Open Thread: SAG it!
Posted: January 29, 2012 Filed under: Live Blog, open thread | Tags: SAG Awards 81 Comments
I thought the Sky Dancing community could use the momentary break from politics… please feel free to live-blog in the comments with us!
Via Reuters/The Wrap:
The Scrren [sic] Actors Guild will honor its own Sunday night at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, live on TNT and TBS at 8 PM ET.
Exactly what comprises “its own” may be changing for the actors. Over the weekend, executive boards at both SAG and AFTRA approved a merger plan that would bring under one umbrella SAG’s roughly 120,000 members and AFTRA’s 70,000. Both memberships have to approve the plan for it to take effect.
[…]
Presenters include Kathy Bates, George Clooney, Sir Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Brad Pitt, Zoe Saldana, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kevin Bacon, Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Chandler, Matt Czuchry, Patrick Duffy, Jean Dujardin, Tina Fey, Linda Gray, Judy Greer, Larry Hagman, Armie Hammer, Ed Helms, SAG President Ken Howard, Regina King, John Krasinski, Julianna Margulies, Natalie Portman, Maya Rudolph, Kyra Sedgwick, Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams.
(Reuters didn’t mention it but I see on the SAG site that Jessica Chastain, Don Cheadle, Bérénice Bejo, Glenn Close, Bryan Cranston, Viola Davis, and Shailene Woodley will be among those presenting as well.)
You can catch up on the red carpet arrivals on the SAG twitter feed.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- DEMIÁN BICHIR / Carlos Galindo – “A BETTER LIFE” (Summit Entertainment)
- GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King – “THE DESCENDANTS” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / J. Edgar Hoover – “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- JEAN DUJARDIN / George – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)
- BRAD PITT / Billy Beane – “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- GLENN CLOSE / Albert Nobbs – “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions)
- VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
- MERYL STREEP / Margaret Thatcher – “THE IRON LADY” (The Weinstein Company)
- TILDA SWINTON / Eva – “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
- MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Marilyn Monroe – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- KENNETH BRANAGH / Sir Laurence Olivier – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company)
- ARMIE HAMMER / Clyde Tolson – “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- JONAH HILL / Peter Brand – “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures)
- NICK NOLTE / Paddy Conlon – “WARRIOR” (Lionsgate)
- CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal – “BEGINNERS” (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)
- JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
- MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan – “BRIDESMAIDS” (Universal Pictures)
- JANET McTEER / Hubert Page – “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions)
- OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company)
- BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)
- THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
- LAURENCE FISHBURNE / Thurgood Marshall – “THURGOOD” (HBO)
- PAUL GIAMATTI / Ben Bernanke – “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO)
- GREG KINNEAR / Jack Kennedy – “THE KENNEDYS” (REELZ CHANNEL)
- GUY PEARCE / Monty Beragon – “MILDRED PIERCE“ (HBO)
- JAMES WOODS / Richard Fuld – “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
- DIANE LANE / Pat Loud – “CINEMA VERITE” (HBO)
- MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)
- EMILY WATSON / Janet Leach – “APPROPRIATE ADULT” (Sundance Channel)
- BETTY WHITE / Caroline Thomas – “HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE LOST VALENTINE” (CBS)
- KATE WINSLET / Mildred Pierce – “MILDRED PIERCE” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
- PATRICK J. ADAMS / Mike Ross – “SUITS” (USA)
- STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
- KYLE CHANDLER / Eric Taylor – “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS” (DirecTV)
- BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)
- MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – “DEXTER” (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- KATHY BATES / Harriet Korn – “HARRY’S LAW” (NBC)
- GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes – “DAMAGES” (DirecTV)
- JESSICA LANGE / Constance – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY” (FX)
- JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
- KYRA SEDGWICK / Dept. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson – “THE CLOSER” (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
- ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
- TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
- STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott – “THE OFFICE” (NBC)
- JON CRYER / Alan Harper – “TWO AND A HALF MEN” (CBS)
- ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
- EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
- TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
- SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
- BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
- BREAKING BAD (AMC)
- DEXTER (Showtime)
- GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
- THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- 30 ROCK (NBC)
- THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
- GLEE (FOX)
- MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
- THE OFFICE (NBC)
Screen Actors Guild Awards 48th Annual Life Achievement Award
- MARY TYLER MOORE
Okay, I’m not really up to speed on the SAG awards other than to say…
a) as far as TV awards go, I’m rooting for Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Betty White– she’s nominated twice! Work it, Sue Anne Nivens… neat little synchronicity for that and Mary Tyler Moore getting the Lifetime Achievement Award tonight.
b) Motion Pictures…my votes go to both The Help’s Jessica Chastain and Miss Viola Davis herself… Speaking of which, I don’t have an Iphone, but if I did, I would so totally buy this phone case (memorable line from the movie)… this cracks me up and gives me the warm fuzzies at the same time:
Turning the soapbox over to y’all…please have at it.
