Not the thirteen moms for Birdman, necessarily, but the eleven for Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel which was released way back in March (ancient history for
most awards voters).
Not exact matches
A press release from Cambridge celebrating its Ogilvy
Award win featured a statement from then - senior vice president Emily Cornell: «Our team was able to identify a key group of undecided women
voters in the final months leading up to the Election Day,» she said, «which ultimately led to «Can't Run Her House» — one of the
most successful ads of the cycle.»
Betts had one of the better defensive seasons in recent memory, according to advanced stats, and he should get a boost from the
voters who prefer to think of the
award as the
Most Valuable Player on a Contending Team.
This
award probably provides the
most value on the plus money dogs because
voters will have different approaches on how to vote.
In those two fields, Pixar blows away nearly all of the live - action competition but the all - digital nature of their work disqualifies them from such
awards consideration in
most voters» minds.
The youth and comparative inexperience of the «Social Network» ensemble would make it an atypical winner in the category — but at the same time, counting out Jesse Eisenberg's long - shot Best Actor bid, this is the only place where
voters can acknowledge the
most acclaimed and
awarded film in the race.
If the Globe's
voters decide to take a risk, which they didn't with The Hurt Locker, and
award this to Bigelow, then Zero Dark Thirty is
most likely a lock for Best Picture.
The annual trend is that movie studios release what they deem their cream of the crop, or best films towards the end of the year for
award considerations because the
most recent films are the ones that stick in the mind of
voters.
On the one hand, it's a fool's errand trying to predict the BAFTA nods, as they can frequently be the
most perverse and contrarian
awards voters of the lot.
Criminally unrecognized by
awards voters and general audiences (perhaps until next month with Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Oscar Isaac has been quietly giving the
most diverse range of characters of an actor his age.
This year's slate also contains a sole Best Picture nominee, one whose spare but surprisingly inventive sound (inspired by Robert Bresson, not that I imagine
most voters would give a shit) also just won the
award from the Cinema Audio Society.
Since one of the
most enjoyable parts of any Oscar season is the healthy debate these
awards provoke, The Times» film critics and reporters offer up their personal favorites among the academy's chosen best pictures, as well as picks for the
voters» biggest oversight.
Certainly one of the
most acclaimed, as well as harrowing movies on display at our big 5th annual
awards season event The Contenders Presented By Deadline (which took place in front of a packed DGA house full of AMPAS and Guild
voters earlier this month) was Son Of Saul, Hungary's official entry into the Best Foreign Language Film race.
While this seems more action - heavy like Fuqua's
most recent film, «Olympus Has Fallen» and less likely to rack up any
award consideration from stuffy Oscar
voters, this looks like it's going to be one of the real gems this fall and a treat for action fans.
When this year's Oscar nominees were announced, we noted that Academy
voters had given us the whitest, malest,
most deflating
awards season in recent history.
Most voters will pay attention to the technical accomplishments but will turn their focus to other fare that isn't destined to sweep the MTV Movie
Awards.
It's also having a bit of a moment this season as two of the
most beloved films of the year, «Three Billboards» and Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» wield dark humor with aplomb as both audiences (and
awards voters) are eating it right up.
Whether you're a SAG
voter unsure of your deadlines, or just a movie buff eager to mark your calendar, here are the
most important
awards season dates to keep in mind.
It's also been pointed out by Kevin Standlee that the Hugo
Awards voting isn't about picking the winner that the
voters liked the
most, it's about picking the winner that the
voters disliked the least.
Breaking Travel News talks with Alessandro Balestra, public relations manager at the One & Only Palmilla, about how it feels to have been recognised as Mexico & Central America's
Most Romantic Resort by
voters at the World Travel
Awards.