighthizer has reinforced his support for Trump's anti-trade «America First» policies.

He first ran for the PC Party in 1993, first in an unsuccessfully bid for the party nomination in Edmonton - Glenora and then as the PC candidate in Edmonton - Highlands - Beverly (in the election he was defeated by his Liberal opponent, Alice Hanson).

A December article for rollcall.com said «Gingrich's nomination would make him the first non-Protestant to be nominated for president by the GOP.»

(CNN)- The race for the Republican presidential nomination is on track to break new ground: For the first time in modern political history - some say ever - the GOP nominee could be someone who is not a Protestant Christifor the Republican presidential nomination is on track to break new ground: For the first time in modern political history - some say ever - the GOP nominee could be someone who is not a Protestant ChristiFor the first time in modern political history - some say ever - the GOP nominee could be someone who is not a Protestant Christian.

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court raises the prospect that for the first time in history there will be a supermajority of justices on the same court affiliated to one degree or another with the Catholic Church.

Who she is: Bachmann was Minnesota's first female Congresswoman, and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, dropping out six months into the race.

Julianne Moore, who has received five Academy Award nominations and eight Golden Globe nominations, won her first Oscar last season for Still Alice.