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NEWS ABOUT: nomination

nomination stories: 20 news summaries

 With 10 Slots to Fill, 
 Oscar Debate 
 Starts Early 

Some execs remain opposed to expanded Best Picture nominee list

Sep 4, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The point of doubling the number of Academy Award best picture nominees this year was to draw more viewers to the show. The pitfall: Hardly anything Oscar worthy has emerged, writes Kim Masters for the Daily Beast. And while most nominees hit theaters later in the year, 30% fewer films... More »

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Academy Awards • film • nomination • movie industry • movies • Oscars • Best Picture • The Hurt Locker • Up (film)

 Obama Nominates 
 Bernanke for 2nd Term 

Prez: he 'approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom'

Aug 25, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has nominated Ben Bernanke for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, saying Bernanke “led the Fed through the one of the worst financial crises that this nation and this world have ever faced,” the AP reports. “Ben approached a financial system on the verge... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • recession • nomination • financial crisis • President Obama • economic recovery

 Emmy Nod 
 Would Make 
 Fawcett Proud 

Fawcett got three acting nominations, but documentary nod would have meant the most

Jul 17, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s Emmy nomination came 3 weeks after her death at 62, but it would have made her proud, pal Alana Stewart tells the Los Angeles Times. “This would have meant so much to Farrah,” says Stewart of the outstanding nonfiction special nod for Farrah’s Story,... More »

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cancer • entertainment • celebrity • nomination • Emmy Awards • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • anal cancer • Farrah's Story • celebrity death • Alana Stewart

ANALYSIS

2012 Presidential Bid Hardly Slam Dunk for Palin

Conservatives see move as highly erratic

Jul 3, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin truly does intend to run for president, her decision to resign as Alaska governor could give her more freedom to pursue the nomination, writes Jonathan Martin for Politico. But Palin’s move is risky: In her announcement, she said she didn’t want the continued ethics investigations... More »

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Alaska • Republican • GOP • nomination • Republican nomination • governor • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

Treasury Pick Withdraws After Vetting 'Issue'

Cohen, tabbed as deputy, is third to pull out in less than a week

Mar 12, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Staffing the Treasury Department is proving to be a pickle for the Obama administration, with the third candidate in less than a week withdrawing from consideration today, ABC News reports. H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner with law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, was considered the top choice for Deputy Treasury Secretary... More »

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nomination • Treasury Department • candidate • vetting • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • H. Rodgin Cohen • Sullivan & Cromwell

 Best Picture Nod 
 Brings $6.7M Boost 

Advertising is expensive, but nominations can pay off big for studios

Jan 23, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - With studios shelling out huge bucks to push their films on Oscar voters—Frost/Nixon probably dropped hundreds of thousands for a few days of spreads in the Hollywood papers—could such ad blitzes actually pay off? The answer is yes: A best picture nomination is worth at least $6.7... More »

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advertising • nomination • film studio • movies • Oscars

 Family Thrilled by 
 Heath Oscar Nod 

Still-grieving kin celebrate Joker nomination

Jan 23, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger's three sisters are still struggling with the loss of their brother, but they are grateful for the legacy he left behind, they tell the Sydney Morning Herald. His death a year ago "seems like nearly yesterday, and we are all nursing broken hearts," said sis Kate,... More »

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Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Oscars

 Ledger, Rourke Nab Oscar Nods 

Benjamin Button, Slumdog lead the pack

Jan 22, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Exactly a year after his death, Heath Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award, AP reports. Ledger's Supporting Actor nod was the only nom for The Dark Knight, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire rose to the top with 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Other... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • Heath Ledger • nominee • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

Obama Team Scrambles to Save Geithner

PR blitz tackles nominee's tax, immigration issues

Jan 14, 09 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's transition team distributed talking points defending Timothy Geithner within minutes of emerging news on the Treasury nominee's tax and immigration issues, Politico reports. The PR push stressed that Geithner had paid off all his back taxes and that his former housekeeper's legal status did not lapse until the... More »

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Barack Obama • taxes • nomination • Senate Finance Committee • nominee • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Illegal Hire, Tax Issues May Trouble Geithner

GOP's Grassley on Treasury nominee's case ahead of hearings

Jan 13, 09 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Timothy Geithner’s Treasury secretary nomination could be threatened by allegations he hired illegal help and didn’t pay Social Security and Medicare taxes while self-employed, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Senate Finance Committee members are meeting privately to discuss the issues, raised by GOP Sen. Charles Grassley. Aides... More »

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immigration • Barack Obama • taxes • Federal Reserve • nomination • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Keep Richardson Cabinet Spot Hispanic, Leaders Urge

