Sentences with phrase «win drama»

I knew Frances McDormand was going to win Drama Actress — there have been reports about the HFPA loving Three Billboards for the past month.

In the lead drama races, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) became the third black woman to win drama actress and the first in 23 years after Gail Fisher and Regina Taylor, while Jon Hamm — who didn't get to give a speech when he won his first drama actor Globe for Mad Men during the writers» strike — became the first former drama actor champ to get dropped as a nominee and return to win.

The 23 - year - old «Dear Evan Hansen» star (and Tony nominee) just made history as the youngest actor ever to win the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award.

It'd be the ninth show to win drama series twice.

The Downton Abbey Wine Collection is inspired by the critically acclaimed and award winning drama Downton Abbey.

Based on a true story, Chariots of Fire is the internationally acclaimed Oscar - winning drama of two very different men who compete as runners in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

In 2004, he signed on to play Paul Lewiston on the Emmy Award winning drama Boston Legal alongside Star Trek legend, William Shatner.

Based on Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Prize - winning drama, it's almost a textbook example of how not to bring Broadway to the screen.

In 2013 he starred in Steve McQueen's Oscar - winning drama 12 YEARS A SLAVE, John Lee Hancock's SAVING MR. BANKS, and Peter Landesman's docudrama PARKLAND.

From legendary director Clint Eastwood comes this powerful, Oscar (R)- winning drama that reveals Kyle's penetrating story from his Texas roots to his unparalleled accuracy in war - torn Iraq.

The Golden Globe - winning drama explores the world of plastic surgery and the extreme lengths one takes in the quest for external beauty.

The final season for the award - winning drama begins it's first run of eight episodes, with the remaining eight episodes airing in summer 2013.

Danes» other film credits include Matthew Vaughn's STARDUST opposite Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer; Lajos Koltai's EVENING, opposite Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Natasha Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave; Thomas Bezucha's THE FAMILY STONE, opposite Diane Keaton and Sarah Jessica Parker; Jonathan Mostow's TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl; Stephen Daldry's Academy Award ® winning drama THE HOURS, opposite Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Allison Janney, Ed Harris, and Toni Collette; Jonathan Kaplan's BROKEDOWN PALACE, opposite Kate Beckinsale; Bille August's LES MISERABLES; Theresa Connelly's POLISH WEDDING; Francis Ford Coppola's THE RAINMAKER, opposite Danny DeVito and Matt Damon; Oliver Stone's U TURN, opposite Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, and Joaquin Phoenix; Michael Pressman's TO GILLIAN ON HER 37th BIRTHDAY, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter Gallagher; Jocelyn Moorhouse's HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT, opposite Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, and Ellen Burstyn; Billy Hopkins» I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT, opposite Jude Law; Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, opposite Robert Downey Jr., Holly Hunter, and Anne Bancroft; and Gillian Armstrong's LITTLE WOMEN, opposite Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Kirsten Dunst.

Though Oscilloscope had only one out - and - out critical smash (Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, a Kickstarter - funded, award - winning drama from director Sam Fleischner), it was just a few points away from achieving a perfect 100 % success rate.

He made the award - winning dramas Gaslight and A Double Life during the»40s, as well as the classic comedies The Philadelphia Story and Adam's Rib.

Sharing screen time in Martin Scorsese's Oscar - winning drama with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, and Jack Nicholson, Wahlberg still managed to stand out; his supporting performance earned him an Academy Award nomination, among other honors.

FX swept the major TV awards as «Atlanta» won best new series and top comedy series while «The Americans» won drama series.

The Emmy - winning drama...

Now the writer who made his name with the Emmy - winning drama «The West Wing» and won a writing Oscar for «The Social Network» begins this season with something to prove.

The Emmy - winning drama about a Nazi war - crime trial, which was American television's first miniseries in 1974, will be accompanied by a discussion led by its legendary producer, Douglas S. Cramer, and one of its stars, Juliet Mills.

It's no surprise that John Lee Hancock's «The Founder» has garnered comparisons to «The Social Network,» but while there are definitely similarities between the two films, the former doesn't even come close to rivaling David Fincher's Oscar - winning drama.

His additional film credits include THE ROAD, with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron; Wes Craven's THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT; THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD; and the Coen Brothers Oscar - winning drama NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, opposite Tommy Lee Jones.

The movie lacks the dramatic power and impact of Kazan's 1954 Oscar - winning drama, «On the Waterfront,» with which it shares some thematic similarities, but it is sincerely acted by all the cast.

Tom Hooper's Oscar - winning drama sees Colin Firth's learn to overcome his stammer with the help of Geoffrey Rush's therapist.

This week's home video releases include a computer - animated kids» flick, a horror movie with a fishy twist and an award - winning drama that ranked among the best theatrical releases of 2010.

