Open Thread: SAG it!

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.

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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.

And the nominees are….

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.