BAFTA has today announced the nominations for the 2017 British Academy Film Awards, with Netflix's original drama The Crown leading the pack with five
nods in total for Best Drama Series, Leading Actress (Claire Foy), Supporting Actress (Vanessa Kirby) and Supporting Actor (Jared Harris and John Lithgow).
With six
nods in total, it cements the streaming giant's place at the movie industry table, with Amazon — which won last year's race to become the first streaming player to win an Academy Award — only picking up one nomination this year: Best Original Screenplay for The Big Sick.
Rooney Mara (Carol) and Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) had been pushed in supporting despite being blatant leads of their films, and both scored
nods in that category.
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.
«We would like to acknowledge and congratulate the filmmakers behind Straight Outta Compton and What Happened, Miss Simone who picked up
nods in Best Original Screenplay and Featured Documentary, respectively.
Phantom Thread received other
nods in Best Actor (Daniel Day - Lewis) and Best Supporting Actress (Lesley Manville).
Nods in Program of the Year, Writing, Directing, three Acting nominations and Variety Series make it the story of the day.
Both directors have managed to break out of the foreign language «ghetto» with
nods in categories like Director and Original Screenplay (which Almodóvar won in 2003), so voters will definitely seek out their latest.
The 12 nominations for «The King's Speech» — including crucial
nods in key categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay — means Tom Hooper's historical drama (and not David Fincher's Facebook film) is -LSB-...]
The 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced and Jordan Peele's completely different but also masterful social thriller Get Out, scored five
nods in total including Best Director and Screenplay for Peele, as well as Best Picture, Actor, and Editing.
Smaller budget games including Supergiant's Bastion, thatgamecompany's Journey, Reverge Labs» Skullgirls, Haunted Temple Studios» Skulls of the Shogun and Quesy Games» Sound Shapes also received Best of E3 2011 award
nods in various categories.
This year's Critics» Choice Awards nominations has seen Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, starring Sally Hawkins as a mute custodian befriending a captured sea creature, triumph with an incredible 14
nods in the film category.
Ellison is also one of only four honorees ever to receive two Best Picture nominations in the same year, with HER and AMERICAN HUSTLE, both earning
nods in 2014.
Faxon and Rash have won my heart and regained my attention, but it remains to be seen whether they'll attract any awards
nods in January.
He also received a Best Actor nomination in 1944 for «The Human Comedy» and earned Best Supporting Actor
nods in 1957 for «The Bold and the Brave» and 1980 for «The Black Stallion.»
That's one of several sly pop - culture
nods in a film full of amazements.
(Both scored Golden Globe
nods in the comedy category.)
He found a healthier outlet when his brother introduced him to track (he eventually became the «fastest high school runner in U.S. history,» the movie claims), and when he makes it to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin,
he nods in solidarity at both black and Japanese competitors.
GIULIO TONONI»S charming book Phi is an account of consciousness that
nods in its style to the writings of a fellow Italian.
Party leaders — who choose
nods in special elections — picked then - District Attorney Daniel Donovan instead.
He nods in agreement — then, unprompted, he mentions something else: «To some extent, I can not escape presenting this as a contest between factions.
The Clarets keep the ball alive in the area and Jack Cork
nods in from close range.
This is a fundamentally romantic vision, of course, and for
all their nods in the direction of basketball's sleazy side both writers see the game in romantic terms.
everyone is tensed and the heat is so high, out last chance to get an equaliser against ten men Leicester... Ozil sets up the ball, looked up to the skies, then to the post, with eyes of an eagle took the cross, a sublime one straight to the head of Welbeck who
nods it in, everywhere exploded with jubilation.....
He routinely checks some of the bubbling containers,
nods in satisfaction, then steps over toward the cage.
Just say «oh, they asked for Larkin» and everyone
nods in agreement.
An optional Frito scoop garnish
nods in the tortilla direction.
He nods in the direction of traditional just war criteria, but none of his lists of limiting conditions include all of these indispensable criteria.
His friend
nods in agreement and comes over and gets Sam, suggesting to him that they go get a beer or something.
Occasionally, the head
nods in affirmation.
He described what was known as the «GM nod,» in which «everyone
nods in agreement to a proposed plan of action but then leaves the room and does nothing.»
Here are seven pitch strategies that will make your prospects
nod in agreement instead of nodding off.
He also appeared to
nod in agreement during a meeting as a Democrat called for Buy American provisions to be added to a major infrastructure bill.
I found
myself nodding in complete agreement.
Even I, a longtime Bitcoin skeptic, find
myself nodding in agreement as she talks about its many practical uses: It is currently an incredibly cost - effective alternative for online music sales, especially when... Read more»
It should have your prospects
nodding in agreement as they read it.
The background check bill, which seeks to improve the existing database used to prevent gun purchases by criminals and the mentally ill, is a small
nod in the direction of gun control that does nothing to close loopholes that allow millions of gun sales without a background check.
There's talk of some sort of «infrastructure bond» coming though (similar to what Trump's team is proposing in the US) that I guess could be
a nod in that direction.
He would be here primarily not to lob friendly set - ups at the Finance Minister, nor to fill out the camera frame or clap or
nod in affirmation of whatever his side just said.
I have long since lost count of the number of times my father has told me that I am going to hell or have spit in the face of God while my mother sits there sobbing and
nodding in agreement, since I came out to them just a little over a year ago.
Perhaps they should just be allowed to
nod in agreement and say Amen on occasion.
What is wrong with asking Christians to look at their faith objectively as opposed to just
nodding in sync with their indoctrination?
The show got
a nod in just about every category,...
I give
a nod in her direction to let her know that I want to speak with her, but not yet.
Hey Jeremy, thanks for giving
me a nod in the direction of Brad Paisley.
To the above characterization of metaphysics, Aristotle would most certainly
nod in approval.
All the parents
nod in agreement — «I think I can va.guely see what he meant.»
Buildings may
nod in the direction of historical style (adding a pillared portico or an oddly small white spire) or symbolic reference (resembling, for instance, a gigantic tent), but in general the megachurches look like office complexes.
Flake does
nod in the direction of a grand bargain that combines entitlement cuts with tax increases, but he doesn't mention that he was a longtime supporter of replacing the federal tax code with a 23 - percent national sales tax.
To give birth to one like oneself, out of the very substance of one's being, is, even if only unwittingly, to
nod in the direction of our mortality.