Sentences with phrase «when perceived frontrunner»

That year was thrown into chaos on nomination day, when perceived frontrunner Dreamgirls was left off the Best Picture ballot entirely, despite still having the most nominations of any film, and everybody else went scrambling.

Not exact matches

The man who disdained debating back when he was the perceived frontrunner of the GOP gubernatorial primary — even when dogged by a woman (as it turns out) in a duck suit and heckled by Carl Paladino supporters — is now anxious to go mano - a-mano-a-mano with the Buffalo businessman and the Democratic frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo.

But in these results there is a notable echo of last season, where the only roadblock for «La La Land» came at the WGA Awards when «Moonlight» — categorized as an original screenplay by the guild, yet adapted by the Academy's writers branch — upset the perceived best - picture frontrunner.