“Crash,” the surprise Best Picture Oscar winner from few years back, was the reminder anybody following the Oscars needed that the largest voting bloc in the Academy is actors.
The Screen Actor’s Guild had honored “Crash” with a bit of attention, so they were the ones who had accurately predicted that Oscar win.
Sunday night, the SAG Awards are handed out again. Will they go, big time, for “Lincoln,””Les Mis,” “Silver Linings Playbook” or throw awards all over the place?
The Producers Guild Awards also point to Best Picture/Oscar winners. From time to time. Is “Argo” the movie with momentum? Could be. But the SAGs only honored Alan Arkin with a nomination.
Keep in mind, SAG nominated Nicole Kidman for “The Paperboy,” and John Hawkes in “The Sessions” and Marion Cotillard for “Rust & Bone.” So the actors go their own way, in a lot of categories. Here’s the Oscar nominees list, in case you’ve forgotten.
The best cast award is a pretty good Oscar indicator. Watch for that. The SAG Awards are televised on TNT and TBS.
The full list of nominees — Film and TV — is below.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012)
John Hawkes for The Sessions (2012)
Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables (2012)
Denzel Washington for Flight (2012/I)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone (2012)
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Helen Mirren for Hitchcock (2012)
Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Alan Arkin for Argo (2012)
Javier Bardem for Skyfall (2012)
Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master (2012)
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln (2012)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Sally Field for Lincoln (2012)
Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)
Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012)
Nicole Kidman for The Paperboy (2012)
Maggie Smith for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Nominees:
“30 Rock” (2006)
“The Big Bang Theory” (2007)
“Glee” (2009)
“Modern Family” (2009)
“Nurse Jackie” (2009)
“The Office” (2005)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominees:
“Boardwalk Empire” (2010)
“Breaking Bad” (2008)
“Downton Abbey” (2010)
“Homeland” (2011)
“Mad Men” (2007)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for “30 Rock” (2006)
Ty Burrell for “Modern Family” (2009)
Louis C.K. for “Louie” (2010)
Jim Parsons for “The Big Bang Theory” (2007)
Eric Stonestreet for “Modern Family” (2009)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominees:
Edie Falco for “Nurse Jackie” (2009)
Amy Poehler for “Parks and Recreation” (2009)
Sofía Vergara for “Modern Family” (2009)
Betty White for “Hot in Cleveland” (2010)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Nominees:
Steve Buscemi for “Boardwalk Empire” (2010)
Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad” (2008)
Jeff Daniels for “The Newsroom” (2012)
Damian Lewis for “Homeland” (2011)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Nominees:
Claire Danes for “Homeland” (2011)
Michelle Dockery for “Downton Abbey” (2010)
Jessica Lange for “American Horror Story: Asylum” (2011)
Maggie Smith for “Downton Abbey” (2010)
Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife” (2009)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nominees:
Kevin Costner for “Hatfields & McCoys” (2012)
Woody Harrelson for Game Change (2012) (TV)
Ed Harris for Game Change (2012) (TV)
Clive Owen for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) (TV)
Bill Paxton for “Hatfields & McCoys” (2012)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nominees:
Nicole Kidman for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) (TV)
Julianne Moore for Game Change (2012) (TV)
Charlotte Rampling for Restless (2012) (TV)
Sigourney Weaver for “Political Animals” (2012)
Alfre Woodard for Steel Magnolias (2012) (TV)
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