BREAKING: SAG Nominees Announced
This morning the Screen Actors Guild nominees were announced in Hollywood, and the big front-runners are 12 Years a Slave in film and Breaking Bad in Television Drama.
‘Slave’, which has been on a hot-streak with D.C. and Boston critics (other cities and circles like NY Online Film Critics reporting in as well), got nominations for Ensemble (which is akin to ‘Best Picture’ for the awards show), actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor, freed man turned kidnapped slave Solomon Northrup), and supporting actor and actress (Michael Fassbender, one of his first big notices in this awards season as the cruel slave master Edwin Epps and Lupita Nyong’o as Patsey the slave). It’s also quite the ensemble: Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael K. Williams, Sarah Paulsen, Alfre Woodard and Brad Pitt.
Among other ensembles picking up nods were August: Osage County, which stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Ewan MacGregor (Streep and Roberts are also nominated for actress and supporting respectively), Lee Daniels’ The Butler (which has an enormous ensemble, just for the Presidents alone, but Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey were the actors to pick up solo nominations), American Hustle (only Jennifer Lawrence received a nod) and Dallas Buyers Club (another nominee two-fer for McConaughey and Leto).
In acting categories Bruce Dern and June Squibb got nominations for their performances as an elderly married couple in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, and, in a slight surprise, Tom Hanks received a nomination for lead actor as/in Captain Phillips – in other critic circles there was some doubt about that film and a little more attention to his Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks (Emma Thompson was the one to get the nod for that film).
Other interesting notes are Sandra Bullock for her almost one-woman-show in Gravity, Robert Redford’s snub for his all-one-man-show in All is Lost (though a stunt-actor nomination was given for the film ironically enough), and Daniel Bruhl for Ron Howard’s Rush (his first big nod). Wolf of Wall Street was among the major snubs but, again, voters may not have had a chance to see it prior to voting.
In American TV Breaking Bad still is still a top contender from its final season with three nominations (Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, lead actors, and for its ensemble), and other notables for TV were Modern Family, Michael Douglas and Matt Damon for their performances in Steven Soderbergh’s last film Behind the Candelabra (premiered at Cannes but screened on HBO in the states), and a few nods for Downtown Abbey.
Often times, though not always a guarantee, the actors who win at the SAG awards go on to be the actors-to-trump at the Oscars, so it will be worth watching for who wins or not when the show airs January 18th at 5 PM (PST) on simulcast and TV in the US. And the winner for best ensemble is a sign of chances for picture as well (though the main indicator for that will be the Producers Guild or PGA).
Here are the full list. Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Dallas Buyers Club
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska”
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years a Slave”
Tom Hanks / Capt. Richard Phillips – “Captain Phillips”
Matthew McConaughey / Ron Woodroof – “Dallas Buyers Club”
Forest Whitaker / Cecil Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett / Jasmine – “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock / Ryan Stone – “Gravity”
Judi Dench / Philomena Lee – “Philomena”
Meryl Streep / Violet Weston – “August: Osage County”
Emma Thompson / P.L. Travers – “Saving Mr. Banks”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi / Muse – “Captain Phillips”
Daniel Brühl / Niki Lauda – “Rush”
Michael Fassbender / Edwin Epps – “12 Years a Slave”
James Gandolfini / Albert – “Enough Said”
Jared Leto / Rayon – “Dallas Buyers Club”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o / Patsey – “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts / Barbara Weston – “August: Osage County”
June Squibb / Kate Grant – “Nebraska”
Oprah Winfrey / Gloria Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Primetime Television
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Matt Damon / Scott Thorson – “Behind the Candelabra”
Michael Douglas / Liberace – “Behind the Candelabra”
Jeremy Irons / King Henry IV – “The Hollow Crown”
Rob Lowe / John F. Kennedy – “Killing Kennedy”
Al Pacino / Phil Spector – “Phil Spector”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Angela Bassett / Coretta Scott King – “Betty & Coretta”
Helena Bonham Carter / Elizabeth Taylor – “Burton and Taylor”
Holly Hunter / G.J. – “Top of the Lake”
Helen Mirren / Linda Kenney Baden – “Phil Spector”
Elisabeth Moss / Robin Griffin – “Top of the Lake”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston / Walter White – “Breaking Bad”
Jeff Daniels / Will McAvoy – “The Newsroom”
Peter Dinklage / Tyrion Lannister – “Game of Thrones”
Kevin Spacey / Francis Underwood – “House of Cards”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes / Carrie Mathison – “Homeland”
Anna Gunn / Skyler White – “Breaking Bad”
Jessica Lange / Fiona Goode – “American Horror Story: Coven”
Maggie Smith / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “Downton Abbey”
Kerry Washington / Olivia Pope – “Scandal”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy – “30 Rock”
Jason Bateman / Michael Bluth – “Arrested Development”
Ty Burrell / Phil Dunphy – “Modern Family”
Don Cheadle / Martin “Marty” Kaan – “House of Lies”
Jim Parsons / Sheldon Cooper – “The Big Bang Theory”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik / Amy Farrah Fowler – “The Big Bang Theory”
Julie Bowen / Claire Dunphy – “Modern Family”
Edie Falco / Jackie Peyton – “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey / Liz Lemon – “30 Rock”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Vice President Selina Meyer – “Veep”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Veep
