Sentences with phrase «presumed frontrunner»

A dozen votes here and there can make a huge difference, dumping presumed frontrunners in favor of hot dark horses and upsetting lots of careful prognosticating.

However, I should explain that my prediction is led less by any conviction that the milquetoast Academy voters will get the thrilling formal invention and conversational artistry of «The Class» — and believe me, if they do, you'll hear my cheers from across the Atlantic — than by an instinctive suspicion that they will not get the avant - garde visual stylings and bleak anti-narrative of presumed frontrunner «Waltz With Bashir.»

There's of course presumed frontrunner Leonardo DiCaprio, poised to win for The Revenant since predictions for this year began, along with other hopefuls such as Johnny Depp for Black Mass..

Among them are Assemblymember Guillermo Linares, Michael Gallagher, Adam Clayton Powell IV, Suzan Johnson Cook, Clyde Williams, Yohanny Caceres, and Sam Sloan — and presumed frontrunners State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Assemblymember Keith Wright, who appear locked in a close primary contest.

In a surprise upset, Kevin Kim defeated presumed frontrunner Jerry Iannece and four other Democratic opponents in the primary election Tuesday in the race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside).

Joining presumed frontrunners The Act of Killing and Stories We Tell and likely nominee Blackfish is Twenty Feet from Stardom, a well - reviewed and well - attended documentary that hails from The Weinstein Company's niche Radius - TWC label.

The only real shocker in this batch was seeing «Get Out» take Best Ensemble over other presumed frontrunners.

In 2017, he won the support of Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY), Kamala Harris (D - CA), and Cory Booker (D - NJ), the presumed frontrunners in the Democratic race to challenge Trump in 2020.

And in contrast to Jane Corwin, her Republican opponent and presumed frontrunner, the 30 - second spot largely avoids attacks.

Mario Cuomo (a New York superstar politician, hmm...) was the presumed frontrunner, with more minor buzz going to Harkin, Tsongas, Bob Kerrey, and Jerry Brown.

After losing their presumed frontrunner, NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich, the GOP appears poised to back Bob Turner, a Queens businessman who lost to Weiner in 2010, but received about 40 percent of the vote.

When those parties break off and endorse their own candidates, it can cost a presumed frontrunner his or her seat.

Ulrich, who was the presumed frontrunner for the GOP nod and was urged to run by Giuliani, took himself out of consideration earlier this week during an interview on NY1's «Inside City Hall.»

At about ten minutes before 2 AM on Friday morning, Democratic city council candidate Alex Gomez posted another incendiary tweet and Instagram post; this time directed at Morris Park Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj — the presumed frontrunner in the upcoming Council race.

And even though Emma Stone's been the presumed frontrunner since Venice, if the Oscars were this weekend, I'd put down Natalie on my predictions ballot, not Emma, and not Annette Bening, goddamn it, and not Isabelle Huppert.

So while agents field apoplectic phone calls on the most hectic day of the showbiz year, let's take stock of the most heinous omissions in this year's Oscar lineup — from deserving parties overshadowed by the buzz cycle to presumed frontrunners that went inexplicably ignored.

Amazingly, three films here are also Oscar - nominated for Foreign Language Film and although Son of Saul is the presumed frontrunner there, I think there could be a Mustang win in the cards here.

Alicia Vikander, «The Danish Girl» The presumed frontrunner, but shaky considering I've already heard Academy members sigh at the fact they think it's a lead performance.

Zero's Jessica Chastain, last year's breakout actress, has emerged as a presumed frontrunner in Best Actress races, but the general public is unlikely to recognize most of her cast mates by name or face.

Intrepid publicists worked diligently last month to float the idea that Wes Anderson's «Fantastic Mr. Fox,» due to it's healthy critics awards take, was in a position to upset the presumed frontrunner in the animated feature category: «Up.»

You mostly have to go back to Marion Cotillard beating Julie Christie to find a year when the presumed frontrunner early on in the year did not ride that expectation through to the end.

Sure, it's 99 and it might not seem like much but when you're the presumed frontrunner (and winner) before anything actually begins, you only have down to go.

And now, five months later, Blanchett is still the presumed frontrunner, easily holding off challengers like Sandra Bullock («Gravity») and Meryl Streep («August: Osage County»).

Both of the presumed frontrunners feel like challengers: The Shape of Water, with its offbeat fantasy, sudden violence, and, um, interspecies sex; and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which delights in confounding viewer expectations and has endured controversies about an ill - conceived racial subplot.

On the Best Actress side, Blanchett was the presumed frontrunner way back in July, when Woody Allen's «Blue Jasmine» came out and critics began raving about her turn as the self - destructive, delusional alcoholic sent on a downward spiral by the arrest of her Bernie Madoff - style husband.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa would actually be the presumed frontrunner, but the voters love a good narrative and that's exactly what they have in Dallas Buyers Club, which worked with a makeup budget of just $ 250.

Catton's novel was something of a dark horse winner, given the shortlist, which included the latest works from Jim Crace (the presumed frontrunner), Jhumpa Lahiri, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ruth Ozeki and Colm Tóibín.