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“The Help” Dominates SAG Awards
Best Ensemble
- The Artist
- Bridesmaids
- The Descendants
- The Help
- Midnight In Paris
Best Actor
- Demián Bichir - A Better Life
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist
- George Clooney – The Descendants
- Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
- Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Best Actress
- Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis – The Help
- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
- Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
- Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor
- Christopher Plummer – Beginners
- Armie Hammer – J. Edgar
- Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
- Jonah Hill - Moneyball
- Nick Nolte - Warrior
Best Supporting Actress
- Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
- Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
- Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
- Jessica Chastain - The Help
- Octavia Spencer – The Help
Best Stunt Ensemble
- The Adjustment Bureau
- Cowboys and Aliens
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
- Transfromers: Dark of the Moon
- X-Men: First Class
The King’s Speech Takes Best Ensemble at the SAG Awards
Best Ensemble
- Black Swan
- The Fighter
- The Kids Are All Right
- The King’s Speech
- The Social Network
Best Actor
- Jeff Bridges, True Grit
- Robert Duvall, Get Low
- Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
- Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
- James Franco, 127 Hours
Best Actress
- Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
- Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
- Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
- Natalie Portman, Black Swan
- Hilary Swank, Conviction
Best Supporting Actor
- Christian Bale, The Fighter
- John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
- Jeremy Renner, The Town
- Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
- Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams, The Fighter
- Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
- Mila Kunis, Black Swan
- Melissa Leo, The Fighter
- Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
POLL: Predict The Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are tonight at 8PM EST / 5PM PST on both TNT and TBS. The Oscar race has done a 180 in the last two weeks with The King’s Speech taking top honors at both the PGA and the DGA. All we’ve got left is to see if it sweeps the SAG awards tonight. After the cut are polls for all the film categories.
Screen Actors Guild Nominations Are In
Ensemble
- Black Swan
- The Fighter
- The Kids Are All Right
- The King’s Speech
- The Social Network
Best Actress
- Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
- Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
- Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
- Natalie Portman – Black Swan
- Hilary Swank – Conviction
Best Actor
- Jeff Bridges – True Grit
- Robert Duvall – Get Low
- Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
- Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
- James Franco – 127 Hours
Supporting Actor
- Christian Bale – The Fighter
- John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
- Jeremy Renner – The Town
- Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
- Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams – The Fighter
- Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
- Mila Kunis – Black Swan
- Melissa Leo – The Fighter
- Hailee Stienfeld – True Grit
For Your Consideration: John Hawkes In “Winter’s Bone”
Last year I concentrated my efforts on getting a Best Picture nomination for The Hangover. Clearly, that campaign failed. Regardless, I am rallying around one dark horse contender again: John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone for Best Supporting Actor. Hawkes is probably best known for his role as Sol Star on HBO’s Deadwood and star of the 2005′s indie flick Me and You and Everyone We Know. This year, however, he made waves opposite new-comer Jennifer Lawrence in one of the year’s most critically acclaimed films – Winter’s Bone. This film currently holds a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Three Contenders: Shutter Island, Toy Story 3 and Inception
I feel like 2010 has been a relatively slow year for movies. It’s almost universally acknowledged that this has been one of the worst movie summers ever. There are only about two or three films that have already been released this year that I’ve yet to see that I actually really want to see. That being said, there has also only been three films released this year that are even close to Best Picture quality: Shutter Island, Toy Story 3 and Inception. If the Academy is really going to keep having ten slots in that category, Hollywood is going to have to do a lot better than only three great films in a matter of seven months. I love all three of these films. Toy Story 3 made my whole family cry, including my 59-year-old father. I still can’t decide if I liked Shutter Island more or Inception more. The thing is both movies are full of great performances, but Shutter Island is really about Leo’s performance, whereas Inception felt like a true ensemble piece. I think I’m going to have to see Inception one more time before I can make that decision.
Spoilers may lurk after the cut.
What We Learn From the SAG Awards
Well we knew one thing right off the bat, as Avatar did not have a single nomination. In fact, of the top five contenders right now only three were up for Best Ensemble. After tonight it’s clear that the actors are behind Inglourious Basterds
Screen Actors Guild Awards Are Tonight
They’re going to be broadcast, starting at 4:30PM PST on both TBS and TNT. The SAGs can be kind of hard to predict and don’t always go in the same direction as the race to Oscar, so I’m not going to even try to predict them.
But, as always, I will be live-blogging them over at my tumblr: http://oldfilmsflicker.tumblr.com/ so head over there if you’re interested. After they’re over I’ll make a post similar to my Globes and Critics Choice posts, so you can look forward to that as well.
An Education – An Edifying Coming-Of-Age Film
I finally got to see An Education and absolutely loved it. The one-sentence summary: 16 year-old Oxford- bound British Schoolgirl Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is wooed by the suave, and much older David (Peter Sarsgaard) in 1961 London.
Reflections on the Golden Globes
As shocking (and for many, upsetting) as Avatar‘s win over The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds is, it doesn’t mean it’ll take the top prize at the Oscars in March. It’ll be nom’d for sure, but that really is all that’s certain at this point.
