NEW YORK, NY (AP) — While this season’s Oscar race lacks personal sparkle, it’s not without star power. Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Ben Affleck are individually nominated for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The highest prize of the guild, the best ensemble, was also awarded to the actors of the films “Belfast” and “CODA”.
Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens announced the nominees Wednesday via Instagram Live. Nominations were made virtually due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. Still, the broadcast announcement was a significant moment in an awards season that the pandemic has largely destroyed.
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical “Belfast” and coming-of-age drama “CODA” were joined in the best ensemble category by the cast of Ridley Scott’s campy true story “Gucci House,” Adam McKay’s apocalyptic comedy ” Don’t Look Up” and his family. tennis drama “King Richard”. Notably excluded are the actors in the lavish revival of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” (which received support for Ariana DeBose) and Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” But Campion’s gothic drama garnered individual SAG nominations for Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Since the Golden Globes, which is usually the launch party for the last Oscars, didn’t generate much of a buzz, the SAG Awards now get more attention than the Golden Globes. Due to a boycott of Hollywood by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Globes were unceremoniously announced Sunday on Twitter in a private ceremony. The Critics Choice Awards ceremony on January 9 has also been postponed due to the omicron outbreak. Oscar season is now virtual for the second year in a row. He struggled to make a lot of noise.
The SAG nominations show that many famous faces are up for this year’s challenge. In addition to Will Smith (“King Richard”), Cumberbatch (“King Richard”) and Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick, Boom!”), the SAG Best Actor nominee is Denzel Washington (“Macbeth’s Tragedy”) . , Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”) and Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos!”).
Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”) Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”) Jennifer Hudson (“Respect”) are the main candidates for the best female lead role.
Caitriona Balfe (“Belfast”) and Cate Blanchett (“Nightmare Alley”) remained candidates for supporting roles. Ruth Negga (“The Passage”) also joins DeBose and Dunst. Affleck (“The Tender Bar”) Bradley Cooper (“Licorice Pizza”) Troy Kotsur (“CODA”) Jared Leto (“House of Gucci”) and Smit McPhee are nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Kotsur is the first deaf actor to be nominated for an individual SAG Award.
The SAG Awards, presented by the SAG-AFTRA Actors Guild, are one of the most trusted bearers of the Oscars. Rarely does a movie actor or actor not nominate a movie or performance for an Oscar. The largest percentage of the film academy is made up of actors, so their choice carries the most weight.
However, in recent years, SAG and academia have grown further apart than usual. Only Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) was a repeat winner of the acting award. (Other SAG winners include Chadwick Boseman in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Viola Davis in “Minari.”) Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” won Best Ensemble at the Virtual SAG Awards. Chloe Zhao’s film “Nomadland”, starring many non-professional actors, won an Oscar.
This story will give hope to fans of Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”), who may have been Wednesday’s most famous artist. Other artists who missed the cut include Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”), Ciaran Hinds (“Belfast”) and Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”).
Some hoped the blockbusters would boost Oscar buzz, but “Spider-Man No Way Home” and “Dune” weren’t nominated by the Screen Actors Guild. However, “Dune” and “No Time to Die” joined “Black Widow,” “The Matrix Resurrections” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” in the doubles category.
But it was the most watched TV series in 2021 that got a lot of attention. The popular Netflix series “Squid Game,” which has been viewed more than a million times, has been nominated for four SAG Awards, including Best Drama Series. Television nominations were also led by HBO’s “Succession,” which took home four nominations, including best drama and best actor for Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox; Ted Lasso (five nominations, including best comedy series); as well as “The Morning Show,” which received four nominations, including best drama and best actor for Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox; and “Ted Lasso,” which received five awards, including best comedy series.
The 28th annual SAG Awards will take place on February 27 and will be broadcast on TNT and TBS. The Oscars will take place on March 27.
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