Sentences with phrase «who won an award»

Most notably, Sarah Paulson, who won an award for her role in the miniseries The People vs. O.J. Simpson, used her acceptance speech to drum up more support, asking everyone who is able to donate to the ACLU «to protect the rights and liberties of people across this country.»

Most of the people who won an award Monday night came to the press room and were quietly congratulated after a series of questions.

Mark Ingram, who won the award in 2009, was not listed an option until Week 4.

Only one goalkeeper has ever won the PFA Young Player of the Year - Mervyn Day of West Ham United Football Club, who won the award back in 1975.

Winners included father of three, Adrian Mosses, from London, who won the award for Outstanding Parent for his involvement with the Limelight Family Learning Centre.

Among past awardees is Shwetak Patel of the University of Washington in Seattle, who won an award for designing simple sensors for monitoring electricity consumption in domestic environments.

Mel McCartney, who won the award for best collection, showed dresses that incorporated interesting shapes and a creative use of multiple fabrics

Mirren and Weisz, who won the award from the New York Critics, fill the spots that probably Jennifer Lawrence and veteran Emmanuelle Riva will secure at the Academy Awards.

Who's nominated: Mark Boal, who won this award for his previous collaboration with director Katherine Bigelow: 2009's The Hurt Locker.

Almost every woman who won an award found a way to connect her project with the current movement against sexual harassment — an easy task, considering that most of the big winners (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Handmaid's Tale, Big Little Lies, Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) tackled gender politics head - on.

We've been patiently waiting to see who won the awards at Sundance this year, and now we know - it's not any of the films we expected.

«In truth, I was very nervous, and my words just came out wrong,» says the actor, who won an award for his role in «The Night Manager»

Branagh, who won the award for helping raise the profile of UK films and accepted it at beginning of the ceremony so he could catch a plane to Sweden to continue filming the third series of Wallander said: «It is very exciting and thrilling.

With that, McDormand, who won the award for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, drew global attention to «inclusion rider» — a clause that an actor puts in the contract that a production company ensures a certain level of diversity of cast and crew in a film.

Each teacher who wins the award will receive recognition in the paper, their own personal parking space for the month, a $ 50 gift card to the mall, and a $ 25 gift card for a nice restaurant.

As in years past, first - year teachers who won the award came to Washington, DC in the fall for a weekend of awards and related events.

Among the surprise celebrity presenters were Samuel L. Jackson, Jane Weidlin, Gerard Way (who won an award) and the star of The Spirit Gabriel Macht.

For those who are not familiar with Shiller, he is a Nobel Prize winner in economics who won the award in 2013 for his work on the «empirical analysis of asset prices.»

Breeders who win the award should therefore be considered as role models for new breeders.

An eight - year - old boy who won an award for carrying out 100 acts of kindness has added another good turn to his list — by donating # 250 of his prize money to Cats Protection.

After receiving any of these awards, the owner will also receive a graphic file version of the award logo which may be displayed on the webpage of the dog who won the award.

You can read more on the winners by this link for Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star or this one for Grads in Games and it's worth checking out to see some of the phenomenal students who won awards.

343 Industries» boss Bonnie Ross and Halo 4's executive producer Kiki Wolfkill (who wins the award for best name ever) have hit out at the offensive chatter and sexist abuse that has often been witnessed across Xbox LIVE, particularly when it comes to the multiplayer components of certain FPS franchises.

Then we heard from Marguerite Steed Hoffman, a former gallery director, museum worker and philanthropist, who won an award for distinguished service to the visual arts.

Particularly in the case of the Turner Prize, what is always as interesting (if not more interesting) than who wins the award each year is the spirited debate and inevitable dissatisfaction that accompanies the announcement of the short lists and the winners.

The Turner Prize - winning artist, Grenville Davey, who won the award in 1992 is to be honoured at Writtle College Graduation Ceremonies this year.

The winners included Lucy Scott - Moncrieff, vice president of the Law Society, who won the award for «Best Woman Solicitor Managing a Legal Aid Practice».

