Next week's announcement of the nominees for the 86th Academy Awards will probably hold few surprises for those who have been
following the award season and seeing many of the year - end contenders.
A big stat that will be interesting to
follow this awards season.
The film remained 1988's highest - earner until the drama Rain Man opened just before Christmas and overcame it next spring
following its award season triumphs.
Not exact matches
As payment for Parks, Rozelle
awarded the 49ers Kevin Hardy, who had been the Saints» first draft choice that
season, plus their first draft choice the
following year.
The French forward has become one of the most wanted players on the market
following an amazing three
seasons with Atletico Madrid where he has scored a total of 77 goals, as well as earning the European Golden Boot
Award at last summer's European Championships, where he was key in guiding his France international side to the final of the competition.
«You should
follow Iowa because they have the most electrifying defensive player in the country in Desmond King, the only player to ever win the Thorpe
Award and return the
following season.
Giovinco picked up his first
award last week, but has
followed that up with another one — the first time it's been done in the MLS this
season.
If Kane manages to scoop the prize, he will be the first player to collect the
award in back - to - back
seasons since Robin van Persie managed the feat with Arsenal in 2012, before taking the
award with Manchester United the
following year.
The newly - converted centre forward has now picked up his first Arsenal Player of the Month
award of the
season,
following Laurent Koscielny's August
award.
It remains to be seen who
follows N'Golo Kante in winning the
award after the Chelsea star was magnificent in their run to the title last
season, with Football Focus officially announcing the nominees live on their show on Saturday with voting already concluded from the players.
Coach Sopak earned the prestigious Contra Costa Times East Bay Coach of the Year
award following the 2012
season and was selected as Nor Cal Preps Division 3 coach of the year
following the 2011 - 2012, 2012 - 2013
season and again
following the 2013 - 2014 & 2015 - 2016
season.
Over the last decade, the number one overall pick has been named Rookie of the Year on five occasions but never when they were also listed as the preseason favorite (unless you count Blake Griffin who missed the entire 2009 - 10
season before winning the
award the
following season).
Keegan won the
award the
following year as well, and while his second
season for Hamburg was notably superior to his first — they finished 10th in his first campaign; they won the title in his second — it's still striking how much more emphatic his victory was in that second
award.
Following a woeful 2013 campaign Matt Ryan opened the
season at +5000 to win this prestigious
award.
Although these last four weeks i've only
followed college basketball, the NBA regular
season is nearing a close and
awards are soon to come out.
Although these last four weeks i've only
followed college basketball, the NBA regular
season is nearing a close and
awards are...
In the
season that
followed, Rose averaged 25 points, 7.7 assists, 4.1 rebounds and a steal per game in winning the 2010 - 11 NBA MVP
award.
All three of those players opened at +600 to win the
award this
season, but this year's favorite may come as a surprise to many fans that haven't
followed the league closely.
It's not often a first year scholar wins the
award and he's
followed in the footsteps of Cameron Dummigan who won it three years ago in 2013 after an outstanding first
season which saw him play in the FA Youth Cup ties at Manchester United and Manchester City.
Since the initial poor performances, De Gea has become a three - time winner of the club's Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year
award, becoming the first goalkeeper to win the
award after the 2013/14
season, winning it again the
following season (2014/15), then becoming the first player to win a hat - trick of
awards in the 2015/16
season.
Due back at West Ham
following a successful spell at Bradford City, in which he scooped SIX end - of -
season awards and narrowly missed out on promotion the the Championship, Burke is likely to find the step up to the Premier League a sizeable one.
Last
season Leicester were
awarded a scandalous number of penalties and
followed this up with one in their first game of the
season at Hull.
I listed their team's record in their starts the
following season along with how many units were won or lost betting on and fading (betting against) each pitcher the
season after winning the Cy Young
award.
Embed from Getty Images The 25 - year - old is heavily tipped to scoop the PFA Player of the Year
award following a standout
season which has inevitably put his Leicester side at the summit.
Winner of the 2016 Golden Boy
award and voted Best Young Player at Euro 2016, Sanches needs to kick - start his career
following a miserable
season with Bayern which resulted in him losing his place in the national senior squad and dropping down to the Under 21s.
Irwins» glittering 12 year career at Old Trafford came to an end on the 11th of May
following the final game of the 2001 - 02
season in the 0 - 0 home draw against Charlton Athletic when Ferguson fittingly
awarded him the captains armband for his last game as a Manchester United player.
