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Senate First reported on this blog last week, Mike Shaikh has confirmed his entrance into the PC Senate candidate nomination contest.

In 2004, future Progressive Conservative premier Alison Redford made her first jump into electoral politics with an unsuccessful nomination bid against Mr. Anders.

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.

The newly - recharged New York State Democratic Party is seizing on the news, first reported by POLITICO, that NYS GOP Chairman Ed Cox was discussing a fourth entrant into the gubernatorial contest and melding it with Vito Fossella's bizarre nomination to a seat he's not (yet, if ever) running for.

I do not buy into the narrative that Trump won't be as bad as we fear — his first nominations should dispel that hopeful notion.

They first clashed over de Blasio's plan to raise taxes to fund universal pre-kindergarten, but later that year, de Blasio did a huge favor for Cuomo by helping to coax the liberal wing of the Working Families Party into letting him have its nomination.

The company broke into the Oscar picture for the first time with seven nominations, including a best picture nomination for Room and a best documentary nomination for Amy Winehouse profile Amy, one of critics» favorite docs of 2015.

Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street gave Margot Robbie a huge opportunity that she fearlessly seized, dressing up as Harley Quinn broke her into the mainstream as a Hollywood star, and now I, Tonya should net her a first - time Oscar nomination.

Peter Weir's exceptionally fine Witness finds Harrison Ford earning his first (and, so far, only) Best Actor Oscar nomination as John Book, a Philadelphia detective who retreats into the Amish community to protect a widow (Kelly McGillis) and her young son (Lukas Haas) from corrupt cops.

Writer - director Sara Colangelo expands her 2010 short film Little Accidents into her first full - length feature, which recently received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenfirst full - length feature, which recently received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First ScreenFirst Screenplay.

We're heading into the heart of awards season, and first out of the gate with accolades to go around is Film Independent with the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards nominations, honoring achievements in the world of indie cinema.

Just a few short minutes ago this morning, the Screen Actors Guild unveiled their 2015 awards nominations, giving us the first major precursor to really sink our teeth into.

Well known editor and Christopher Nolan collaborator Lee Smith sees his third nomination here, which may just turn into his first win.

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.

This is Godard's first Endy nomination, but it won't be the last as we move further into the past (the Endys run reverse - chronologically).

And while we're grateful for this film catapulting J - Law into the serious film world (and earning a first Oscar nomination), what makes Winter's Bone deserving of this list is that Granik created an enthralling mystery propelled by the immense talent of all its performers (though, definite shout out to John Hawkes and all his cigarette smoking).

Beasts of No Nation, Netflix's first foray into original feature film making, made a huge impact this morning landing nominations in Best Feature, Best Director (Cary Fukunaga), Best Male Lead (Abraham Attah), Best Supporting Male (Idris Elba) and Best Cinematography.

Then there's Brandon Victor Dixon, who had extremely strong reviews for Jesus Christ Superstar and could angle himself into becoming the first actor from one of these recent live musicals to get an acting nomination.

Production Designer Dennis Gassner won his first ACCA after four previous nominations for «Into the Woods,» «Road to Perdition,» O Brother, Where Art Thou?

As the movie's acclaim with critics grew, it also transported its young rising star, Ryan Gosling, into the awards - worthy universe with his first Oscar nomination.

As the buzz for Netflix's first foray into feature film, Beasts of No Nation, hits festival after festival and the Oscar buzz gets louder and louder could we see Best Supporting Actor contender (and virtual lock) Idris Elba be joined on Oscar nomination morning by his co-star Abraham Attah in Lead?

Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm Director: Jacob Hatley In Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.

Hidden Figures Recently adapted to film — with Oscar nominations for best picture and best adapted screenplay — Margot Lee Shetterly's nonfiction book depicts the lives of four black women who, as mathematicians and engineers, helped send the first American astronaut into space.

Buzz is that this could be a breakout novel for Hamid, whose first two books garnered critical acclaim and prize nominations for their insight into relationships between East and West.

JKS worked to get the first book of her Liv Bergen Murder Mystery Series into the hands of booksellers across the country, resulting in the highly - prized Indie Next Pick nomination, a strong endorsement by independent bookstores across the United States, that gives an author the type of buzz in the book industry needed to create legitimacy.

After the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Sam Alito's nomination to the full senate Monday for likely approval, Mauro looked inside the court's chambers and inside the mindset of its first female justice, who is soon headed into a busy retirement.