The series will join a string of high - profile original series on Hulu, including Catch - 22, a six - part limited series from Director, Executive Producer and Star, George Clooney based on the seminal novel of the same name; Castle Rock, Hulu's second project from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King following the success of 11.22.63 that will premiere later this summer; the multi Emmy and Golden Globe Award - winning drama, The Handmaid's Tale; The First, the latest project from Award - winning Creator Beau Willimon, with Academy Award Winner Sean Penn in his first starring TV role; and The Looming Tower, a limited series based on the Pulitzer Prize - winning expose by Lawrence Wright from Academy Award - nominated Writer Dan Futterman and Academy Award and Emmy Award - winning Director Alex Gibney that is now streaming on Hulu.

Ahead of its UK release later this month, Lionsgate has debuted the first poster and trailer for director Anna Rose Holmer's award - winning drama The Fits; take a look below... THE FITS is a psychological portrait of 11 - year - old Toni (Royalty Hightower)-- a tomboy assimilating to a tight - knit dance team in Cincinnati's West End.

Or that Meryl Streep's lead actress nomination for «August: Osage County,» the screen version of Tracy Letts» Pulitzer Prize - winning drama, is in comedy, no matter that the work owes as much to Eugene O'Neill as it does to Edward Albee, or that Julia Roberts» nomination for supporting actress in the film doesn't get classified as comedy or drama.

Bruce Miller, the executive producer of the Golden Globe — winning drama The Handmaid's Tale, was the only male award - winner of the night who even alluded to #MeToo, stating, «To all the people in this room and this country and this world who do everything they can to stop The Handmaid's Tale from becoming real, keep doing that.»

And now we have arrived at «I, Daniel Blake,» Ken Loach's Palme d'Or - winning drama that was criticized by some viewers for not being as adventurous as Maren Ade's «Toni Erdmann» or Paul Verhoeven's «Elle.»

Like his award - winning drama A Separation, this French drama from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is packed with complex characters who have detailed, full lives.

It doesn't take long to measure the tempo of Robin Campillo's Cannes Jury Prize - winning drama of the same name about the AIDS epidemic in Paris during the early 90's.

Blending rigorous naturalism with the precise construction of a thriller, this Cannes award — winning drama from Cristian Mungiu sheds light on the high stakes and ethical complexities of life in contemporary Romania.

Filmmaker Steve McQueen has been doing incredible work for years now, but it all came to a head last year with his Best Picture - winning drama 12 Years a Slave.

In this period, he tackled an Oscar - winning drama about alcoholism (The Lost Weekend), two well - regarded film noirs (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), a war drama (Stalag 17), two light - hearted rom - coms (Sabrina, Seven Year Itch) a gripping murder - mystery (Witness for the Prosecution) and perhaps the funniest American movie of all time (Some Like It Hot).

Showtime has renewed its Emmy - winning drama «Homeland» for a third season in 2013, the network announced Monday.The espionage thriller, starring Emmy winners Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, drew 5.2 million viewers when factoring in DVR playback for its...

Beats Per Minute Is a Rousing Portrait of a Community in Crisis — David Sims reviews Robin Campillo's award - winning drama, which follows the AIDS - activism group ACT UP Paris in the early 1990s.

Admit it: As much as you love Academy Award - winning dramas or classic foreign films, you've got a secret thing for the best action movies.

He compares the writer - director to David Mamet and Harold Pinter; McDonagh says he's actively trying to get a production of The Pillowman, his 2003 Tony - winning drama about totalitarianism, set up with Rockwell playing the lead «either in New York, or London, or both.»

Dressed to the nines, brothers Charlie (Tom Cruise) and Raymond (Dustin Hoffman)-- who has a special gift for counting — head to Vegas to litter their pockets with cash in a short but memorable scene from Barry Levinson's Oscar Winning drama.

Throughout his 24 - year career, he has worked on Academy Award - winning drama Atonement gaining him an Oscar nomination.

Mad Men, the three - time Emmy Award - winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.

Panel Discussion on Oscar - winning drama «Still Alice» features voices of advocates living with dementia.

Over the past two decades, their collaboration has yielded some of the most powerful works in contemporary British cinema, including The Wind That Shakes the Barley (now streaming on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck in a limited engagement), which chronicles the lives of two brothers during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, and last year's Palme d'Or — winning drama I, Daniel Blake, which skewers the brutal bureaucracy of the British welfare system.

Best of all, the director is Zhang Yimou, the crown prince of modern Chinese filmmaking whose work ranges from award - winning dramas like «Raise the Red Lantern'to wild kung - fu flicks «Hero» and «House of Flying Daggers».

Tony winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson reunite for the first time in nearly 50 years in a revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer - winning drama about a couple who meet on the porch of a nursing home.

Showtime has released the season three poster art and official teaser for its critically - acclaimed and award - winning drama «Ray Donovan.»

Much of the conversation surrounding «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» — the multiple - Golden - Globe - winning drama from Martin McDonagh about grieving mother Mildred Hayes's (Frances McDormand) message - by - billboard to the police, which roils the titular town — has centered on the redemption of Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell).

Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale won Drama Series in its first year of eligibility and coupled it with the New Series award.

Instead, they praise or blame the showrunner, succumbing to a kind of narrative simplicity that we would never accept in an Emmy - winning drama.»