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SAG award site:
http://www.sagawards.org/
Got this from the site…
Regina King at around the 50-second mark… “my co-stars are like every chance you can tell them about Southland… a woman’s work is never done.”
18th SAG Awards Red Carpet Roll Out with Regina King and Behind the Scenes Rehearsal Day
funny….saga wards . org
😉
ohhhh nooo… not their scripted “I am an actor” introductions… sigh! Sometimes they’re funny, but mostly they’re boring and canned…
btw, it’s started 🙂 (Obviously! Der!)
Christopher Plummer scores the SAG for supporting actor… he got the Golden Globe too..
Plummer just called acting the “world’s second oldest profession”…got a chuckle from the audience.
I love Christopher Plummer. I’ve seen none of the films and I’m rooting for Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer – easily one of the absolutely best shows on TV. I love Brenda Leigh Johnson!
I watched the Red Carpet on E!. I’ll be leaving at 9 for Downton Abbey – my latest addiction.
I didn’t see your post until after mine. I love Krya Sedgwick, too.
Wasn’t he up for something last year as well Wonk?
looks like a couple years ago, for The Last Stallion:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001626/awards
Ah, thanks Wonk…
Diane Lane is amazingly beautiful. Just sayin’.
It was a beautiful color of blue she was wearing…
she is!
Oh and I love that emotionally manipulative Nights in Rodanthe from awhile ago, just to say… I do, and I’m not ashamed to say it… 😉 I love it just to see Diane Lane cry her heart out…it’s cathartic.
I’m a sucker for a good tear jerker. Liked that, loved Must Love Dogs. She’s highly underrated as an actor.
Octavia Spencer (also from The help) takes it for supporting… her speech was lovely, she dedicated her win to “the downtrodden…” and talked about all those in need.
so far following the Golden Globes… Octavia won that too. But it’s early yet.
Agreed, wonderful acceptance speech. I clapped when she mentioned Medgar Evers & his family.
I really hope Krya Sedgwick wins tonight. She has never won this award. The Closer is a wonderful departure from the “I have to be Macho male to be effective”. This character is written so well. She has normal flaws but is smart and uses the southern charm (stereo-tpye, slow, stupid, trashy) to make suspects spill their their guts. I enjoy how she gets “The confession”.
Don’t watch much tv, hence haven’t seen the Closer… but I Love Kyra!
Her sister role in the movie “Something to Talk About” (Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid starrer) is still one of my favorite movie characters!
If you watch the pilot episode of the Closer you’ll be hooked. The best procedual series on TV.
I’ll add the Season 1 dvd to my must-catch-up list! 🙂
Yes, yes 7 yes. The whole show is so well written. I love how someone (usually Fritz) says something that makes Brenda make a connection to solving the case. I’m going to miss this show so much.
Alec Baldwin won for 30 Rock (I guess, I tuned out…)… Meh….
used to like him once upon a time, but now I just think he’s a jerk.
With you 100%. I have tried several times to watch 30 Rock – I can’t make it through the 30 minutes. Of course, I couldn’t stand Seinfeld either. NY sense of humor, maybe?
I agree, I used to love his Schweddy Balls, but now he just sucks.
BETTY WHITE FOR THE WIN! 🙂 🙂
her first comment when she got up there… “I don’t think they can read right”(with regards to her win)or something to that effect. So sweet!
Awesome…
Modern family wins for TV comedy ensemble… no surprise there
It’s been years since I really liked any of the comedy shows. I initially loved the Big Bang but it then devolved in the same theme – “will I get laid or when will I get laid.” Painfully obvious that most sitcoms are written by boys who claim to be adult men. Last fave was Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (1 season only) & Sports Night – both Aaron Sorkin shows.
as far as new(er) TV comedies go, I really like Up All Night, Portlandia (on IFC), and Enlightened (can’t remember if that’s comedy or drama actually)…
I hope “Major Crimes” is as good. I love Mary McDonald, too. The same writers, James Duff from The Closer, etc.
I think most of the cast is returning. I love Mary McDonnell (I think that’s right(. Or as I like to call her – Stands With A Fist (Dances With Wolves reference)/ Her & Brenda were great foils.
You are right on the spelling of McDonnell. Love, love her “Captain Raydor”. “OHOOO, that woman”!
Glenn Close looks like a female body builder in that dress. Yuck.
