Aside from the relatively little - known Ansel Elgort and Lily James, superstars Jamie Foxx and Jon Hamm turn in two of the best
supporting performances of this year.
«You can think James Franco's turn in SPRING BREAKERS was the defining
supporting performance of this year and still want to watch him get his block knocked off by Statham.
That having been said, a moratorium on all the authoritative «so and so is obviously the best
supporting performance of the year» attitudes would be greatly appreciated.
The supporting performance of the year came from Cate Blanchett in «The Talented Mr Ripley».
Not exact matches
These excellent results are
supported by the success
of our innovation drive in advanced materials, the benefits
of increased production capacities in specialty molecular sieves in France and PVDF in China last
year, the integration
of XL Brands in adhesives and the confirmation
of the very good
performance of our intermediate chemical businesses.
Performance by an actor in a
supporting role Barkhad Abdi in «Captain Phillips» Bradley Cooper in «American Hustle» Michael Fassbender in «12
Years a Slave» Jonah Hill in «The Wolf
of Wall Street» Jared Leto in «Dallas Buyers Club» * WINNER
With regard to recent
performance, which has been positive but modest since the market peak last
year, the main factor that has kept our returns relatively restrained despite the collapse
of financials has been the simultaneous collapse
of technology and consumer stocks, with cyclicals and commodities providing the greatest
support to the major indices.
Mac — in a declining PC industry, we expect Mac to continue its market share gain and
support our forecast for its strong
performance of 7.3 % revenue growth in FY 2015, followed by 3.6 % in FY 2016, and 4.6 % in FY 2017 on flat average selling prices over the three
year period
of $ 1,230.
This is also
supported by further deterioration in the relative
performance of the Technology composite, which appears as a bottom 3 performer
year - to - date.
For more than 30
years, Farm Aid, with the
support of the artists who contribute their
performances each
year, has raised more than $ 50 million to
support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach
of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system
of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
Seasol has been
supporting sustainable growers for over 40
years to improve the quality and
performance of their yields.
Roger White, chief executive
of AG Barr, comments: «Over the past 12 months we have delivered consistent broad - based sales growth across our portfolio, well ahead
of the soft drinks market
performance throughout the
year,
supported by successful innovation, strong core brands and further development
of our partnerships.
I first watched Arsenal in 1976 and have been following home and away ever since NOT 2006, I also don't use twitter and don't play fifa, for the record I really am bored with the insinuation that if you criticise an Arsenal player, the owner or wenger then you don't
support Arsenal, are happy with everything that's been going on since say the move to the grove?do you not ever think things should be done differently?did you never criticise a player?if you say no then I don't believe you.I make no hesitation in saying I'm very much on the side
of the wenger out brigade, but never would I come on here and write what you've just done, for a start in might upset my seventy
year old dad who is very much a AKB.I think you're just a keyboard warrior some how.Regardless though credit where credits due good
performance today, and yes I did go
My dear Arsenal
supports world wide, let us bear in mind when Henry left, other clubs claimed Arsenal finished but but there supprised our
performance, how ever Ade want leave Arsenal let Arsenal give him chance to go but at end he may be thinking
of arsenl again, am certain who ever wenger wants bring in the team will be like those once who went I for one believe this
year we have sliver wear.
At this
year's Gala, KSI announced the formation
of a brand new state
of the art
performance lab on the University
of Connecticut campus through the finical
support from Mission Product Holdings, Inc..
The three -
year IMF facility given to Ghana for balance
of payments
support was signed April 2015, with the US$ 918 million expected to be disbursed in eight equal tranches for the observance
of the
performance criteria and completion
of reviews under the programme.
The governor said his superlative
performance in the course
of his first
year has expanded his
support base across Rivers State, making the PDP the preferred choice
of the people.
