In its 2015 Oscar nominations, revealed this morning, the Academy showed much love for "Grand Budapest" and "Birdman," which led with nine nominations each; less for "Selma," which was nominated only for Best Original Song and Best Picture; and none for Jennifer Aniston, who received no nod for her dramatic turn in "Cake".
He holds the distinction of having the most nominations for a motorsport athlete, (Fernando Alonso has been nominated only twice, Sebastian Vettel three times, and Valentino Rossi five times) and being the only motorsport athlete to have won the award.
In 1994, Blur's Parklife was nominated, only for Elegant Slumming by M People to win.
Eddie Murphy has been nominated only once, for Best Supporting Actor, in "Dreamgirls," from 2006.
And Jack O'Brien's crackerjack revival of "The Front Page" was nominated only for Nathan Lane's featured performance.
He was nominated only once before, in 1996, but watched his friend Ramblin' Jack Elliott win it that year.
Astonishingly, Howard Hawks was nominated only once, in 1941, for "Sergeant York" (for which Gary Cooper won Best Actor); Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times and never won.
He argued that a candidate like Trump can be nominated only when their party has a major obstruction to serious discussions of policy.
Despite numerous awards Mr. Khondji has never won an Oscar and has been nominated only once — for Alan Parker's 1996 musical "Evita".
(Although de Mille was nominated only once more, for "Goldilocks," in 1959; Kidd and Champion went on to win four more Tonys apiece, and Robbins won three).
