Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News
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The Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News is the Oscar nomination recognizing William Hurt’s acclaimed lead performance as a television news anchor in the 1987 film "Broadcast News."
All labels observed (1)
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| Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9245058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News Context triple: [William Hurt, nominatedFor, Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News]
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Academy Award for Best Actress – Broadcast News
The Academy Award for Best Actress – Broadcast News refers to Holly Hunter’s acclaimed Oscar-nominated performance as a driven television news producer in the 1987 film "Broadcast News."
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Career Achievement in Television Award
The Career Achievement in Television Award is an honor presented by the American Society of Cinematographers to recognize outstanding lifetime contributions to the art and craft of television cinematography.
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C.
Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis
The Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis is a prestigious television honor recognizing excellence in in-depth news commentary and analytical reporting.
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D.
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
The Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television is a Producers Guild of America honor recognizing an individual’s extraordinary career contributions and impact on the television industry.
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E.
International Emmy Award for Best Actor
The International Emmy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding lead performances by male actors in television programs produced and initially aired outside the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News is the Oscar nomination recognizing William Hurt’s acclaimed lead performance as a television news anchor in the 1987 film "Broadcast News."
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A.
Academy Award for Best Actress – Broadcast News
The Academy Award for Best Actress – Broadcast News refers to Holly Hunter’s acclaimed Oscar-nominated performance as a driven television news producer in the 1987 film "Broadcast News."
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B.
Career Achievement in Television Award
The Career Achievement in Television Award is an honor presented by the American Society of Cinematographers to recognize outstanding lifetime contributions to the art and craft of television cinematography.
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C.
Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis
The Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis is a prestigious television honor recognizing excellence in in-depth news commentary and analytical reporting.
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D.
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
The Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television is a Producers Guild of America honor recognizing an individual’s extraordinary career contributions and impact on the television industry.
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E.
International Emmy Award for Best Actor
The International Emmy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding lead performances by male actors in television programs produced and initially aired outside the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Academy Award nomination ⓘ |
| awardCategory | Academy Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCeremonyNumber | 60th Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardType | acting award nomination ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Tom Grunick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| filmCinematographyBy | Michael Ballhaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | James L. Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDistributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditedBy | Richard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy | Bill Conti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmProducer | James L. Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| filmSetting | television newsroom ⓘ |
| filmWriter | James L. Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfFilm | romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| nominatedActor | William Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedPerformance | Broadcast News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspectOfPerformance | portrayal of an ambitious but insecure news anchor GENERATED ⓘ |
| performanceType | lead role ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Picture for Broadcast News NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Broadcast News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | nomination ⓘ |
| roleOccupation | television news anchor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News Description of subject: The Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News is the Oscar nomination recognizing William Hurt’s acclaimed lead performance as a television news anchor in the 1987 film "Broadcast News."
Referenced by (1)
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