Sentences with phrase «landed nominations for»

The fairy tale landed nominations for picture, director and original screenplay.

In acting categories, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence scooped up an four nominations, for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele both pulled off a rare trifecta, landing nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Breakthrough Filmmaker.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Paul Thomas Anderson slip in for The Master or Michael Haneke land a nomination for Amour, though their shot at actually winning the trophy is rather slim.

The actress landed a nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, right alongside Harden.

Following its wildly successful Toronto Film Festival screening that solidified its status as a serious Best Picture contender, Silver Linings Playbook had pundits weighing the possibility of past nominee Jacki Weaver landing a nomination for her work in the film.

After winning three Oscars for his performances in My Left Foot in 1989, There Will Be Blood in 2007 and Lincoln in 2012, not to mention landing nominations for Gangs Of New York in 2002 and In the Name Of The Father in 1993, acclaimed actor Daniel Day - Lewis is retiring from acting, as indicated in an official statement released by one of his representatives.

Hardy's buzz is such that if only more people had seen this amazing one - man - show from director (and Oscar - nominated screenwriter) Steven Knight, we'd say it would have a good chance of landing a nomination for real, but it's a really minuscule film, and Hardy himself has two more higher profile movies due to hit before the year is out («The Drop» and «Child 44»).

She could never have guessed this book would land her a nomination for a prestigious award!

Thanks to its mechanics, gameplay, and art direction, it landed a nomination for the Game of the Year.

Without a doubt, this game solidly lands my nomination for downloadable game of the year.

It landed her a nomination for Best Actress.

Her work has even landed her a nomination for Career Professionals of Canada's distinguished Awards of Excellence.

Not exact matches

Romantic musical «La La Land,» the tale of a struggling actress and a jazz pianist in Los Angeles, went into the Oscars with a leading 14 nominations and emerged with six, including for its score and theme song «City of Stars.»

Netflix, on the other hand, landed a dozen nominations, but was only victorious in one: when Aziz Ansari heard his name called for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series, for his Netflix original comedy series Master of None.

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Michigan, too, has already seen considerable jockeying, as state Attorney General Mike Cox, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, 2006 Senate nominee Mike Bouchard and 2006 gubernatorial nominee Dick DeVos are already circling one another for the GOP nomination.

Grayson left Congress after failing to land the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2016.

Rangel, as you'll recall, was a big supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, even advocating that it would be «common sense» for Obama to make the then - senator his running mate after he landed the nomination.

Also in the final days of this just - completed session, the state Senate approved nominations for three vacant seats on the Adirondack Park Agency, which helps plan and regulate land use in the region.

And now he's part of the team working to land Donald Trump the Republican nomination for president in New York State.

Already moving on from La La Land, the romantic musical which is picking up nominations and awards left right and centre this year, Emma needed to prepare for her role as tennis player Billie Jean King in Fox Searchlight's up - coming film Battle of the Sexes.

Emma Stone looking simply stunning as she graces the Red Carpet for her nomination in La La Land.

«La La Land» is a clear darling for the 2017 Academy Awards, with a nomination for Best Picture (and, in turn, Best Actor / Actress noms for Gosling and Stone) basically guaranteed at this point.

Par for the course in musical biopics, 1985's «Sweet Dreams» was attacked for the liberties it took with the true story — but Jessica Lange was persuasive enough to land her fourth Oscar nomination as Patsy Cline.

In 2007 he landed the leading role in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory and it grew to be one of the most popular shows on TV, earning Galecki Emmy, Golden Globe, and Sag nominations in 2011 for his work on the show.

The part landed Fisher his first GEMINI nomination (the equivalent to the U.S. Primetime Emmy ® Awards), which was followed with a second nomination for his work on the hit Canadian series GODIVA»S (2005 - 2006).

The female cast was equally acclaimed landing Best Supporting Actress nominations for both Melisa Leo as the boxer's antagonistic mother, and Amy Adams as the feisty girlfriend.

