Sentences with phrase «getting the nomination despite»

Just a day after he swept four of five GOP primary contests, Donald Trump said he would skip the next Republican debate and warned of «riots» and «bad things» if party leaders block him from getting the nomination despite having the most delegates.

Leone is even more notable than the other directors on our list as not only did he never receive an Oscar for direction he didn't even once get a nomination despite producing such classic Spaghetti Westerns like the trilogy of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Not exact matches

Despite having no law enforcement experience, Mr. Boyle had received nominations from the G.O.P., Conservative, and Independence Parties, and was expected to get the Democratic nod as well.

Astorino, a Republican, has broad backing from his party's establishment and, despite a threatened run from Donald Trump (who always threatens and never runs), looks to be well positioned to get his party's nomination.

Things get more interesting as there are grumblings and rumblings that the town's Democratic chairman and county legislator, John Parete, may also be facing an in - party challenge for the legislature despite having received a nomination at the party's county caucus last week.

Despite some genuinely hilarious sequences that, regrettably, are spaced too far apart, this meditation on the things that matter in life is too slow and at times too forced to deserve the high praise it has been getting (including an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film that should have gone to a number of other more worthwhile pictures).

Instead it got shut out despite five nominations.

So, despite it being tricky to get two nominations for one film, I'm keeping both of them in.

In the post-Moonlight age (and with nominations this year for gay - themed films such as Call Me By Your Name, or those with mild gay content like Lady Bird), we thought it might be time to look back at 10 LGBTQ movies that despite deserving some Academy Awards love got no Oscar nomination (including one — believe it or not — from 2017!).

Despite frequently getting nominations in other categories for previous films, that marquee category has remained elusive.

Despite its enormous critical acclaim, «Silence» will be only the second Scorsese film in the last 15 years to not get a Best Picture nomination.

Despite both films being tipped for Oscars and receiving multiple nominations across categories, both Call Me By Your Name and Get Out were passed over for awards.

The perceived frontrunner for Best Animated Feature Film, The LEGO Movie, was snubbed despite the film's song getting a nomination.

American movies have gotten uglier (the glum Mudbound received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, despite the film's aesthetic offense, and the nomination won media praise because the cinematographer is female).

You can see the power of Jenkin's performance already; despite a small release with little to no fanfare, he managed to get an Indie Spirit Award nomination, a surprising and — for those who've seen it — deserving pick.

Outstanding Motion Picture: The Birth of a Nation, Hidden Figures, Queen of Katwe Despite getting three nominations for Actor, Director, and Screenplay, The Birth of A Nation failed to garner an Outstanding Picture nomination.

Hidden Figures may have gotten surprisingly little love in the acting categories despite a Best Picture nomination for this year's Academy Awards, but the Screen Actors Guild awards felt a bit differently.

The lack of a supporting category with the Gothams is always unfortunate as we see today with Rooney Mara (Carol) missing, as well as Cynthia Nixon in James White, despite her film getting Best Actor and Best Director nominations.

This is is his first nomination, and his first win, despite getting lots of attention for Whiplash he didn't make the cut that year.

Despite A24's success with getting nominations for Room, The End of the Tour and Mississippi Grind, there were no mentions for its biggest success of 2015, Ex Machina.

A plus: Aaron Sorkin, whom I normally like, didn't get a nomination for «Steve Jobs» despite winning the Golden Globe.

Despite a Golden Globe win, a Critics Choice win and a Screen Actors Guild nomination, James Franco didn't get any love from the Oscars for his transformative performance in The Disaster Artist.

And with Dear Evan Hansen doing good business at the Music Box Theater, the show was destined to be a dominant presence at the 71st annual Tony Awards — despite considerable competition from Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, which got 12 nominations, and the popular Come From Away and Groundhog Day.

Despite being a major critical and box office success, Matt Damon failed to get a nomination for his performance as astronaut Mark Watney in «The Martian.»

That would be The Martian, which despite getting its share of nominations has nonetheless looked like an Oscar non-starter pretty much from the outset.

Musical or Comedy designation landed Phoenix a Best Actor nod at the Golden Globes (his second straight one in that category perhaps qualifies him for the «funnyman» label), but the film could not get a Best Picture nomination despite a field with only two legitimate Oscar contenders.

got their nominations by virtue of expectation; of course Spielberg's big movie gets a score nomination, and of course John Williams is going to be nominated for writing Star Wars music again, despite the fact that both felt more than a little by - the - numbers in their execution.

Universal's NWA biopic failed to get any nominations, despite a strong cast of young actors and major critical and box office success

The Imitation Game is an enjoyable and well - done biopic that lacks a certain intangible hook which holds it back in my mind from a Best Picture nomination, despite some of the nods it has already gotten.

Rachel Bloom, star of CW's «Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,» got a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy series, despite the show's low ratings

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler both failed to get a nomination, while the film did not get a nomination for Best Drama despite being a critical and box office success.

Despite opposition from teachers» unions, DeVos was able to get the nomination with a confirmation vote from Vice President Mike Pence.