Sentences with phrase «shot at a nomination»

DeFrancisco last month appeared to have a clear shot at the nomination with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb dropping his campaign.

Backing a presidential candidate — who so far appears to have the best shot at the nomination — could pay dividends later on for Hayworth, too.

It's a formidable Best Picture contender with a strong shot at nominations across - the - board with Kristin Scott Thomas more of a threat than people think for a Supporting Actress nomination (despite a now more robust competition than evident before Lady Bird and I Tonya crushed ideas about that particular race).

Alternates: It's been quite a year for Greta Gerwig, who costarred in both Jackie and 20th Century Women, though her shot at a nomination is the latter.

Cinematography is its best shot at a nomination, despite an estimated $ 4.5 million in spending by CBS Films in the N.Y. and L.A. Times alone.

Another outsider with a shot at a nomination is deaf actress Millicent Simmonds, who received praise for her performance in «Wonderstruck» when it premiered at Cannes, but has gotten less attention in the onslaught of the season's awards contenders opening at theaters.

Heck, in a lesser year, Liev Schreiber (also Spotlight) and Brad Pitt (also The Big Short) might have had an outside shot at nominations.

And while «Foxcatcher» has a real shot at a nomination, I think the passion vote will provide an unexpected surge for «Nightcrawler» — which may be too dark and too creepy for the mainstream Academy, but might also be too good to ignore.

Not exact matches

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Sanders» shot at the Democratic nomination for President could be over on Super Tuesday (March 1) if Clinton runs the table in the slew of primaries and caucuses on March 1.

Three candidates seeking the Republican nomination to run against Governor Andrew Cuomo this fall appeared in Amherst Saturday morning, where they took turns taking shots at the incumbent and his policies, including the Buffalo Billion.

He took shots at Cruz, the Texas senator who is running second to Trump for the GOP nomination, and Democratic front - runner Clinton.

Several senators abstained, including the Bronx's Ruben Diaz Sr. and Pedro Espada Jr., saying they didn't believe the nomination process gave women and minorities a fair shot at the job.

At year's end, it seemed that Mr. Cuomo had no realistic shot at getting the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton opted not to run, and his chances beyond next year didn't look appreciably betteAt year's end, it seemed that Mr. Cuomo had no realistic shot at getting the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton opted not to run, and his chances beyond next year didn't look appreciably betteat getting the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton opted not to run, and his chances beyond next year didn't look appreciably better.

Long has said Giambra, a former Democrat who has given money to Gov. Cuomo and Hillary Clinton and helped raise funds for Mayor de Blasio, has no shot at his party's nomination.

From the all - star cast, to the historical premise, to Clooney's gilded track record behind the camera, I'd be surprised if it didn't pull off at least five nominations and mostly a lot more — Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Score, you name it, this has a strong shot.

As for the rest of «Creed,» Michael B. Jordan has a slim shot at a Best Actor nomination.

Does David Gordon Green have any shot at a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination?

But all of these five that the CDG recognized can now be seriously hopeful that they have an actual shot at an Oscar nomination... even though the Oscar lineup is never 5/5 with the period category at CDG.

Finally, with spectacularly epic World War II action - adventure «Dunkirk,» Nolan has a good shot at landing his first — I know, it's rather shocking — Oscar nomination for directing.

The film will be one of Amazon's big pushes this year and is there best shot at a Best Actor nomination — a category it just won this year for Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea.

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Wes Anderson has his best ever shot at the Oscars this year, with his first Directing and Picture nominations to go along with his third Screenplay nomination (he was also nominated for Best Animated Film in 2009).

Hawkins» nomination was something of a surprise, and she has no real shot at upsetting favorites Lupita Nyong» o from «12 Years a Slave» and Jennifer Lawrence from «American Hustle.»

While he lost out on a nomination for Best Director at the Golden Globes, which will air this Sunday (Jan. 15), many industry watcher think legendary director Steven Spielberg has a shot at an Oscar nomination for Best Director.

Paul Greengrass has been nominated for Best Director once before for his harrowing work on United 93, and he has a very good shot at landing a second nomination for this year's Somali pirate drama Captain Phillips.

L. Travers story Saving Mr. Banks could be a favorite among Academy members, which means director John Lee Hancock also has a shot at a Best Director nomination.