He's already an Oscar nominee for writing Whiplash (2014) and he will easily boost his tally this coming Tuesday when he may well nab two nominations for writing and directing La La Land.

Long admired for his efforts in movies like «Sid and Nancy,» «State of Grace,» «True Romance» and «Léon: The Professional,» among others, the actor finally landed his first Oscar nomination just six years ago, for «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.»

Ryan Gosling and Denzel Washington get uncontroversial nods for their performances in La La Land and Fences but at the risk of being churlish I am yet again baffled that Viggo Mortensen gets a nomination for his supremely supercilious performance in the vacuous and overpraised Captain Fantastic.

Will Chazelle and the record - tying 14 Oscar nominations for his «La La Land» prevail at the Academy Awards Feb. 26?

After catching I, Tonya in Toronto, I wrote: «In the hands of a competent distributor, Robbie could well land a best actress nomination — she wouldn't be the first beautiful actress to «de-glam» and / or produce her own project and get recognized for doing so (see: Charlize Theron and 2003's Monster).

He's coming off Emmy and Oscar nominations for his documentary Cartel Land, after winning Best Director prize at 2015 Sundance.

We'll know if she's got the goods for the win after Les Mis screens, but odds are very good that she'll be landing her second Oscar nomination this year.

Already a venerable lock in numerous technical categories for a nomination, The Dark Knight landed 7 technical nominations in 2008 (and an 8th nomination for Heath Ledger).

William Butler and Owen Pallett of Arcade Fire are getting a lot of attention for the melodious score they created for Spike Jonze's Her, and not just because it landed them an Oscar nomination, but simply because it's gosh - darn gorgeous.

In 1992, the USC film school alumnus became both the youngest person and the first African - American ever to land an Academy Award nomination in the Best Director category for Boyz N the Hood.

Nominations for the 2017 Oscars have been announced and La La Land is today's big «winner» with 14 nominations including best director, actor, actress and best motiNominations for the 2017 Oscars have been announced and La La Land is today's big «winner» with 14 nominations including best director, actor, actress and best motinominations including best director, actor, actress and best motion picture.

Vera Farmiga has had success with hits like the «Conjuring» movies and Best Picture - winner «The Departed,» and landed an Oscar nomination for «Up in the Air.»

Damien Chazelle's La La Land, which tied with Moonlight for seven nominations, won in the Best Editing and Best Cinematography categories.

Champions: The film - a musical set in modern day Tinseltown - landed 12 nominations, and took home gongs for Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Screenplay, Best Production, Best Score, Best Editing and Best Song

If any film was well - positioned to land the first Oscar nomination for a transgender performer, it's this one.

La La Land racked up 14 Oscar nominations, tying a record set by Titanic and All About Eve, while Moonlight, Arrival and Hell or High Water also scoring multiple nods as the contenders for the 2017 Academy Awards were announced this morning.

Some commentators had predicted that Deadpool could even land a Best Picture nod for this year's Oscars after it picked up several nominations for the 2017 Golden Globes.

Ryan Gosling on his Best Actor nomination for «La La Land»: «I'm very grateful to the Academy for recognizing my work in «La La Land.»

This Land Is La La Land A throwback to the musical traditions of old, a showcase for charismatic screen idols, a shameless love letter to the film industry — La La Land has long been considered the year's Oscar slam dunk, and the nominations confirmed that it's going to be the behemoth to beat.

«La La Land» Director Damien Chazelle on nabbing 14 nominations: «The one thing I can say without sounding like a stuttering maniac is this means that so many people who came together to make this movie for me have been recognized, and that just means the world to me.

Finally, with spectacularly epic World War II action - adventure «Dunkirk,» Nolan has a good shot at landing his first — I know, it's rather shocking — Oscar nomination for directing.

I was upset three years when Jake Gyllenhaal didn't land an Academy Award nomination for what I consider his best performance, in the creepy and memorable Nightcrawler, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.