Sentence examples for first to be nominated from inspiring English sources

The film was the first to be nominated in all four acting categories since "Reds," released in 1981, according to Libby Wertin, a researcher with the Academy.

( Popcast: Mr. Pareles on Lady Gaga) Rihanna, "Loud" (Def Jam) Most of the Grammy buzz surrounding Rihanna has focused on the fact that both she and her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown will be performing (separately) at the ceremony, but it's perhaps more notable that "Loud," her fifth album, is her first to be nominated for Album of the Year.

At just past 11 a.m., Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered a pair of oaths to her in two private ceremonies at the Supreme Court building, completing her ascent to a life-tenured position as the nation's 111th justice — the first to be nominated by a Democratic president since 1994.

While The Little Mermaid was the first to be nominated, Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

Finished by Ms. Hubley, Garry Trudeau and their longtime animator, Bill Littlejohn, the film became their seventh to be nominated for an Oscar.

He would be the first black director ever to win, and will become only the third to be nominated – John Singleton became the first for Boyz n the Hood in 1992.

This year's Once I Was An Eagle, her fourth album in five years (and the third to be nominated for the Mercury Prize), might be viewed as a high water mark only in so far as each of Marling's albums has maintained and built upon the standard set previously.

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No woman has ever won the Oscar for best director and the gifted Kathryn Bigelow is only the fourth to be nominated; she scored the Director's Guild trophy so that may help her case.

He was also the first actor to be nominated for a Bafta in the role.

Bardem became the first Spaniard to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actor.