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SAG Chooses 'No Country for Old Men'
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Finally Josh Brolin received an award for his excellent performance in No Country for Old Men. He and the rest of the film's actors won the Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble cast Sunday night, giving No Country its second big win of the weekend (Joel and Ethan Coen received the top Directors Guild of America award Saturday). Along with Brolin, trophies went to cast-mates Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Garret Dilahunt, Tess Harper and Javier Bardem, who also won the SAG award for best supporting actor. While I'm not sure how many of No Country's performers actually received their own trophy, I'm hoping that both Kelly Macdonald and Barry Corbin were also included. No Country is one of those movies that wouldn't be the same without all of its main and supporting actors, and it is certainly fitting for it to have picked up this honor.Other film winners from Sunday night include Daniel Day-Lewis, who surprised no one by being honored with the leading actor trophy. Even I'm getting a little bored with all of his awards, despite my agreement that his is the best performance of the year. I didn't even notice if any of the other nominees (George, Emile, Viggo and Ryan) showed up to the ceremony, which was one of the first red carpet awards events of the season. Picking up the award for leading actress was Julie Christie, further cementing the fact that I really need to see Away From Her already. The supporting actress honor went to Ruby Dee, who deserves it just for being the cutest old lady on screen last year, let alone for going up strong against both Denzel and Brolin in American Gangster. Finally, The Bourne Ultimatum won the new SAG award for best stunt ensemble and Charles Durning -- one of Cinematical's favorite character actors ever -- received a lifetime achievement award. Be sure to check out Moviefone's coverage of the awards for plenty of red carpet and ceremony photos.
SAG Likes a Little Sunshine
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Now that the Oscar nominations are out, my friends and I have been debating which film we think will win best picture. Granted, it's a tough race this year with no clear front-runner, but my early gut instincts are going with Little Miss Sunshine. While Sunshine failed to take home a Golden Globe, the PGA (Producers Guild of America) named it this year's best film last weekend and, last night, SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awarded Sunshine with its top film honor, best motion picture cast.
While the Oscars are the most popular, the SAG awards are the most personal ... especially for the actors, as it is those actors who vote for their favorite performances of the year. With Little Miss Sunshine being the exception, the rest of the film awards mimicked those handed out at the Golden Globes earlier this month. Best Actor went to Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland, Best Actress went to Helen Mirren for The Queen, Best Supporting Actor went to Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls and Jennifer Hudson rounded things out with Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dreamgirls.
I think it's pretty safe to say we won't be too surprised when the acting awards are given out at this year's Oscar ceremony -- the only one who I don't see being a lock at this point is Eddie Murphy, though chances are pretty great that he'll win. So, that leaves best picture. Will it be Little Miss Sunshine? Or, with all its cursing and violence, will The Departed take it? The Queen? Eh. Babel? Nah. Letters from Iwo Jima? No way.
For those of you interested in the television side of the SAG awards, check out our sister site, TV Squad, for their fabulous coverage.
SAG Awards nominations announced
Filed under: Awards », Newsstand », George Clooney », Trophy Hysteric »
At this point, I think organizations giving out movie awards should only release their lists of nominees if Brokeback
Mountain and Capote
aren't involved - I mean, this is just getting boring. The Screen Actors Guild announced their nominations this
morning and, shock of shocks, Brokeback Mountain and Capote are up for best picture (actually, the
award is called "best film ensemble," but it's the same thing), and Heath Ledger and Philip
Seymour Hoffman are among the best actor nominees.The also-rans for best picture are Crash (which, lately, has been winning a lot), Good Night, and Good Luck, and Hustle & Flow. Competing with Ledger and Hoffman for the best actor award are Russell Crowe,
The full list is below; the SAG awards will be given out on January 29 and we can all watch them on TV, if only to get the couch broken in for the awards shows that follow.
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