Sentences with phrase «getting a supporting actor»

Yes, Sly Stallone was nominated as an actor and writer in 1977 for Rocky and got a supporting actor nomination for Creed this year, which got him a Golden Globe nod.

But getting a lead nomination is so much better than getting a supporting actor nomination.

Hugh Grant also got a Supporting Actor nomination for «Florence», his first in this category this season following Lead Actor in a Comedy Critics Choice and Globe nods.

The Academy noticed, of course — the white dude in Do the Right Thing got a Supporting Actor nomination.

It's a shame that Dooley, who remains very active in television and film at age 86, didn't get a Supporting Actor nomination for his fine work here (which is echoed in his similarly likable role as Molly Ringwald's father in Sixteen Candles).

Not exact matches

The forum, which was on the theme: «Diversifying Our Generation Sources, Strengthening the Base Load Sources to Support Industrial Growth,» seeks to get a holistic picture of the power situation from the three main actors, the Volta River Authority, GRIDCo and the Electricity Company of Ghana.

Days after Trump declared war on the press, calling the media «the enemy of the people» and canceling his appearance at the upcoming White House Correspondents» Dinner, the White House press corps got a shot of support from one of America's most beloved actors: Tom Hanks.

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 cateactor, 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 cateActor 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 category.

De Blasio also got support Sunday night from prominent members of the gay community, including actress Cynthia Nixon and actor Alan Cumming, at an «LGBT for BDB» fund - raiser.

Feldman, who says he was abused as a child actor, has joined CHILD USA as a national ambassador talking about the issue and has agreed to support the organization's efforts to get the Child Victims Act passed in New York.

Other actors in the movie were taking the same diet, and only their mutual support got them through the process successfully.

Before it gets to that point, however, Ed tv comes off as a fairly affable comedy that benefits substantially from McConaughey's charismatic turn as the central character - with the actor's strong work heightened by an impressive roster of supporting players (including Woody Harrelson, Martin Landau, and Dennis Hopper).

«In the Company of Character» (10:23) celebrates the cast, starting with Day - Lewis» complete immersion and moving to the supporting actors, including Field (who acknowledges her age and explains how she got this job seemingly out of nowhere) and others, who describe their research and involvement.

It was in the rustic drama Come and Get It (1936) that Brennan won his first Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor.

His mother sends the kid off from the slums of Baltimore to live with her estranged parents, the Rev. and Mrs, Cobbs (played by Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker, and Oscar nominated best supporting actress Angela Bassett both of whom for their work in films «The Last King of Scotland», and «What's Love Got To Do With It?»)

It's subsequently not surprising to note that My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done establishes itself as a baffling ordeal virtually from the get - go and maintains this feeling of frustrating pointlessness right up until the anti-climactic finale, which is undoubtedly a shame given the presence of some seriously talented actors within the supporting cast (including Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, and Brad Dourif).

It also, lest we forget, sports arguably the finest supporting cast ever assembled, with (very deep breath) Paddy Considine, Jim Broadbent, Billie Whitelaw, Martin Freeman, Olivia Colman, Edward Woodward, Bill Nighy, Timothy Dalton, The Actor Kevin Eldon, both Adam and Joe, Rory «The Hound» McCann and even a masked Cate Blanchett all getting in on the action.

Snub: Jesse Tyler Ferguson (pictured right) and Eric Stonestreet (left), «Modern Family» Supporting Actor - Comedy Though «Modern Family» scored its sixth straight nom for Best Comedy, several members of its much - honored cast got the could shoulder, including five - time nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson and three - time nominee (and two - time winner) Eric Stonestreet.

The always funny comedic acting of David Koechner is prevalent throughout the film, but we also get a glimpse at a much darker side that he can play, something very refreshing from an actor you only really see in a supporting role.

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

Bale and Affleck each bring their own brands of smouldering intensity, Harrelson gets to go over the top, and there are supporting roles for actors of the calibre of Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe and Sam Shepard.

Snub: Mandy Patinkin (pictured right), «Homeland» Supporting Actor - Drama Though «Homeland» returned to the Best Drama race, Patinkin was passed over after getting nominations for the last two years.

Meanwhile on Earth, Damon is supported by a bevy of strong actors including Jeff Daniels, Sean Bean (who gets in a pretty great Lord of the Rings shout out), Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kristen Wiig.

After winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Deer Hunter, Christopher Walken got his chance to be a leading man.

The other supporting actors have their moments, with Caine getting a few terrific scenes in, but Bentley and other actors like Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, David Oyelowo, and John Lithgow all have their talents somewhat wasted in smaller parts.

Stranger still, the Screen Actors Guild still don't have a supporting category for their Series or TV Movie / Miniseries categories so we often get supporting players bumped up to the main category.

Stonen, unfortunately I'd put money on Rickman not getting anywhere near the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, but he was definitely the standout of the movie.