Shot by Academy Award - winning cinematographer Robert Elswit, who has worked with Anderson ever since Hard Eight, scored by singer - songwriter Michael Penn, edited by the great Dylan Tichenor, who started as an apprentice on Robert Altman's movies and went on to do great films such as Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Brokeback Mountain and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic drama went on to garner three Academy Award nominations, did reasonably well at the box office by tripling its initial investment and, more importantly, showcased the surprising talent and determination of one of the few brilliant filmmakers of American contemporary cinema.

Now both need DGA nominations to have any real shot at winning Best Picture.

You'd think that The Shape of Water remains too undeniably weird to have any shot at awards, and I think that the stuffy Academy that decided to go with The King's Speech over The Social Network or Black Swan (yep, still bitter) might not have given much more than token nominations for an inter-species romance monster movie, but the Academy has gotten younger and more diverse in the years since then, allowing for some more left of center films to get a boost.

Interstellar's five nominations weren't quite enough for it to take the honour previously held by Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight for the most nods without a shot at best picture.

Unfortunately, he's one big scene shy of having any shot at supporting actor nominations, adding to his streak of appearing in and dramatically aiding decorated films without ever being personally singled out with accolades.

Not only did «Moonlight's» Mahershala Ali and «Fences»» Viola Davis earn Oscars for their supporting roles — the first time two African American actors won in both supporting categories in the same year — Ruth Negga was nominated for her lead role in «Loving» and Denzel Washington earned his seventh acting nomination plus a shot at best picture as one of the producers of «Fences.»

Many Oscar - watchers thought Javier Bardem had a shot at a best actor nomination for his work as a quadriplegic in «The Sea Inside.»

While «The End of the Tour» might be a bit of a long shot for Best Picture (though who knows at this point), it seems like a much safer bet to net Jason Segel his first Oscar nomination as late author David Foster Wallace.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Paul Thomas Anderson slip in for The Master or Michael Haneke land a nomination for Amour, though their shot at actually winning the trophy is rather slim.

Ronan seems like their best shot at a Best Actress nomination but they do also have Demolition, A Bigger Splash and Youth to think about.

With two big BAFTA wins on Sunday for screenplay and lead actor Casey Affleck, a very good shot at taking a WGA Original Screenplay award this coming Sunday, a domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected after its smash Sundance debut over a year ago.

Judi Dench, Emma Watson and Zoe Kazan («The Big Sick») all have shots at those final two spots, and the ability to salute an icon and give another nomination to a true musical may tip the scales in favor of the first two, though it's a close call.

Cannes hit The Florida Project, from Sean Baker (Tangerine) got scooped up by A24 and with it come Willem Dafoe's shot at his third Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.

It may sound like an oddball film, but it's one that has garnered so much praise that, come March, may have a shot at a few Oscar nominations.

[Oprah Winfrey looked to be Lee Daniels» The Butler «s only real shot at an Oscar nomination after first announcing itself as a serious candidate back in August, but she was eclipsed here by the lovely Sally Hawkins, who gave a strong performance in Blue Jasmine opposite the transcendent Cate Blanchett.

With snubs at SAG, GG and now here, Cooper's shot at an Oscar nomination seems all but gone.

As the highest grossing film of the 2017 summer movie season — along with critical and industry accolades — Wonder Woman was thought to have a legitimate shot at landing some Oscar nominations Tuesday.

At this point, Mudbound, so deserving of many category nominations from Best Picture to Screenplay to Supporting Actor and Actress to Song, seems like the longest of long shots.

Awards wise, I don't think this will be a player, but there's an outside shot that we could see The Conjuring 2 contend for a technical nomination or two at the Academy Awards.

There are other directors you mention whose work I admire more than Ivory's (Lynch, Herzog, Cronenberg), but they are all still working at the top of their game and have a shot at a regular nomination, whereas Ivory's contribution is historical and absolutely worthy of recognition.

But at the very least, awards watchers might have expected a nod for Sally Hawkins, who has been tearing up the precursor circuit stateside and has a clear shot at nabbing an Oscar nomination one week from -LSB-...]

And, I discovered at Oscar nominations, this film written and directed by an Iranian and shot in Tehran, is a British production.

Despite the hysteria, it may not be appropriate yet to call a time of death on the decades and decades» worth of precedent that will be shattered when Argo wins Best Picture despite very conspicuously not being nominated for its director, not having even remotely close to the year's highest nomination tally (it trails behind four other films), and not having even a halfway plausible shot at winning more than two other categories aside from this one.

These nominations mean that Gerwig and Peele have a real shot at getting nominated — though Gerwig will likely be the lone woman represented in this category come March.