Sentence examples for start of awards from inspiring English sources

Will win: Eddie Redmayne Should win: Michael Keaton Right at the start of awards season, well before the Oscar nominations were announced, the word was that Julianne Moore had this in the bag for a movie hardly anyone had seen: the dementia study Still Alice.

12 Years a Slave, a harrowing account of American slavery by the British visual artist turned film director Steve McQueen, established itself as the film to beat at the start of awards season, picking up seven nominations at the 71st annual Golden Globes.

Labor Day marks the proverbial start of awards season.

At the start of the awards presenter Davina McCall admitted she was "hoping for a little bit of bad behaviour".

"This is tough year, a really tough year," Mr. Gibney, who is on the executive committee of the documentary branch at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said at a screening for his movie at the start of this awards season.

The 2008 summer season ended with a whimper this long weekend, as Hollywood dropped a smattering of weak movies into theaters, and executives turned their attention to the start of the awards season.

Cowbells signalled the start of the awards ceremony, and Nef took her seat in Row T. Alec Baldwin, the host, made some opening remarks, while Nef scrolled on her phone to see if any red-carpet photos had been posted.

The Golden Globes mark the start of the awards season in Hollywood, and some consider them an influential precursor to the season's main event, the Academy Awards, at the end of February.

And it was fairly funny when Margaret Cho, dressed as Kim Jong-un, posed with Meryl Streep near the start of the awards (especially when they pair got photobombed by Benedict Cumberbatch).

After being completely overlooked at the Golden Globes, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy received three nominations, including a best actor shot for Gary Oldman: a decent result for the film, even if at the start of the awards race they may have been gunning for more.

We chose September because September is like the fresh start of Hollywood awards season, and that's when those small indie films need that extra word of mouth to get out there, draw some attention.