Sentences with phrase «over academy voters»

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We all know how well La La Land went over with Academy voters.

Gary Oldman says he spent more than 200 hours in a makeup chair over the course of making Darkest Hour — and that's the kind of dedication that resonates with Academy voters, particularly when the end result is this seamless.

Since the film academy expanded the category in 2009, the only time the best picture category did not include a film by a DGA - nominated director was in 2011, when voters passed over David Fincher's «The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.»

Presided over by Neil Patrick Harris and often possessing a political charge, the 87th Oscars saw Academy voters spread the love.

SNUB: Steven Spielberg for «The Post»: With its paean to journalism and not - so - subtle tweak at Donald Trump, it was expected that Academy voters would go ga - ga over «The Post.»

Depp's turn earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, the summer attraction lingering in voters» minds unusually long and over more serious, conventionally Oscar - friendly cinema.

Carell's flashy, ostentatious performance is just the sort of thing Academy voters fawn over, and while his positioning in the lead category isn't as patently insane as Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, it's still a clear supporting role that ended up pushing out actors like Ralph Fiennes and David Oyelowo, both of whom were the actual leads of their respective films.

Carell's flashy, ostentatious performance is just the sort of thing Academy voters fawn over, and while his positioning in the lead category isn't as patently insane as Anthony Hopkins in

He's been the favorite ever since Oscar pundits caught glimpse of «Darkest Hour» last September, and no surprise: His interpretation of Winston Churchill represents the kind of extreme physical metamorphosis academy voters fall over themselves to honor, often at the expense of subtler alternatives.

The measure passed with 70 percent support from Oakland voters and will generate $ 120 million over 10 years to transform our secondary schools — both district - run and charter — with college and career prep linked learning academies.