It has an outside shot for Best Picture — easier if there were a solid ten, harder with only five
nomination slots for voters to fill in.
Not exact matches
The suspected fraudster who operates with the name Michael Yaw Antwi Boasiako has already declared his intention to contest
for the party's constituency organiser
slot for Subin when the party opens
nominations.
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a
slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest
for the Republican Party's gubernatorial
nomination, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.
ALBANY — Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has secured enough GOP support to win a
slot on its ticket, and now has almost double the backing of his nearest rival in the contest
for the Republican Party's gubernatorial
nomination.
Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings is going unopposed
for the flagbearership
slot, after one person who showed interest to contest her failed to compete when
nominations closed.
On July 15, 2016, the Republican ballot
slots for governor and lieutenant governor became unexpectedly vacant after Governor Mike Pence withdrew in order to run
for vice president of the United States and Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb withdrew in order to seek the Republican
nomination to replace Pence on the ballot.
Background: The NDC in September 2015 sanctioned Mr. Mokono
for selling presidential
nomination forms to one, George Boateng who was seeking to challenge President Mahama
for the flagbearersip
slot.
Politics of Thursday, 17 May 2018 Source: Graphic.com.gh File photo A total of 43 aspirants seeking
for various positions in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have returned their
nomination forms to contest the national election as of the close of filing of
nominations last Tuesday.When
nominations ended on May 10, 46 aspirants had picked up forms to contest various positions of the party, including the national chairmanship
slot.
Incumbent town councilman Jack Jordan topped the voting in his bid
for the Republican
nomination, while Frank Stapleton edged Democrat Tim Malloy, who was seeking cross endorsement,
for the second
slot as Shandaken's GOP caucused August 8 at Glenbrook Park on Route 42.
However, since neither of those three actresses has a real lock hold on this final
slot, this category is actually pretty ripe
for an upset — my guess could be an Alicia Vikander changing course on The Danish Girl and entering herself as a lead here to nab a double
nomination — and if that happens, I reserve the right to count it as a correct prediction since it was impossible to plan
for.
Her chances should increase with a possible Golden Globe
nomination thanks to Drama and Comedy being split (although, with Joy looking like it will go Drama, that takes away one more
slot) and BAFTA probably embracing her, it could be enough to push her past the other two ladies battling
for the # 5 spot, Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) and Lily Tomlin (Grandma).
That leaves a fifth
slot for... I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that Johnny Depp's work in the enormously successful «Pirates of the Caribbean» was so goofy and mannered, it attracted enough attention and grins to get a
nomination.
Both Gone Girl and Nightcrawler made it to the Producers Guild but were killed when Oscar voters had to limit their scope to five
slots for Best Picture
nominations instead of ten, like the Producers Guild had.
The last couple of
slots in the Best Supporting Actress category are pretty shaky and I'd say Spencer is one of the more vulnerable candidates, but she's certainly a serious contender
for a
nomination.
It's too soon to know whether these five will go but they'll likely, at the very least, be in
for the Producers Guild
nominations where they have ten choices and ten
nomination slots.
And then we get to the fifth
slot, which will most likely be filled by Jessica Chastain
for A Most Violent Year, which earned a Golden Globe
nomination but not the SAG.
The musical «Nine» ran second with five
nominations, including best musical or comedy and acting
slots for Daniel Day - Lewis, Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard.
At the Golden Globes, Jessica Chastain received a nod
for «A Most Violent Year,» while the SAG Awards selected Naomi Watts of «St. Vincent,» but Dern took the fifth
slot for the Oscars
nominations list.
It will, however, take an unusually weak crop of dramas released in the next two months
for Tree of Life to claim the anywhere from five to ten
slots this year's reconfigured
nomination process will produce.
Writer / director Damien Chazelle looks primed
for that «wunderkind screenplay
nomination»
slot, and veteran character actor J.K. Simmons is a slam - dunk
for a Best Supporting Actor
nomination, and maybe even a win.
Nominations for Barbara Hershey, Miranda Richardson and Lesley Manville put them in the hunt with contenders like Mila Kunis and Jacki Weaver
for what appears to be an up -
for - grabs fifth
slot.
With Pixar consistently laying claim to one of the animated short
nominations, this is yet another
slot that could have gone to an artist
for whom the recognition would be career elevating and defining.
«Belle»'s period trappings and clever counter-programming
slot make it a fertile ground
for performance
nominations at this stage, even if it feels in reality almost destined to be totally engulfed by the award season slate.
After it was excluded from a Best Picture
nomination, the Academy sensed a public backlash, so they expanded their Best Picture list to ten
nomination slots and ten nominees
for Best Picture.
The fighting genre can't even muster up enough nominees to fill out its category this year, although there has been a late call
for Nitroplus Blasterz by more esteemed media from the games press this week, following an empty
nomination slot.
Close behind with five places in the shortlist is Square Enix, thanks to double
nominations for Mediatonic's Heavenstrike Rivals and Dontnod's episodic series Life Is Strange, plus a
slot in the Publishing Hero category.
... this is a closed door exercise... Given the vast number of
nominations and the few
slots available, there is ample room
for preferences to play a role.
Justin Scheck, writing
for Legal Pad, notes that» [Milan] Smith's
nomination continues a trend noted on this blog: Bush skipping the federal bench in filling
slots on the Ninth Circuit Court.»