Following his arrival here at Spurs, he earned the One Hotspur Members» Player of the
Season and Supporters» Clubs» Player of the
Season awards - as well as a place in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year - after a fine first campaign in our colours in 2015 - 16.
The Watford forward hit the ground running and, at one point, looked like a rival to Mohamed Salah for the bargain of the
season award after putting in a number of eye - catching performances
following his # 11.2 million move to the Vicarage Road.
Suarez became a cult figure at Liverpool
following the 2013/14
season as he broke new ground for strikers in England, scoring 31 goals in just 33 games before completely dominating the end - of -
season awards.
Grammy's is usually the initiation of
award season,
followed by Golden Globes and Oscars this upcoming weekend.
The rumor at the time was that Jennifer Hudson was pressured to wear this look by Vogue's Andre Leon Tally, who briefly took her under his wing
following her breakout role as Effie White in Dreamgirls and had been guiding her fashion choices throughout
awards season.
Following good word of mouth from early screenings and a best supporting actor
award for Christian Bale from the National Board of Review, The Fighter looks like it will make some noise in the upcoming
award season.
Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve took the stage at Deadline's The Contenders
award -
season event to discuss the anticipated
follow - up to Ridley Scott's classic inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Putting the front - runners in some categories in a hat and picking at random might work just as well as
following the rest of the
award season.
Damien Chazelle's
follow - up to the Oscar - winning Whiplash surely deserves some recognition come
awards season
Awards season is upon us, and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce that the calendar for our 2008 AWFJ EDA
Awards is as
follows:
O.K., maybe it did thanks to some annoying word press issues, but
Awards Campaign is alive again just as the Oscar
season begins to hit all cylinders
following the trifecta...
The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the
awards season race even if it is selected by festival moviegoers who put a ticket stub in a box
following a screening.
As the film heads into
awards season following a summer release, talk will presumably build about which of the women leads the film, but any such debate should be nipped in the bud: Moore and Bening are as democratic a partnership as the characters they play, each performance informing the other to an equal extent as they intricately map out their roles in the parenting game.
And it's sure to
follow in the footsteps of «Moneyball» and «Capote» to become a major
awards player this
season.
The 75th annual Golden Globes, which was hosted by Seth Meyers, marked the official start to an
awards season following months of women speaking out against sexual misconduct, particularly in Hollywood.
So, here's another way to look at it: likely a glitzy Cannes premiere
followed by an
awards season run, and that sounds about right to us for the lesbian romance about a married woman who embarks on a relationship with a younger department store worker.
Elizabeth Karlsen, one of the producers on Todd Haynes» «Carol,» told Variety that the
awards season felt like a roller - coaster ride this week,
following the Producers Guild of America's decision to leave the film out of its nominations list on Tuesday; now the pic's team were on a high again with its very strong showing in the BAFTA race.
Kenneth Lonergan's long - delayed
follow - up to his directorial debut «You Can Count on Me» received a mini publicity boost at the end of last year when some fans launched a Twitter campaign under the name Team Margaret to get the film a wider release and a bigger push for
award season.
But if the group is merely saluting the effort Scott made in excising Spacey
following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the actor, then it came at the expense of Gerwig, an
awards season front - runner for the lovely «Lady Bird,» the rare movie love story centered on a mother and daughter.
It's never too late to take a long gander at what we might see dominating the film
awards landscape in 365 days, and with that in mind, I've been doing my usual mulling over the possibilities for a few weeks to put together the sadly thorough examination of the 2008 - 09
award season that
follows.
2015 PICTURES: Hollywood Contenders — Preliminary potentials in alphabetical order At this time of the
awards season the Hollywood Contenders list includes the
following 2015 features (in alphabetical order): Black Mass..
Many have speculated a fall release date for
awards season, but with the U.K. going early, it likely means, «Trance» is more taut thriller than Oscar contender and we wouldn't be surprised to hear the U.S.
follow suit with a spring or summer release bow.
The high - profile screening is significant for DuVernay: The 13th is her
follow - up to Selma, a movie many Oscar - watchers think was snubbed during
awards season.
But due to the way TV's
awards calendar is increasingly turning the spring into the medium's equivalent of Oscar
season — the better to qualify at the last minute for the Emmys — the Globes (which take the full calendar year into account) increasingly have to
follow the lead of the Television Academy, as they did in rewarding both Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale.