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The SAG awards are almost always an interesting show due to the fact that the Screen Actors Guild members choose the winners of the awards. The peer to peer awards appear to be genuinely appreciated by the acting community. Many of the top nominated movies were well represented in the SAG nominations and wins, while some perennial favorite TV shows won again. The movie The Help did very well in SAG award wins, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture. Betty White continues to be on a roll in her already award filled career, winning Best Female Actor in a comedy series. Some of the SAG film wins were different from the Golden Globes film winners, it’s always good to see the award wealth being distributed among so many worthy actors.

List Of The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners

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The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, with some expected results and some unexpected snubs. Woody Allen has a number of nominations for Midnight in Paris, including Best Director. The film Hugo leads with 11 nominations. The movie list of Best Picture nominees was mostly expected. There were some great surprises including a well deserved comedy nomination for Melissa McCarthy as Best Supporting Actress for Bridesmaids. Comedy performances are often left out when it comes time for Oscar nominations unfortunately, and as any good character actor will tell you, comedy is harder to do than drama.

There were a number of high profile Oscar nomination snubs as well, including Leonardo DiCaprio on the Best Actor list for his role in J. Edgar. George Clooney was left off the Best Director list for Ides Of March (the movie was also left off the Best Picture list), along with Bennett Miller for Moneyball and Steven Spielberg for War Horse. Other nomination snubs included Albert Brooks for Best Supporting Actor, and Charlize Theron and Tilda Swinton for Best Supporting Actress, performances touted highly by other awards shows.

The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on February 26th from the Kodak Theatre live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PST. Check your local listings for more information.

2012 Oscar Nomination List

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Ricky Gervais once again hosted The Golden Globes and was funny yet seemed like he had to drag some responses from the acting audience, with the TV and movie crowd seeming much less exhuberant than in previous years. Still the show went well with some surprises along the way. In movie awards it was no surprise that Meryl Streep won for The Iron Lady, while it was impressive to see George Clooney win for The Descendants over high profile actors Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar and Brad Pitt for Moneyball. The Artist grabbed wins for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, edging out the ever popular Bridesmaids. Veteran stage and film actor Christopher Plummer won as Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture over a imposing list of actors including Kenneth Branagh, Albert Brooks, Viggo Mortensen, and first time Golden Globe nominee Jonah Hill. Woody Allen won Best Screenplay – Motion Picture and Midnight in Paris but Martin Scorcese won Best Director – Motion Picture for Hugo. In TV awards Kelsey Grammer made an upset win for Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama over Golden Globe nominees Steve Buscemi and Bryan Cranston. New series had some wins with Clare Danes winning Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama for her role in Homeland, and Jessica Lange receiving the Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television award for American Horror Story. And I have to say I was happy to see Peter Dinklage win Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for his role in Game of Thrones.

List Of 2012 Annual Golden Globe Awards For Television

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The 69th Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced yesterday. The Golden Globes are often thought of as a glimpse into the leading nominations for the Oscars. Ricky Gervais will host a third time which should keep the show lively during the broadcast. Meryl Streep received her 26th Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for The Iron Lady, as well as a nomination for Best Actress in the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, and no doubt may see a nomination for the same role come Oscar time. George Clooney is a triple threat this year with nominations for Best Actor in The Descendants, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay nods for The Ides of March.

New television shows and actors received some unexpected nominations pushing out long time nominees. Notably absent from the nomination list this year was Steve Carrell for Best Actor Comedy/Musical, Modern Family’s cast with the exception of Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara for comedy nominations, and Hugh Laurie and Michael C. Hall missing from the Best Actor Drama category. That’s a lot of high level talent to leave off the list for this year’s awards.

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, January 15 at 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PST on NBC. Check your local listings for more information.

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Nominations for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced yesterday. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are the only awards show honoring movies and television with nominations by fellow actors, which makes this award an important one to receive. The movies The Descendants, Moneyball, and The Help have been movies the media speculated about for nominations during awards season and they did not disappoint, receiving a number of Guild nominations. It was great to see Melissa McCarthy’s performance in the comedy Bridesmaids being represented with a nod for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role, and the entire cast being nominated for Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture. Steve Carell was nominated for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series for his final season of The Office. No nominations for the many excellent performances in Community, Justified, or Sons Of Anarchy, which is unfortunate.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2012 on TNT and TBS shown live simultaneously at 8:00 P.M. ET/5:00 P.M. PST. Check your local listings for more information.

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The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards was a better awards show than usual, no doubt due to some good script writing and direction, running like clockwork with some actual entertainment throughout the show. Jane Lynch hosted the Emmys and did a very good job. It was refreshing to see some improved lines and funny bits that seemed much more relaxed than in previous Emmy shows, including Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel wrestling on the stage floor and Amy Pohler jumping up on stage when her name was announced as an Outstanding Actress In A Comedy nominee, with the rest of the nominees following suite.

I was very happy to see Peter Dinklage win Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Game of Thrones and Margo Martindale win as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for Justified. If anyone deserved to win an Emmy this year it was Martindale for her role as Mags, it was an amazing performance. There were a few surprise wins that made the show pretty exciting. Modern Family not only won Outstanding Comedy again but this year Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen won Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress In A Comedy for their excellent comic work in the show. Melissa McCarthy, who was great in The Gilmore Girls, won Outstanding Actress in a Comedy for her role in Mike & Molly, beating out the powerhouse list of Edie Falco, Tina Fey, Laurie Linney, Martha Plimpton, and Amy Poehler for the prize. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart won yet again for Outstanding Variety, Comedy Or Musical Series. I’m a big fan of The Daily Show but I’m still waiting for The Colbert Report to pull a well deserved win in this category.

List Of The 2011 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Winners

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The Emmy nominations produced some surprises, snubs, and expected results. Friday Night Lights, a fan favorite show, and newcomer Game of Thrones were nominated for Best Drama Series, along with the usual drama nominees. Newcomer Justified made Best Drama, along with talented star Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood) as Best Actor in a Drama, and guest star Margo Martindale, who deserves to win an Emmy for her role as Mags on Justified. It was great to see the ever excellent Walton Goggins (The Shield) receive a well deserved nomination for his role as Boyd in Justified. Although I have not had a chance to watch Game of Thrones yet I was thrilled to see Peter Dinklage nominated for his work in that show. I was glad to see Kathy Bates from Harry’s Law grab a spot for Best Actress in a Drama, as well as Laura Linney for her fine work in The Big C. Louie C.K. was nominated for FX’s Louie, a surprise and a welcome one for this hilarious show and talented comic. The Modern Family parent ensemble were all nominated for their sterling work on this excellent comedy show.

Missing in nominations were the actors from Sons Of Anarchy, really a shame since this is one of the better shows out there. Treme has some excellent cast members, none of whom were represented here. There were no nominations for Community, again, one of the best comedy shows out there and a fine ensemble of comic actors. No nomination for Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation? That’s just crazy, he deserves it.

Emmy Nominations 2011

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The Academy Awards program this year was not the most exciting Oscars I’ve seen over the years. The hosts did their best. Anne Hathaway was great while James Franco was maybe a little too laid back, however, I can’t imagine Franco being nominated as best actor and trying to be the host of the evening as well, it couldn’t have been easy to go through. The expected results for best actor, actress, supporting actor and actress came to be, all of them well deserved. The King’s Speech trumped The Social Network as best picture. There were some surprises with the film Inception winning four awards (why wasn’t there a nomination for directing for Nolan?), and Alice In Wonderland nabbing awards for Art Direction and Costume Design, both well deserved. I have to say the set design for the Oscars this year was probably one of my least favorite over the years, just didn’t work for me other than the star design on the stage floor.

2011 Oscar Winners List

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The SAG awards featured major wins by The King’s Speech, overtaking the buzz captured by The Social Network at the Golden Globes. The King’s Speech also recently won the Directors Guild of America Award, giving momentum to the film as the Oscars loom next. Colin Firth and Natalie Portman won best acting awards, repeating their wins from the Golden Globes, as did Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for best supporting acting awards. Steve Buscemi won best actor for Boardwalk Empire, repeating his win from the Golden Globes. The cast of Boardwalk Empire pulled out a surprise win as Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, beating out the time tested casts of The Closer, Dexter, The Good Wife, and Mad Men.

2011 Screen Actors Guild Winners List
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