Latino activists disappointed NM governor won't head Commerce, push new list

Jan 5, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Richardson’s Cabinet nomination was big for the Hispanic community, and with the New Mexico governor backing out, Politico reports, Latino leaders are pushing Barack Obama to choose another of their own for the Commerce slot. Says the head of one group, “We hope we can keep that... More »

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Bill Richardson • Cabinet • Bill Clinton • nomination • grand jury • George W. Bush • Hispanics • President Obama • commerce secretary • Manny Diaz • pay to play • Xavier Becerra • Marty Chavez

(AP) - Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into a lucrative state contract awarded to a firm that backed the New Mexico governor's political activities. Barack Obama's transition office said today that Obama has accepted Richardson's withdrawal. More »

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Bill Richardson • New Mexico • nomination • grand jury • commerce secretary • pay to play • CDR Financial Products

ANALYSIS

 Cabinet Devoid of Southerners 

Some complain of 'geographical snubbing,' others say it's irrelevant

Dec 15, 08 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama has named most of his Cabinet picks—yet thus far, he hasn’t chosen any Southerners, Politico reports. Every president since at least JFK has named Southerners to his cabinet, and some southern Democrats aren’t happy about what they see as “geographical snubbing.” But others... More »

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Cabinet • nomination • transition • Southerners • Southern United States • President Obama

OPINION

 Cohen: 
 Gore for 
 Secretary 
 of State 

Columnist lists his picks for Obama's cabinet

Nov 11, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - If Barack Obama wants to make good on his promise of change, he should start by nominating Al Gore for secretary of state, Richard Cohen suggests in the Washington Post. Earth’s “custodian” has worlds of government experience—and “can you imagine a bolder statement about a new... More »

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Al Gore • Cabinet • nomination • Larry Summers • President Obama • Joel Klein

GLOSSIES

 How to Write a Rousing
 Acceptance Speech

Radar provides the blanks, you inject your own story into a clichéd mold

Sep 5, 08 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - For those whose daydream ambitions skew a little less rock-star and a little more presidential, Radar has a neat, automated form readers can use to produce their own nomination acceptance speech. Who doesn’t want to put their own stamp on clichéd, barn-burning oratory? But what, the discerning... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • nomination • acceptance speech • madlibs

Clinton to Get Roll-Call Vote
at Convention

Both camps pitch it
as a way to shore up unity of party

Aug 14, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s name will be formally entered in nomination at the Democratic convention later this month, Newsday reports. Clinton’s name will be placed in a roll-call vote for a symbolic recognition of her historic campaign—and as an olive branch from those hoping to lessen the resentment from... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • nomination

OPINION

 The Most Overrated VP Traits 

Money, ties less important than discretion, trustworthiness

Jun 10, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fed up with a focus on local ties and attractiveness in vice presidential selection coverage, Mark Halperin of Time lists the qualifications most under- and -overvalued by the media. Among other things, don't overlook:
  • A candidate ready to be president from Day One.
  • A candidate trusted and liked
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Barack Obama • John McCain • nomination • vice president • Democratic nomination • Republican nomination • presidential election • media coverage • vice presidential candidate

Lohan, Murphy Top Razzie Noms

Maybe flick should have been I Know Who Killed My Career

Jan 21, 08 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Playing multiple characters in a single flick earned Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy multiple Razzie nods this year, the AP reports. Lohan nabbed a worst actress nomination for each of the characters she portrays in split-personality thriller I Know Who Killed Me, and their (lack of) onscreen synergy resulted in... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • nomination • Eddie Murphy • Razzies • Norbit • I Know Who Killed Me • worst actor • worst actress

'Into the Wild' Grabs SAG Nominations

Sean Penn drama gets 4 nods from actors; Atonement gets stiffed

Dec 20, 07 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn’s drama Into the Wild took the lead in this year’s Screen Actors Guild nominations today, with four nods, including lead actor (Emile Hirsch), and overall acting, the Guild’s equivalent of best picture, the AP reports. Other films noted for full-cast performance were 3:... More »

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nomination • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • Screen Actors Guild • Emile Hirsch • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis

Alaska and Georgia Move Up Primaries

15 states now voting
on Feb. 5; 5 more expected to switch

May 30, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Georgia and Alaska have moved their presidential primaries up to February 5, making a total of 15 states that will vote that day. Five more states are also close to making a switch. "We're going to be on Feb. 5, along with what appears to be over half the... More »

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Alaska • primary • Georgia • presidential primaries • nomination • Election 2008

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