Screen Actors Guild Awards 2016

The "Spotlight" ensemble

The SAG Awards gave the best ensemble prize to Spotlight after all. Oscar race conformation, reaffirmation or whatever, very content with this. The Big Short went home empty handed, it's recent surge was considered by many to carry on but that didn't happen. Leonardo DiCaprio won his first, so did Brie Larson. So did Alicia Vikander. And Idris Elba in a surprising move won two (his TV role in Luther being the other). He isn't nominated for an Oscar but that wasn't going to stop the SAG. This makes it the first ever supporting win for an actor not nominated at the Oscars. Congratulations to the actors.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Brie Larson (Room)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:
Mad Max: Fury Road

22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations

We just got Trumbo-d!

Is this real life? What just happened? SAG nominations have shocked me more than I have ever been shocked during the awards season in recent memory. Obviously in a bad way. Such a crazy bunch of nominees.

TRUMBO...? Mirren a double nominee? Sarah Silverman? No Keaton and Ruffalo? McAdams the only SPOTLIGHT Actor to get nominated? THE BIG SHORT? BEASTS OF NO NATION? STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON? 99 HOMES?

Nobody from YOUTH got nominated. Brooklyn, Room and Carol have no ensemble nods. I wasn't confident about The Martian at all apart from Matt Damon. Late breaking movies like Joy, The Hateful Eight and The Revenant are missing. BUT Leonardo DiCaprio did get a nod. What is happening?

Best Performance by a Cast Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014 Nominations

The nominations for 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced a while ago. The usual and typical aside, there were some shocking snubs and nominations. Delighted to see the cast of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" being recognized for best ensemble whereas films like Gone Girl, Selma, Foxcatcher and Into the Woods are missing. The latter two were my predictions. The SAG members did nominate the two British biopics and the lead frontrunners, "Boyhood" and "Birdman". The biggest surprise in leading actor category came with Jake Gyllenhaal for "Nightcrawler" who I thought was going to be sadly overlooked. Does this mean he should look forward to his name being called again for Oscars nominations? While you have Gyllenhaal and four other usual suspects there, David Oyelowo, whom I predicted wasn't nominated. Supporting category had one big shocker. Who actually thought Naomi Watts would get a nod for "St. Vincent"? Finally, the biggest 'WTF' among the nominees this year is Jennifer Aniston for "Cake". Boy did they pushed her for a nom, good for them. Hillary Swank, Amy Adams... not their day. Very lukewarm list of contenders overall. I just hope somehow, Academy nominations are slightly more appealing, strong and diverse.

Here is the full list of nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
- Birdman (Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts)
- Boyhood (Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and Lorelei Linklater)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson and Owen Wilson)
- The Imitation Game (Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech and Mark Strong)
- The Theory of Everything (Charlie Cox, Felicity Jones, Simon McBurney, Eddie Redmayne, David Thewlis and Emily Watson)

Screen Actors Guild Award 2012

So the Screen Actors Guild or SAG awards happened this morning with the whole predictable THE HELP sweep but with one big surprise, Jean Dujardin won Best Actor for The Artist for playing the character of George Valentine. It comes as a big surprise as George Clooney was suppose to win it for The Descendants. I knew they'll go for the much deserved The Help for Ensemble, Lead Actress and Supporting Actress followed by Christopher Plummer - Beginners but Dujardin win was a big shock.

I honestly doesn't want the same to happen at the Oscars because i honestly think George Clooney deserves it even though deep within my heart, i am rooting for Brad Pitt.

Below is the list of winners:

Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations 2011

Here comes the first big award announcement that really gets people like me mad, hysterical and leaves me with a feeling of banging my head with walls due to the differences between them and other Critics awards. I don't understand all the love for J. Edgar actors and Jonah Hill. Also the didn't nominated Shailene Woodley, Patton Oswalt, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender or a few others.

Here is the full list of Nominees: