The first -
time nominee beat out Willem Defoe and Richard Jenkins for his performance as a volatile, racist small - town cop in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Not exact matches
Now it's
time to focus on
beating Lee Zeldin, and I support our Democratic
nominee, Anna Throne - Holst.»
David Fincher's one -
time Oscar frontrunner
beat a rum bunch of mismatched
nominees, including «Bright Star,» «Inception» and «Invictus,» to be named Best Foreign Film.
2008 was quite the unexciting year for the Best Actress
nominees but at the same
time it was the type of competition we've grown to expect over the years; the young actress with the showy performance
beating the veteran with the better performance.
Last July, «Shaun the Sheep» was voted the best BBC children's TV character of all
time,
beating such popular
nominees as «Postman Pat» and «Bob the Builder».
Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez, a first -
time nominee, won best lead female actor in a comedy series,
beating Veep's Julia Louis - Dreyfus, Girls» Lena Dunham and Orange is the New Black's Taylor Schilling.
The actress, who is up next in theaters in «ÄúThe Social Network, «Äù alongside Justin Timberlake (and directed by David Fincher), reportedly
beat out a field of contenders that, at one
time, included Natalie Portman, Ellen Page and recent Oscar
nominee Carey Mulligan.
As for the Best First -
Time Feature, Get Out's Jordan Peele
beat out fellow
nominees: Geremy Jasper for Patti Cake $, William Oldroyd for Lady Macbeth, Taylor Sheridan for Wind River, and also Aaron Sorkin for Molly's Game.
Among others, it
beat out «Til It Happens to You» by Lady Gaga and eight -
time nominee Diane Warren.
The last
time a Best Actor race had ZERO previous Oscar
nominees was 1930/31 (a.k.a., the 4th Annual Academy Awards) when Lionel Barrymore
beat Jackie Cooper, Richard Dix, Fredric March, and Adolphe Manjou on their very first Oscar nominations for acting.
As for the Best First -
Time Feature, Lion's Garth Davis
beat out fellow
nominees: Kelly Fremon Craig for The Edge of Seventeen; Tim Miller for Deadpool; Nate Parker for The Birth of a Nation; and Dan Trachtenberg for 10 Cloverfield Lane.
That's 12 -
time nominee and three -
time winner Sandy Powell, ladies and gentlemen, and given her track record she sure looks like the person to
beat in this category.