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The Academy congratulated Selma on its nomination for best picture, but captioned a picture of Tessa Thompson as being Carmen Ejogo – it was deleted, but not before screengrabs were circulated on social networks.

Petraeus congratulated Bahrain on its nomination of an Ambassador to Iraq, stressed the need for further Arab support for the Iraqi government in order to cancel out Iranian influence, and outlined the progress the GOI and Coalition forces have made against Iranian-backed militia groups and Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

On its nomination, Strang School District No. 36 was cited as being significant under criteria C, with the statement: "as a multi-story, brick, "fireproof" school building, an example of a type, period, and method of construction representative of school buildings constructed in many communities in Nebraska, particularly in Fillmore County, during the first quarter of the twentieth century".

Bookies fear a record payout should Hooper's film capitalise on its nominations, with current odds standing at 7/4 for it to win best film and 1/20 for Firth to win the best actor Oscar.

Self finally won an Ellie on its tenth nomination ("We're the Susan Lucci of the Ellies!" senior features editor Sarah Austin told me before the ceremony), for its thrice-nominated "Healthy Breasts for Life" package, and Golf magazine's win for Leisure Interests had its contingent cheering wildly from the upper balcony.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced on Thursday its nominations for its 2012 awards.

Christie warned that the White House was too valuable a prize for the Republican Party to waste its nomination on an untested first-term senator.

Goodluck Jonathan, who had lost his parliamentary majority briefly in 2013, adroitly unified rival factions within the ruling People's Democratic Party PDPP) to obtain its nomination on October 23 as flag bearer for a second full term as president.

How should they proceed with the revolution once the Democratic convention formally bestows its nomination on Hillary Clinton?

The consensus is that Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" remains the narrow favorite for best picture, based largely on its 12 nominations, the most for any film; its Golden Globe Award in January; and an overall sense that this lavish audience pleaser is just the kind of movie the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences likes to honor.

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