Sentence examples for oscar from inspiring English sources

Hilary Swank, who has already won a Golden Globe for her role in Boys Don't Cry, is one of the favourites for the best actress Oscar, a category that sees Meryl Streep win a record 12th nomination for Music of the Heart.

"But when you get a load of Oscar nominations, and you look down the list of great directors who have won in the past, it's really humbling.

"Oscar de La Renta sleeveless silk, full-skirted dress with black patent-leather bow belt – now that is pure poetry," the character once said.

At 1.26pm, by which time the crowds had been waiting for about two hours, the 53-year-old Oscar winner and the 36-year-old barrister emerged from their taxi and, after briefly waving, went inside the city hall.

Morricone has written hundreds of scores for cinema and television, and is one of the only film composers to have received an honorary Oscar for his lifetime achievement.

The cinema has on the whole been kind to Oscar winners large and small, so it is interesting to note that The Artist has not (yet) been a major beneficiary of the so-called Oscar bounce.

Convent-educated, she studied at Rada and is best known for her Oscar-nominated role as Vera Drake, and as Harry Potter's Dolores Umbridge.

It became a global phenomenon and led to live performances in Amsterdam and New York, as well as an Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Wim Wenders.

Collider suggests Captain Marvel could replace Africa, a proposed biopic of the real-life fossil hunter turned protector of elephants Richard Leakey, on the Oscar-winning actor's film-making slate.

The film is relatively conventional given the pedigree of the Oscar-nominated director, the man behind Hollywood blockbusters The Bourne Ultimatum, Captain Phillips and United 93.

They have to perform like Oscar-winners, passing themselves as white to survive the working day.