It's a shame, in a way, that they've been nominated against each other.
Mulligan's co-stars, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne-Marie Duff, were nominated against each other in the best supporting actress category.
Croyde surfer Andrew Cotton, 35, was last month nominated against surfers from America and Australia for the international Billabong XXL ride of the year award for a 50ft-plus wave he caught off Mullaghmore Head, on the north-west coast of Ireland.
With the Party split and an insurgent candidate about to be nominated against a backdrop of violent incidents and rising public concern, some analysts see parallels to the tumultuous 1968 Democratic Convention, in Chicago.
Jonathan Ross' ITV1 chatshow is again nominated against The Graham Norton Show, which replaced Ross in the coveted Friday night slot.
This rampant popularity escalates to him even being nominated against his will to join in on the Elder election.
On Day 21, the housemates nominated against the clock in a live programme, resulting in Angel and Halfwit facing the public vote.
Breckinridge accepted the nomination, but maintained that he had not sought it and that he had been nominated "against my expressed wishes".
At the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Pattinson, who was nominated alongside Stewart and Lautner, won the award for Global Superstar; the Best Male Performance award was also given to Pattinson, who was, again, nominated against Lautner.
At the 37th People's Choice Awards, she was nominated against Dempsey and Oh in the Favorite TV Doctor category, and the following year, she was a contender in the Favorite TV Drama Actress category.
