Still Alice hadn't even opened when Moore's Academy Award nomination was announced, simply the last big
stop on her award season of domination.
The first official
stop on awards season trail, the Gotham Awards have become a great way of gauging which Oscar contenders to keep an eye on, with previous top Gotham winners Moonlight, Spotlight, and Birdman leaping to the top of the Oscar ballots.
Not exact matches
The Hollywood Film Festival has become just another
stop on the
awards campaign trail these days, various publicists getting in the ears of festival directors to make sure their clients get their (in most cases deserved) props as the
season takes hold, amping up the exposure, etc..
But after adding more categories, including career tributes and TV and acting prizes, the ceremony now functions as the first official
stop on the long
awards season trail.