Sentences with phrase «nominees in every category stand»

And one of the striking elements of the rousing acceptance speech Frances McDormand gave — «If I may be so honored to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight,» she requested, as the Dolby audience went wild — was how few people actually stood in response to her entreaty.

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During her speech, Frances asked all of the female nominees, in every category, to stand up for a moment of recognition.

As Meryl Streep almost bounced in joy, McDormand urged all the women nominees, in various categories, across the hall at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, to stand up and be seen and be heard.

Other nominees in the category put out statements that they stood in solidarity with the Iranians (as did the Academy) but also had to know the publicity would play to the advantage of The Salesman regardless of the actual merits of the film.

She then asked every single female nominee to stand up, prompting everyone in categories from cinematography to design and best actress nominee Meryl Streep to get to their feet while the audience in the Dolby Theatre cheered.

One of the great joys of last night's telecast occurred during McDormand's Best Actress speech, when she invited the female nominees in every category to stand up and be acknowledged.

After thanking son Pedro and director husband Joel Coen, whose 1996 «Fargo» was the source of her first lead acting Oscar, she placed her statuette on the stage and asked all the female nominees in every category to stand.

During her speech, McDormand, who has a Best Actress Oscar for Fargo in 1997, paid tribute to all the female nominees across categories asking them all to stand to honour their work over the last 12 months.

It's an impressive feature debut for French filmmaker Xavier Legrand (an Oscar nominee in the short film category), who duly won the Venice jury's Silver Lion for best director, and who stands a shot at winning another prize in Toronto's Platform competition.

There Will Be Blood is one of only two nominees that have the seemingly required nominations in the director and editing category to pick up the top award, but almost an three - hour character study stands little chance.