Republicans have objected to Obama's candidates to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and multiple nominees to the National Labor Relations Board.
Martin Scorsese, another multiple nominee, directed "Hugo," only the fourth 3-D film to make the best picture club — after "Avatar," "Toy Story 3" and "Up" — and would be the first to win it.
The 2003 race presented the random spectacle of Maya Angelou (another multiple nominee) defeating actor Tim Robbins reading "The Great Gatsby," a dying Reeve and Parkinson's research spokesman Michael J. Fox and debonair Hollywood insider Robert Evans.
Dierks Bentley, Gorillaz, Goldfrapp, VaShawn Mitchell and Forever Jones were all named multiple nominees for the awards show, as EMI Music artists picked up a total of 46 nominations.
Draco Rosa, the Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter, was a multiple nominee too.
Even more, critics have continuously accused the Australian-born rapper of pilfering the nuances of her flow from Southern hip-hop stylings, and fans of the genre seethed at her Grammy nomination for rap album (a multiple nominee, she went home empty-handed). .
Jeff Bridges, a multiple nominee and now first-time winner, took best actor for his gritty portrayal of a broken-down country singer in "Crazy Heart".
Since New York is one of the few states that let a candidate add up votes as a multiple nominee, small parties have outsize influence as they endorse candidates or withhold support.
It's easy to see why it seemed like such a great opportunity, with a leading duo of two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz and multiple nominee Amy Adams, a fascinatingly strange true story, and a kitsch 60s setting that would play to Burton's strengths.
Would multiple nominee SOL finally get to take home an award for their patented OM generator?
Critics accused the Australian-born rapper of pilfering the nuances of her flow from Southern hip-hop stylings, and fans of the genre seethed at her Grammy nomination for rap album (though a multiple nominee, she went home empty-handed).