Schwabe Williamson & Wyat (schwabe.com) was one of three clients of Erica Ritzer's who won an award from the LMA for its website.

Not exact matches

Winfrey described watching the Oscars in 1964 as Sidney Poitier (who also won the Cecil B. DeMille Award, in 1982) became the first African American to win an Academy Award and how that changed history.

Edmark had it all: on one hand, gifted employees creating award - winning products and, on the other, consumers who were eager to buy.

Butterfield is among the few elite CEOs who has spoken about the topic at length, and he has given the limelight to his underrepresented employees during key moments, like the night Slack won the Crunchies award for Fastest Rising Startup.

«It's the humans convincing themselves that it's a really cool thing to do with their pooch,» said award - winning trainer Bill Berloni of Theatrical Animals, who works with TV, movie and Broadway producers.

Over the course of three - plus years, McQueen — who has appeared in the MTV reality show Nitro Circus and FuelTV's Thrillbillies — has won Monster Jam's Rising Star Award, a monster truck racing title in New Orleans, and in 2010 he made Monster Jam history by landing the first - ever back flip in competition.

Congratulations to staff writer Jeff Beer and editor - at - large Joanna Pachner, who both won gold awards on June 7 at the Kenneth R. Wilson awards for business press journalism.

Kendrick Lamar, who has won 12 Grammy awards, oversaw the movie's soundtrack.

John W. Schoen is an award - winning online journalist, who has reported and written about economics, business and financial news for more than 30 years.

«In the nicest way, what makes him unique is his absolute audacity,» says Bob Ezrin, an award - winning record producer who's been a close friend of Cohl's since both were breaking into the business in Toronto.

It's easy to believe that someone who's won a lot of awards, built a huge social following, and bylined a load of articles is someone with influence worthy of your trust, time, and budget.

«It's very simple to connect you in with a Nobel Laureate, or a high schooler who's on a really great, award winning robotics team,» Groome added.

U.C. - Irvine's 2016 class includes Christopher Yarbrough, a design engineering manager, who has won awards from organizations like NASA for helping to develop optical systems that have been used on Mars and Jupiter.

Why she's awesome: Bezos is a best - selling novelist who won the National Book Award for «The Testing of Luther Albright.»

Damon said that he thought Weinstein and Paltrow, who went on to win an Academy Award for her starring role in Weinstein's «Shakespear in Love,» had come to an «agreement» and said that he believed Weinstein treated Paltrow only with respect.

And while these words are commonly found in everyday conversations, Steven D. Cohen, an award - winning speaker who leads career and academic workshops on public speaking at Harvard Extension School, argues that «they often detract from the listener's ability to understand a particular message.»

That felt lucky to Alexander, who won his first Coty Award with an argyle design.

The new social - media campaign features Emmy Award - winning talk show host Ricki Lake as well as many online social influencers from The Influential Network, including Wesley Stromberg of the band Emblem 3 and Youth Ambassador for the #ForgiveForPeace campaign that was launched for the UN International Day of Peace; Megan Nicole, a musical artist with more than 3.2 million subscribers on YouTube; Melvin Gregg, a top - 100 Vine personality who counts other celebrities as fans, and Sammy Wilkinson, who is a social media star and part of the Magcon Tour.

The following classes are all taught by accomplished, award - winning writers who have decades of experience in communicating ideas, telling stories, and captivating their audiences.

Laurie Tarkan is an award - winning journalist who covers science and health issues for many publications.

The movie, which is based on Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel of the same name, stars Golden Globe - winning actor Idris Elba and was written and directed by Cary Fukunaga, who won an Emmy Award for directing HBO television show True Detective.

One of the thought leaders I was fortunate enough to interview for this project was Alexa von Tobel, who is the Founder & CEO of LearnVest, the award - winning personal finance platform.

While Jimmy Kimmel generally won the day for his willingness to elevate the issues of gender and racial equity, it was Frances McDormand who deserves the award for bringing a human resources toolkit to the podium with her.