For the most part, the Best Supporting actor category followed a familiar pattern that saw TV fan favorites nominated from across the spectrum of comedy and drama.
Jim Carrey, a Golden Globes favorite, was nominated again for best actor in a comedy or musical for "Grinch," along with George Clooney in "O Brother, Where Art Thou, John Cusackck in "High Fidelity," Robert De Niro in "Meet the Parents" and Mel Gibson in "What Women Want".
Because audiences thought everything was awesome, The Lego Movie became a pop culture phenomenon and a critics favorite, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song and the film's popularity even led to a shortage of Lego products by September 2014.
Lupita Nyong'o, a new comer and a fan favorite is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave.
The fan-favorite is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in "Joy".
The fan-favorite is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in "Joy". The category is stacked with heavy-hitters like Cate Blanchett and Brie Larson, but JLaw certainly looks like she came to win tonight.
In one section, folklorists nominate favorite sights.
For example, Redbook, part of the Hearst Magazines unit of the Hearst Corporation, will encourage its readers to nominate favorite mothers and will feature the finalist and winning contestants from the TV special in coming issues.
A close friend of the president, Gonzales was considered an early favorite to be nominated as a replacement for departing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, but he came under fierce attack from conservatives who disagreed with rulings he joined in Texas that upheld exceptions to a parental notification law there.
A few of those nominations have already run into what is known in the Senate as blue slip trouble, including that of David R. Stras, a conservative favorite from Minnesota nominated by Mr. Trump in May to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
