He won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the legendary Ray Charles as well as an
Oscar nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his work in Collateral.
But perhaps more interesting were the movies that
landed nominations in categories such as acting, directing and screenplay but didn't manage to squeeze on to the Best Feature list, including Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
While Sweden, Hungary, Russia and Chile have all previously
scored nominations in this category — with the three European nations all triumphing on more than one occasion, Ziad Doueiri's topical legal drama «The Insult» is the first Lebanese production ever to make it this far.
The film, which is being dumped in December by The Weinstein Company before being given a VOD death sentence is just the type of film to earn a single Oscar
nomination in a category like Costume Design.
The Globes knew Stone was a star to reckon with when they gave her a much -
deserved nomination in this category in 2011, and now they have the chance to crown her as the rightful comedic superstar of her generation.
Everything has turned around for this script as the critics groups have lauded it with a nice haul of precursors and moved him into good position for his
third nomination in this category.
Except Reitman accomplished what Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris could not, and that was scoring an
actual nomination in this category, suggesting that even the most sensible Academy branch likes the film more than just for Juno's screechy verbal pyrotechnics.
The Globes often have to stretch to fill five options in the comedy acting categories (looking at you Johnny Depp and your
NINE nominations in the category), but no one predicted they'd stretch all the way to reach the kid with the bitchin» soundtrack behind the wheel.
Or is it the fact that his towering final masterpiece, 1999's «Eyes Wide Shut,» was deemed unworthy of even a single nod for the late auteur, Kubrick failing to earn a Best
Director nomination in a category that was ultimately won by «American Beauty» director Sam Mendes?
But chances are slim that it can truly impact the Oscar chances for the film, which has three nominations: Best Actress for Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress for Sally Hawkins and Best Original Screenplay for Allen, his record - breaking
18th nomination in the category.
Willem Dafoe Winning Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: The Three Billboards train barrels on with
duel nominations in this category, for Sam Rockwell and (surprisingly?)
Trailing behind was Christopher Nolan's «Dunkirk,» with eight
nominations in categories including Best Picture, Best Cinematography for Hoyte van Hoytema, Best Film Editing and Best Director.
Outstanding Original Song: «I See Victory» (Hidden Figures), «War» (The Birth of a Nation), «You're Welcome» (Moana) Brilliant beat - maker and composer, Pharrell will have to be content with one
nomination in this category when he easily could have been a double nominee.
In their supporting categories they stuck with the clear critical frontrunners Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) and Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) both of whom are probably locking up Oscar
nominations in their categories if not the win yet.
The flip side of that coin, alas, is that this marks Roger Deakins's astonishing
13th nomination in the category, and will in all likelihood result in his shocking 13th straight loss.
2010's Current Affairs IFTA winner The Frontline is shortlisted for the second year running with
other nominations in this category going to BBC's Spotlight: The Iris Robinson Investigation and programmes from previous IFTA winners Tonight with Vincent Browne and Prime Time Investigates: Forgotten Lives.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes both earned visual effects artists Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, and Dan
Lemmon nominations in this category, and all three (along with Joel Whist) are nominated here for War for the Planet of the Apes, the ostensible final film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes series.
Following the Firm's
double nomination in the category, Addleshaw Goddard's Corporate Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) team has scooped the «PSL / Knowledge» award at Lexis Nexis Legal Awards 2018.
It's the first
nomination in the category for everyone except Paul Thomas Anderson — surprising especially given the presence of Christopher Nolan and Guillermo del Toro, both beloved filmmakers with many hit movies under their belts.
Sherman received two Primetime Emmy
award nominations in the category Outstanding Children's Program, for her work on Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration.
Luca Guadagnino's sumptuous Italian romance Call Me By Your Name leads the pack with six
nominations in categories like Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Male Lead (Timothee Chalamet) and Best Supporting Male (Armie Hammer).
I don't know if he deserved another
Oscar nomination in that category, but the screenplay offers enough quality to be a good effort, as Sorkin's stereotypical theatrical dialogue remains stimulating.
Meanwhile Shirley Frimpong Manso's directed Rebecca had two
nominations in the categories: AMAA 2016 Award For Achievements In Editing and Sound.
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The role earned him a Danish Robert / Academy Award and a Bodil / Critics Award
nomination in the category Best lead Actor.
There is precedent — Melissa McCarthy earned
a nomination in this category for Bridesmaids — but, despite groundswell support, this still seems like a bit too long a long shot for the stuffy Academy.
Though she doesn't have too many scenes, Jacki Weaver does fine work in Silver Linings Playbook as De Niro's wife, and that film's frontrunner status may nab
her a nomination in this category as well.