Sentences with phrase «takes the award despite»

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Rogers knows that better than anyone, so, despite the Oscar snub, he's taking in the fun of being on a movie with awards love.

Despite his protests, the Welshman's appeal fell on deaf ears as Mike Dean failed to award the spot - kick, leaving Mark Hughes» men with it all to do in the second half to take something from the game.

Unfortunately a member of the opposition team attempted to take down Lewis despite not being in possession of the ball and the frustration led to two yellow cards being awarded both ways.

Despite his all - around dominance, he's only managed to take home two MVP awards.

Alonso, who picked up the Rookie of the Year award, was officially classified 24th and in the Indy 500 prize money, he took $ 305,805 home — more than many of those who finished it — despite registering a DNF.

It's impossible to spend wisely on every player, the difference being that Defoe was being awarded an eye - watering contract despite nothing in his career to suggest he warranted it, especially taking his age into consideration.

Despite having never taken the class himself, Malik won a University - wide teaching award for his contributions to this class, based on evaluations by his students.

Despite a quick trip back to the UK to accept an Empire award, Edgar Wright is still on espresso - fuelled schedule to make Ant - Man, his take on the often insect - sized Marvel superhero.

And despite taking home zero awards for directing, acting, or writing, AMC «s Mad Men won for best drama series.

Despite her enduring presence on the awards circuit and in our hearts, it's actually been a couple of years since Meryl Streep has taken on a lead role.

Just as many expected, Argo took home the top award of Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards, despite Ben Affleck not receiving a Best Director nomination, something that has

Despite having an updated take on this solid scifi theme and award winning actor Adrian Brody as the star, Splice didn't do very well at the box office.

So far, despite a fair amount of Rodney Dangerfieldesque protesting from Serkis himself, there has been little sign that the kind of critics who decide the major awards season prizes are taking much notice.

Despite Hooper's triumph at the Directors Guild of America awards a month ago, which are generally considered an accurate barometer of the Academy's intentions (only six times in their 63 - year history have they not correlated), momentum had seemed to be falling back into the hands of David Fincher, who took both the Golden Globe and the Bafta two weeks ago.

Take a look at the trailer below, which oddly enough lists Crowe as «Academy Award Nominated» despite having won Best Original Screenplay for Almost Famous.

Despite Bigelow wisely taking little to no political stance on the war in Iraq I can only assume that all the Awards recognition this film recieved were in some way a form of western propaganda.

Despite a rather tepid reception at last year's TIFF, Stuart Blumberg's follow - up screenplay to «The Kids Are All Right» features two awards - worthy thespians and looks to take on a topic mired in skepticism with a firm grip on reality.

But despite her having won an award for the best student film, she subsequently has a hard time getting a studio exec to take a serious look at the script she's written and is ready to turn into a full - length feature.

Spike Jonze's delightful and profound take on where we're headed as a society has not been a big winner this awards season, despite a smattering of trophies here and there.

Despite the beloved animation studio's reputation and popularity, they haven't taken home a Best Animated Feature Award since 2009, when Up scored the top prize.

The 90th annual Academy Awards — a race that went from feeling like anything could happen before the ceremony to a relatively safe ceremony that, despite some memorable presenters, didn't quite live up to the promise of a diverse and exciting slate of nominees — took place earlier tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Despite a poor showing compared to last year, the UK was still joint third with Sweden in taking individual award nominations.

In 2013 she was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and her first major US show wasn't until 2014 taking place at MoMA PS1, Long Island City NY despite numerous well - attended international solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1994), Centrre Geroges Pompidou, Paris (1995), Serpentine Gallery, London (2008).

The Times also reports that despite the fact that inspection results, including the number of «violation points» awarded on each surprise visit, have been available on the health department's website for quite some time, not all restaurateurs are taking this new system in stride:

Despite the jury award, it's not clear how much Zauflik will actually take home given state sovereign immunity rules that limit liability for school districts and municipalities, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

However, despite the passage of 5 years since the amendments took effect, there have been no court decisions awarding damages under the Code.

Despite scholarships, grants and financial aid awards, Sarah has taken out a variety of student loans in which her parents are cosigners.