Cinematography (bow down) Production Design (bow down) Editing (bow down) Score Supporting Actor for Issey Ogata (bow down) or Liam Neeson Best Actor — but does Andrew Garfield get in for this or for Hacksaw Ridge?

As good as the script and action can be, it's the actors who make it come alive, and there's a strong lineup of supporting talent although Rosamund Pike, who plays Oliver's sister, never gets in on the laughs and her character mainly exists to define Gary and Steven.

Breaking Dawn — Part 2 was nominated in every single category, and in addition to Worst Picture it got awards for Worst Actress (Kristen Stewart), Worst Supporting Actor (Taylor Lautner), Worst Screen Couple (Lautner and Renesmee actor Mackenzie Foy), Worst Screen Ensemble, Worst Director (Bill Condon), and Worst Remake / Rip - Off - or SeActor (Taylor Lautner), Worst Screen Couple (Lautner and Renesmee actor Mackenzie Foy), Worst Screen Ensemble, Worst Director (Bill Condon), and Worst Remake / Rip - Off - or Seactor Mackenzie Foy), Worst Screen Ensemble, Worst Director (Bill Condon), and Worst Remake / Rip - Off - or Sequel.

Diesel's Xander Cage is the least - interesting element here, but that's okay, because the film surrounds him with super-cool supporting characters played by super-cool actors, including Tony Jaa, who gets to bob his head to music at a funeral, and Ruby Rose, who doesn't have a whole lot to do but still looks incredibly badass anyway.

Last year Breaking Dawn: Part 2 was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Razzie Awards, getting nominated in every single category and «winning» Worst Film, Actress, Supporting Actor, Couple, Ensemble, Director, and Remake / Rip - off / Sequel.

Not only does longtime supporting actor John Goodman finally get an iconic and meaty role, but the synergy of two genres working both for and against each other make this a compelling thriller.

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The Academy Award winners for Best Supporting Actor of the 1990s are a fine display of veteran Hollywood talent finally getting overdue recognition and a number of then upcoming stars who've risen to even greater roles since their victories.

It's the favorite for Best Adapted Screenplay, and may get recognition for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director.

Supporting actors, including Oscar winners Lupita Nyong» o (12 Years a Slave) and Forrest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Oscar nominees Angela Bassett (What's Love Got to Do with It) and Daniel Kayuula (Get Out), heavy - hitters Danai Gurira (TV's The Walking Dead) and Sterling K. Brown (TV's This is Us), and scene - stealing Letitia Wright (Steven Spielberg's upcoming Ready Player One), round out the film's impressive lineup.

As Howard, the great John Goodman creates one of the most chilling screen personalities in recent memory; having spent the last decade energising support parts in Argo, The Artist, Flight and Inside Llewellyn Davis, the actor gets to dominate a film with subtle, multi-tiered character work.

Willem Dafoe receives Best Supporting Actor, while Jordan Peele wins Best Screenplay for Get Out.

In the large cast, Ben Schnetzer (who plays a scruffy colleague of Snowden's and who also stars in this month's frat movie, Goat) is almost the only supporting actor who has a chance to get a humorous rhythm going.

Desplechin regular Mathieu Amalric returns as the same academic from the filmmaker's 1996 My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, though the actor quickly takes a nostalgic supporting role as the movie shifts into teenage flashbacks that alternately take the tone of domestic melodrama, spy thriller and gushing romance.

I think for Heath Ledger to win he'd have to get a lot of support from some fellow actors... much the same way Denzel Washington did back in ’01 with «Training Day».

Outside of those two movies, Get Out won Best Screenplay, Willem DaFoe won Best Supporting Actor for The Florida Project, and Laurie Metcalf won Best Supporting Actress for Lady Bird.

We could see The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story absolutely dominate the Supporting Actor category — there are four legitimate actors from the FX mini that could get in (Sterling K. Brown, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, David Schwimmer).

Perhaps because the winners in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories were widely presumed to be «sure things,» the suspense came from wondering when they would get beyond the statuettes for sound.

Come on, the lead actress could've been a multicultural set of nominees with both Constance Wu and Tracee Ellis Ross in the mix besides Rodriguez, just as Randall Park and Anthony Anderson in lead actor, because there's no way that's happening at the Emmys, Also, instead of Niecy Nash in supporting you've got a white woman portraying a woman of color in whiteface.

Silver Linings can get Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Cast, and as such, it could lead the nominations tomorrow.

I think if Heath Ledger gets that kind of support from other actors and even some fellow nominees (assuming he gets nominated), then I think he can win.

I've got to say, I'd love to read something somewhere someday about» 70's supporting actor list.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series • Alfred Enoch — «How to Get Away with Murder» (ABC) • Courtney B. Vance — «Masters of Sex» (Showtime) • Guillermo Diaz — «Scandal» (ABC) • Jeffrey Wright — «Boardwalk Empire» (HBO) • Joe Morton — «Scandal» (ABC)