Kate Winslet… not here to accept… but she won for Mildred Pierce … Go Kate, consummate actor that she is! 🙂
Paul Giamatti wins… for HBO’s(?)Too Big to Fail… not there to accept.
Haven’t seen that, but I saw Giamatti in Ides of March recently. He was quite good in that role, even though the movie was underwhelming.
Don’t have HBO, Showtime, etc. so didn’t see any of these. I love Guy Pierce – he was wonderful in LA Confidential – one of my all time favorite films.
He was fantastic in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
long commercial break
I really like Kristen Wiig in this darker hair color/style…
Love love love Maya & McCarthy
Maya’s mother was Minnie Ripperton. What an amazing singer – unbelievable vocal range. She died from breast cancer when Maya was quite young.
Dick Van Dyke in Da House!
here to present MTM with the lifetime achievement award, of course.
I LOVE this retrospective clip roll of Mary Tyler Moore’s career, narrated by Dick Van Dyke… I hope it goes up on youtube soon. It’s well-written and awesome.
I grew up with those shows. The MTM show was not to be missed & Betty White as Sue Ann Nevins was hilarious. What a great cast and terrific show. Guess I’m old fashioned (since I’m old) – those are type of comedies that I still like.
She was reading her speech. I think she’s had some serious medical problems lately. Based on the dates & age she gave in the speech, she’s 73 or 74.
Mary’s speech was great… Dick Van Dyke just gave her a peck on the cheek.
I’ve seen an episode or two of Harry’s Law… go Kathy Bates!
go Kyra! Go Juliana! 🙂
Jessica Lange wins for American Horror Story… think she won the Globe for that too.
Too bad, I really wanted to here her say, Thank yew, thank you sooo much!
REally need to see The Artist! I can’t believe I forgot to see it before Awards season. I was so excited when I saw the trailers in the theatre…
Go Cranston!
ohhhh Steve Buscheme for Boardwalk Empire beat Cranston…
well at least Kelsey Grammar wasn’t even in the running, let alone the winner (as with the Globes )
Steve Buscheme is one of those actors that makes the best out of every roll he takes. It reminds me of Peter Lorre. Not the eye thing….or that Buscheme is you know…funny looking, but no matter how small or large his roll is, there is always something special about his performance.
Buscheme is a very fine actor… I’m just superbiased–Breaking Bad is like a cinephile’s dream in television show format (imho) 🙂
I haven’t seen either, but I will try and see if they have Breaking Bad on netflicks.
I mean Netflix.
Meryl Streep introducing the In Memoriam…
oh no the grandmother from Cosby Show… I didn’t know she died. 😦
ended with a series of clips of Liz Taylor, with her finally saying “Bye now”
I hope Breaking Bad wins for Ensemble Drama cast since Steve B. won the acting award
ohhhh…I’d love the cast of the Good Wife to win too, even though I only saw a bit of season 1
Geez… Boardwalk Empire/Steve B. wins again. Shrug.
Best male actor in a leading role — motion picture
Actor goes to…. Jean Dujardin (The Artist)!!
Yay!!!!
Leading female actor in a movie…
And the actor goes to…
YAY VIOLA DAVIS!!!
wow… she’s thanking Cicely Tyson…
(Viola looks sooooo pretty)
I love her dress – one of the loveliest of the evening. Went away for Downton Abbey – tear jerker evening.
“to the kids of (….didn’t catch the school’s name)…. Dream big, Dream fierce” — Viola’s closing words
THE HELP wins for Motion Picture ENSEMBLE!
Looks like I chose the right graphic to close the post up top with 🙂
WOWOWOW…
Viola Davis just said… “The stain of racism and sexism affects all of us…”
and she said something about “ordinary” people..
WOW! I need to get the transcript. As I just told my sister–Viola is an earthly goddess.
And… it’s over!
Telecast is repeating (on TNT anyway… doesn’t look like on TBS)
Thanks for doing this Wonk. Sorry I split for the last hour – I just didn’t want to wait until next Sunday to see this DA ep as a repeat. You have to get this on Netflix – it is soooo good.
My pleasure 🙂 DA is on my list!
Downton Abbey was a heartbreaker tonight. I don’t watch very much TV but DA is such a wonderful series. Will Cousin Matthew and Lady Mary marry? Will Anna and Bates live happily ever after? Will Bates’ wife get her comeuppance? If you know, don’t tell me!
I just looked up Downtown Abbey and saw that Julian Fellows is the man behind that series. He was the screenwriter for Gosford Park, and back in the eighties, he played the Prince of Wales in this mini-series called The Scarlet Pimpernel with Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Ian Mckellen. I had a huge thing for Anthony Andrews…he was gorgeous.
I just realized I put an extra w in there…should be Downton Abbey.