Every year distributors campaign to land a Best Picture nomination with some repeatedly getting nominated every year. Others are unlikely despite big pushes and having huge films. Here is a look at five distributors that will definitely get Best Picture nominations this year.
The Best Supporting Actress category is one of the most interesting at the Oscars as it is sometimes crowded and sometimes contains few but memorable performances. This year the category includes a number of actresses who have yet to win Oscars as well as others who have never even been nominated. Here is a look at five actresses who can either win their first Oscar or get their first nomination.
The Best Supporting Actor category always contains a number of candidates and similar to Best Actor, it is always crowded. This year looks to contain a slew of veteran actors and a number of acclaimed actors who have failed to receive Oscar nominations. The following is a list of hopefuls who were nominated years ago and of those who have yet to get a shot at Oscar glory.
The festival season is one of the most anticipated times of the year as the awards contenders begin to be unveiled and the studios begin their big marketing campaigns. This year Toronto, Venice and some of the New York Film Festival's lineups have already been announced with many of the usual suspects included.
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror films has announced its annual Saturn Award nominations with "Captain America: The Winter Solider" and "Interstellar" leading the nominations.
The 2015 Academy Awards have announced their annual Oscar nominations with "Birdman," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Boyhood" leading the Best Picture race.
On Thursday Oct. 23, the Gotham Awards will announce its annual nominations. The IFP awards are one of the first precursor awards of the season which focuses on independent awards. However, it is not the best Oscar prognosticator.
When the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the initial set of presenters for the Golden Globes 2014, it caught a lot of attention when it included the names of Robert Downey Jr. and Jennifer Lawrence among many others.
