Sentences with phrase «lead actress race»

Helen Mirren seemed a great bet in the lead actress race and of course design heads Sandy Powell -LSB-...]

In addition to McDormand, Ronan, and Hawkins, the lead actress race is rounded out by Judi Dench's Queen Victoria in «Victoria & Abdul» and Margot Robbie's Tonya Harding in «I, Tonya.»

But one title can be taken off of that list, and may have just thrust Meryl Streep to the top of the lead actress race (though she'll -LSB-...]

«The Devil Wears Prada» and «Into the Woods» co-star Meryl Streep joins her in the Lead Actress race for «Florence Foster Jenkins».

I think it'd be nice for the lead actress race to have Meryl Streep win over 4 fresh faces... say, Mulligan, Cornish, Ronan, and Sidibe; maybe as a wildcard Tautou who would be fresh to Oscar racing.

But 18 examples is a deep enough field to state the obvious: this is the strongest lead actress race for years.

[Los Angeles Times Magazine] • David Carr ponders the lead actress race.

What's interesting about the Lead Actress race, in particular, is the high percentage chance of repeat winners taking all five slots.

The two - time nominee of «The Help» and «Zero Dark Thirty» will look to muscle her way in what is sure to be another very competitive Lead Actress race.

Helen Mirren seemed a great bet in the lead actress race and of course design heads Sandy Powell (costumes) and Mark Friedberg (production design) were going to be in the conversation.

Not exact matches

The 1968 Rachel, Rachel was the outcome of Woodward's exile; she and Newman admitted it was carefully designed as a vehicle to resuscitate her career, and the ploy worked brilliantly — he directed, she starred, and together they led the film to four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress and Best Picture.The following year Woodward and Newman reunited onscreen for the auto - racing drama Winning, and again starred together in 1970s politically charged W.U.S.A., a reflection of the couple's high - profile support of liberal causes; when 1971's They Might Be Giants proved unsuccessful, Newman directed Woodward to Best Actress honors at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man - in - the - Moon Marigolds.

Compared with this year's lead actress Oscar race — a wide - open contest packed with serious contenders and no clear winner in their midst — the lead actor competition is a little less exciting.

Two pieces of important information have come to light recently that may impact the Best Actress race: Anne Hathaway will be campaigned for lead as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises and Jessica Chastain will also go lead for Zero Dark...

COMMENTARY: As the Lead Actress remains highly competitive, the Supporting Actress race seems prime to be one of those years where the same five names pop up at every award show.

The Best Actress race has been shaken up a bit with the announcement that Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl and Rooney Mara for Carol are «going lead.»

Only six actors under 18 have received Oscar nods in the lead and supporting races combined, while the 10 youngest supporting actress nominees ever are all under 18.

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Queen Latifah (Life Support) Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act) Mary - Louise Parker (The Robber Bride) Debra Messing (The Starter Wife) Gena Rowlands (What If God Were the Sun) Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Robert Duvall (Broken Trail) Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Sea Change) Jim Broadbent (Longford) William H. Macy (Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King) Matthew Perry (The Ron Clark Story) Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Greta Scacchi (Broken Trail) Anna Paquin (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Samantha Morton (Longford) Judy Davis (The Starter Wife) Toni Collette (Tsunami: The Aftermath) Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Thomas Haden Church (Broken Trail) August Schellenberg (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Aidan Quinn (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Edward Asner (The Christmas Card) Joe Mantegna (The Starter Wife) Also see the acting nominees in the comedy and drama races, as well as the assorted outstanding - series contenders.

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In this Oscar podcast the gaggle of Gold Rush Gang members (Erik, Matt M, Kenneth and Evan) dish on all things ladies; Lead Actress, Supporting Actress plus the hot Best Director race that could feature, for the first time, two women — Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay.

In the lead drama races, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) became the third black woman to win drama actress and the first in 23 years after Gail Fisher and Regina Taylor, while Jon Hamm — who didn't get to give a speech when he won his first drama actor Globe for Mad Men during the writers» strike — became the first former drama actor champ to get dropped as a nominee and return to win.

Though the film's lead Bel Powley got the film's most glowing reviews performance wise, she'll be competing in a potentially very crowded Best Actress race that might not make things easy for newcomers to breakthrough.

The lead actress in film race includes Three Billboards» Frances McDormand, Margot Robbie for I, Tonya, Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird, Sally Hawkins in The Shape Of Water, and and Victoria & Abdul's fJudi Dench.

Joining Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Lily Tomlin in the awards race is Oscar nominee Ellen Page and last year's leading actress Oscar winner Julianne Moore in what look to be two of the most powerful performances of the season.

Meanwhile, you can see how women are routinely shut out from the Best Picture race, or in lead roles at all, by looking at the way pundits like Kris Tapley and Scott Feinberg have Amy Adams disappearing off the Best Actress roster because they think the Academy «won't like» Arrival.

For starters, Streep is definitely a lead performance, landing both top billing and the majority of the trailer's attentions - so the Best Actress race just got definitively more crowded.

This year's lead actress Oscar race was perceived by many to be a matter of Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher, in the indifferently received biopic «The Iron Lady,» versus Viola Davis» Aibileen Clark, a maid effecting social change under the radar in early 1960s Jackson, Miss., in everybody's favorite book - club - favorite adaptation, «The Help.»

In the Best Supporting Actress race, Rooney Mara (Carol) has kept her significant lead.

In addition to earning a Best Picture nomination, lead actress Isabelle Huppert earned a spot in the Best Actresactress Isabelle Huppert earned a spot in the Best ActressActress race.

Jennifer Lawrence and Brie Larson continued the fierce awards race contest by both taking home lead actress prizes for Joy (Musical or Comedy) and Room (Drama), while Sly Stallone unexpectedly proved there's life in the old dog yet with a Best Supporting Actor win for Creed.

It would perhaps be fitting if this came down to a race between Mara and Vikander, the two actresses who chose to demote themselves from competing where they belonged, up in the lead category.

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And so we land upon the category that perhaps needs this feature most of all: where the Best Actress conversation still includes some names from the January - to - June window, no leading men from early 2010 are to be found even on the fringes of the awards race.

This should come as a shock to no one, at least to close watchers of the yearly Oscar race: Steinfeld, who just received a BAFTA nomination for Leading Actress, may have shown up in the supporting category when the SAG nominations were announced last month, but that's where Keisha - Castle Hughes (The Whale Rider) and Kate Winslet (The Reader) also appeared prior to subsequently securing Best Actress Oscar nominations for the same performances.

Roberts is the real surprise, and unless voters want to pull a Kate - Winslet - in - The Reader, ignoring campaigns and bumping Roberts to her proper place in the leading race, the actress will surely be among this year's Supporting Actresactress will surely be among this year's Supporting ActressActress crop.

The Ethiopian - Irish actress gives a career - changing performance in «Loving» — the true story of a mixed - race relationship that led to a landmark US civil rights court case.