Not exact matches
Other than that, Modern Family won almost everything else
in the comedy
category (including Best Direction, even though the majority of those
nominees were
women, one of them having directed an episode of Modern Family, but whatever).
Most notably, Portman unexpectedly dragged all of the male
nominees in the Best Director
category, which failed to recognize a single
woman.
Following a short qualifying run for other
categories late
in 2017, Sony Pictures Classics» foreign - language
nominee A Fantastic
Woman by Sebastián Lelio is heading to theaters this weekend.
As Meryl Streep almost bounced
in joy, McDormand urged all the
women nominees,
in various
categories, across the hall at the Dolby Theatre
in Hollywood, to stand up and be seen and be heard.
Before we dive
in to this year's five foreign film Oscar
nominees — «A Fantastic
Woman,» «On Body and Soul,» «Loveless, «The Square,» and «The Insult» — we should probably dissect the
category itself, one that probably remains an enigma for those who will tune
in to watch the 90th Academy Awards March 4.
Selected by Chile to represent the country
in the Best Foreign Language
category at the Oscars, this moving, funny, very human film about a middle - aged
woman and the obstacles that prevent a full and rich love life has a terrific shot at making the final five
nominees.
Of all the 2018 BAFTA Film
nominees in non-gender-specific
categories, only around 20 per cent were
women.
It already looks like a crowded
category, but there's also tons of other
women that could be aiming to join those two
in the race, and it's an eclectic bath: Blythe Danner («I'll See You In My Dreams»), Bel Powley («Diary of a Teenage Girl») and Sarah Silverman («I Smile Back») all received warm notices at Sundance, and all of them would be first time Oscar nominees (which obviously more surprising in some cases than others
in the race, and it's an eclectic bath: Blythe Danner («I'll See You
In My Dreams»), Bel Powley («Diary of a Teenage Girl») and Sarah Silverman («I Smile Back») all received warm notices at Sundance, and all of them would be first time Oscar nominees (which obviously more surprising in some cases than others
In My Dreams»), Bel Powley («Diary of a Teenage Girl») and Sarah Silverman («I Smile Back») all received warm notices at Sundance, and all of them would be first time Oscar
nominees (which obviously more surprising
in some cases than others
in some cases than others).
How, for instance, do you have 6
nominees for most
categories but only 4 for Best Actress
in an Action picture and only nominate supporting actresses for that prize and leave out two leading
women who really carried their films with aplomb: Mary Elizabeth Winstead
in 10 Cloverfield Lane and Blake Lively
in The Shallows.
Nominee Greta Gerwig is only the fifth
woman to be nominated
in the
category in Oscars history; Jordan Peele is only the fifth black person to be nominated
in the
category, and the first black person to be nominated for writing, directing, and producing
in the same year.
The other
nominees are Call Me by Your Name, a Best Picture contender written by Hollywood luminary James Ivory; Dee Rees and Virgil Williams's literary, astute Mudbound, which marks the first time a black
woman has ever been nominated
in this
category; Aaron Sorkin's 10 - quips - per - minute poker drama Molly's Game; and Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's The Disaster Artist.
Additionally, while the fact three of the eight Best Picture
nominees (Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and Room) focus on female protagonists, the lack of
women in a number of major
categories (notably directing, but also cinematography and original score) continues to be vexing, the overall demographic makeup of Academy membership (primarily Caucasian and over the age of 65) leading to voting trends that remain troublesome, to say the least.
Those double - digit pace - setters aside, there is bound to be cheering from the Silver Linings Playbook camp, which did considerably better than expected with eight citations, including one
in all four acting
categories, and disappointment from the Zero Dark Thirty team: Kathryn Bigelow's follow - on from The Hurt Locker got five mentions, including best actress for 2012
nominee Jessica Chastain (The Help), but Bigelow herself was left off the list — a notable snub to the person who had previously made Oscar history as the first
woman ever to win an Oscar for directing.
Like the movie nominations, the DGA's
nominees for television direction, announced Wednesday, included only one
woman among the 11 directors cited
in major
categories.
Out of all
nominees in the 44 writing, directing, editing, and producing
categories, 2,074 of them were
women, representing only 22 percent of the total.
Bias: Of all the 2018 BAFTA Film
nominees in non-gender-specific
categories, only around 20 per cent are
women
Women were well - represented
in the Breakthrough, Hero and Comedy performances
categories, making up 50 % or more of the
nominees there and Jennifer Lawrence grabs the only female slot
in the Best Action Performance
category for her final turn as Katniss Everdeen
in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
But given the Golden Globes» history of awarding the newest young
women on the block, first - time
nominee Issa Rae is looking pretty good
in this
category.
While introducing the
nominees for best picture — drama at the close of the show, Streisand expressed disbelief that she remained the only
woman to win
in the directing
category in the show's 75 - year history.
In three separate feature film
categories, Period, Fantasy and Contemporary,
nominees include Darkest Hour, The Post, Blade Runner 2049, Wonder
Woman, Downsizing and Lady Bird.
«With incredible new Zelda and Mario games releasing
in the same year, plus the phenomenon that is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, we've never had a more diverse slate of
nominees, including a record four
women nominated
in our genderless Best Performance
category.»
A repeat
nominee for the Dog Writers of America Maxwell Medallion and the winner of the 2015
Women in the Pet Industry
Woman of the Year
in the Advocacy
Category, Carol Bryant is dedicated to serving the pet industry from a journalistic, pet parent, social media, marketing, and philanthropic perspective.
I was particularly impressed with the
nominees in the Young
Women of Achievement category because of the work that these young women have done and continue t
Women of Achievement
category because of the work that these young
women have done and continue t
women have done and continue to do.