When up to 10 titles can get Oscar nominations in the best film category, some directors will be left out in a category that’s limited to five nominees.
Overlooked was their ability to change a game on special teams and that’s what won them the national championship on Monday night. Clemson scored on a pass from Watson to tight end Jordan Leggett with 12 seconds left, but Alabama recovered the onside kick.
The candidates in the prime time showdown largely took a pass on taking a shot at Hillary Clinton for Bill Clinton’s past indiscretions, but in the undercard debate, Carly Fiorina went hard after the Clintons’ marriage.
Chinese device maker Coolpad Friday launched Coolpad Note 3 Lite a new fingerprint-enabled smartphone variant of the previous device launched in October and said that the company aims to manufacture 1 million devices by the first half of 2016.
In all the lead categories – best director, picture, and all four acting categories – only Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the Mexican auteur who won best director and picture a year ago, for “Birdman”, adds a note of diversity.
The June incident in which he severely injured his finger, about which he told his TV audience “tripped and fell in my kitchen on a braided rug that my wife loves and I can’t wait to burn to the ground”, was followed in August when he told fans he “chipped...