Through an investment
of # 2.3 bn per
year to provide financial
support for households to insulate their homes, and for local authorities to drive take up and delivery
of insulation schemes, the next Labour government will drastically improve energy efficiency, bringing 4 million homes up to Energy
Performance Certificate (EPC) C by the end
of a parliamentary term.
Unlike previous
years, Ghana recorded a lot
of new faces on the nomination list; some
of whom Included new actor, Joseph Otsiman who got the nod for Best Actor In
Supporting Role for his
performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director category.
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Mr Corbyn argued that the
performance in Copeland was the result
of years of decline in
support for his party.
The PhD studentship will start by October 2018 and is funded by Randox Laboratories Ltd. for 3
years, covering the fees (
of a UK or EU student), annual stipend (currently about # 14.5 K plus an additional
performance bonus), as well as travel
support for both astrophysical and biomedical conferences.
Creatine is one
of the most popular sports nutrition supplements in the world, having been shown to
support muscle gain, strength, endurance, and anaerobic
performance for the last 25
years.
The Primal Blueprint is based on lifestyle principles that have governed human health, evolution and peak
performance for over two million
years, and is
supported by respected research in the fields
of epigenetics and evolutionary biology.
«Results like this leave us confident that no other White Label providers offer a comparable level
of service and
support to their partners and this strong
performance paves the way for further growth throughout the latter half
of the
year.»
Many film fans assume that Mitchell won his 1939 Best
Supporting Oscar for his portrayal
of Gerald O'Hara in the blockbuster Gone With the Wind; in fact, he won the prize for his
performance as the drunken doctor in Stagecoach — one
of five Thomas Mitchell movie appearances in 1939 (his other films that
year, classics all, were Only Angels Have Wings, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and The Hunchback
of Notre Dame).
Hanks starred in Tom Tykwer's adaptation
of Eggers» A Hologram for the King last
year, but here he plays a more sinister character alongside a strong
supporting cast that includes Karen Gillan, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane, and the late Bill Paxton in one
of his last
performances.
Featuring a
performance from Michael B. Jordan that will finally make him an A-lister, my favorite cinematography
of the
year to date (more on that later), and one
of the most outstanding
supporting turns
of the
year as well from none other than Sylvester Stallone, I'd go so far as to say that Creed is nearly perfect.
Three
of the
year's strongest female
performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as
supporting, loving, noble characters who give
of themselves in the service
of the male lead.
Most
of the best actress
performances this
year function as
supporting female characters, even when they're leads.
Best Picture: (tie) «Gravity» and «Her» Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, «Gravity» Runner up: Spike Jonze, «Her» Best Actor: Bruce Dern, «Nebraska» Runner up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, «12
Years a Slave» Best Actress: (tie) Cate Blanchett, «Blue Jasmine» and Adele Exarchopoulos, «Blue is the Warmest Color» Best
Supporting Actor: (tie) Jared Leto, «Dallas Buyers Club,» James Franco, «Spring Breakers» Best
Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong» o, «12
Years a Slave» Runner up: June Squibb, «Nebraska» Best Foreign Language Film: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» Runner up: «The Great Beauty» Best Animation: «Ernest & Celestine» Runner up: «The Wind Rises» Best Documentary: «Stories We Tell» Runner up: «The Act
of Killing» Best Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, «Before Midnight» Runner up: Spike Jonze, «Her» Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, «Gravity» Runner up: Bruno Delbonnel, «Inside Llewyn Davis» Best Editing: Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger, «Gravity» Runner up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery, «Upstream Color» Best Production Design: K.K. Barrett, «Her» Runner up: Jess Gonchor, «Inside Llewyn Davis» Best Music Score: T Bone Burnett, «Inside Llewyn Davis» Runner up: Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, «Her» Douglas Edwards Independent / Experimental Film / Video Award: «Cabinets
of Wonder: Films and a
Performance by Charlotte Pryce»
An abundance
of great
supporting performances (led by a perfect return by Harrison Ford and incredible newcomer Sylvia Hoeks) and effective cameos move the action forward, while the most vivid cinematography and special effects in
years make you wish the movie would never end.
