Known to cinephiles for making five movies in his native French by the time he was 25 (his most recent, "Mommy," about a troubled teen and voluble single parent, is his best-known and most assured, winning the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2014).
Many have already questioned the value of paying for handicapper picks since they do not really assure wins.
Utah is a reliably Republican state, so whoever wins the primary is almost assured to win the general election.
"Fences" won for best play in 1987, and looks assured to win best play revival on Sunday.
As Nicaragua is assured to win the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, critics said the U.S. did too little to stop a quiet campaign.
It's safe to say, however, that Iñárritu is all but assured to win the Oscar for best director for a second year in a row.
Whoever he endorses for president is all but assured to win the election next March, political experts here say, but Mr. Putin has kept his decision to himself, if he has in fact made one.
Regardless of The Revenant's fate, it's safe to assume that Iñárritu is all but assured to win the Oscar for best director for a second year in a row, following his triumph last year for Birdman.
And by that yardstick, Intel is almost assured a win, as investors are still anticipating far more gains from AMD, given the valuation gap, perhaps to their eventual disappointment.
There also are three contestants--real ones, we are assured, who win real money.