What remains is a mix
of triumphs both male and female, lead and
supporting, all
of which set the bar high for the
performances still to come this
year.
He played the same unfunny role in his last starring turn, last
year's forgettable Down to Earth, making it harder to remember some
of the finer
supporting roles he's been allowed to work with (including a terrific
performance alongside Morgan Freeman in Nurse Betty).
In 1994, an amazed 11 -
year - old Paquin rushed on the stage
of the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion to accept the best
supporting actress award for her
performance in The Piano.
As a sign
of the strength
of her
performance and show stopping ability that brought ovations during screenings in DC, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) was a two time winner awarded Best Supporting Actress and Breakthrough Performance o
performance and show stopping ability that brought ovations during screenings in DC, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) was a two time winner awarded Best
Supporting Actress and Breakthrough
Performance o
Performance of the
Year.
He gets strong
support from both Harris and Reed, who give their strongest
performances in
years, and from Phoenix, whose sniveling Commodus maintains a spark
of humanity while never being less than loathsome.
Goodman's
performance is so compelling he remains one
of my favorite
supporting roles this
year.
Best motion picture
of the
year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts
of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life
of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty»
Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight»
Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts
of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible»
Performance by an actor in a
supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained»
Performance by an actress in a
supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts
of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life
of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film
of the
year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film
of the
year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!
Winstead has had a bit
of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin
supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent
performance in Smashed a few
years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best
of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.
Winning Academy Awards for
supporting actor and actress, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, as well as a host
of other known and unknown actors like Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, turn in easily the best ensemble
performance of the
year in this unique boxing flick which is more about the relationships than the fight.
The
supporting cast is what makes it watchable after all these
years with the likes
of Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, and Marlon f**king Brando giving great
performances as classic characters like Lois Lane, Perry White, Jonathan Kent, Lex Luthor, and Jor - El.
McConaughey followed up with
supporting roles in more local productions, including «My Boyfriend's Back» (1993), «Angels in the Outfield» (1994), and «Return
of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre» (lensed 1995), in which his maniacal
performance was shelved for two
years until he and the film's co-star, Renee Zellweger, had become famous and there was a dollar to be made.
I like Josh Brolin a great deal, and I particularly like his
performance in «Milk» — a courageous display
of against - type delicacy and ambiguity that would be a worthy winner
of Best
Supporting Actor honours in most
years.
Led by Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all
of Nichols» films, the large cast is fantastic; although Joel Edgerton has received acclaim for his role in Nichols» Loving (also released this
year), his laconic
supporting performance here is arguably his finest work.
For me, it remains one
of the last Oscar season's less excusable oversights that, in one
of the weakest
Supporting Actress races in
years, Tomei's blazing
performance in «Before the Devil Knows You're Dead» gathered no momentum whatsoever.
As well as the powerhouse
performance of Johnny Depp, and the superb
support from Cumberbatch and Edgerton, director Scott Cooper has managed to assemble possibly one
of the best ensemble casts in any movie we've seen this
year.
Best
supporting actress This category contains what I consider to be the
year's single best
performance, that
of Melissa Leo as the Reverend Mother in «Novitiate.»
Florence Foster Jenkins is the
year's first serious Oscar contender, featuring an unforgettable
performance by Meryl Streep in the title role and a superb
supporting cast headed by Hugh Grant as her husband, the expatriate English thespian St. Clair Bayfield; and Simon Helberg as Cosme McMoon, the aspiring concert pianist who became her accompanist in a supreme act
of folly.
This
year is marked by an odd phenomenon
of masterful leading
performances that will have to be put in the
supporting categories because there isn't enough room for them in the leading categories.
Nyong» o won a Best
Supporting Actress Oscar for her
performance in 12
Years A Slave earlier this
year, while Christie in known for her role as Brienne
of Tarth in Game
of Thrones.