Join Staticblog For The SAG Awards at 7 p.m. Today
Here’s where you need to be for our special live-blogging session for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, broadcast at 7 p.m. Eastern on TNT. I’ll be giving you all the color commentary you can stand for this nicely compact, two-hour awards show, so log in just before showtime, set up shop in the comments section and sharpen your snark.
15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale – “THE VISITOR” (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon – “FROST/NIXON” (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk – “MILK” (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button – “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy – “THE WRESTLER” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym – “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins – “CHANGELING” (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy – “FROZEN RIVER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler – “REVOLUTIONARY ROAD” (Paramount Vantage)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White – “MILK” (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus – “TROPIC THUNDER” (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker – “THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal – “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena – “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller – “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie – “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz – “THE READER” (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ ALI Tizzy
CATE BLANCHETT Daisy
JASON FLEMYNG Thomas Button
JARED HARRIS Captain Mike
TARAJI P. HENSON Queenie
ELIAS KOTEAS Monsieur Gateau
JULIA ORMOND Caroline
BRAD PITT Benjamin Button
PHYLLIS SOMERVILLE Grandma Fuller
TILDA SWINTON Elizabeth Abbot
DOUBT (Miramax)
AMY ADAMS Sister James
VIOLA DAVIS Mrs. Miller
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Father Brendan Flynn
MERYL STREEP Sister Aloysius Beauvier
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
KEVIN BACON Jack Brennan
REBECCA HALL Caroline Cushing
TOBY JONES Swifty Lazar
FRANK LANGELLA Richard Nixon
MATTHEW MacFADYEN John Birt
OLIVER PLATT Bob Zelnick
SAM ROCKWELL James Reston, Jr.
MICHAEL SHEEN David Frost
MILK (Focus Features)
JOSH BROLIN Dan White
JOSEPH CROSS Dick Pabich
JAMES FRANCO Scott Smith
VICTOR GARBER Mayor Moscone
EMILE HIRSCH Cleve Jones
DIEGO LUNA Jack Lira
DENIS O’HARE Briggs
SEAN PENN Harvey Milk
ALISON PILL Anne Kronenberg
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
RUBINA ALI Youngest Latika
TANAY HEMANT CHHEDA Middle Jamal
ASHUTOSH LOBO GAJIWALA Middle Salim
AZHARUDDIN MOHAMMED ISMAIL Youngest Salim
ANIL KAPOOR Prem
IRRFAN KHAN Police Inspector
AYUSH MAHESH KHEDEKAR Youngest Jamal
TANVI GANESH LONKAR Middle Latika
MADHUR MITTAL Oldest Salim
DEV PATEL Older Jamal
FREIDA PINTO Older Latika
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
RALPH FIENNES / Bernard Lafferty – “BERNARD AND DORIS” (HBO)
PAUL GIAMATTI / John Adams – “JOHN ADAMS” (HBO)
KEVIN SPACEY / Ron Klain – “RECOUNT” (HBO)
KIEFER SUTHERLAND / Jack Bauer – “24: REDEMPTION” (FOX)
TOM WILKINSON / Benjamin Franklin – “JOHN ADAMS” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
LAURA DERN / Katherine Harris – “RECOUNT” (HBO)
LAURA LINNEY / Abigail Adams – “JOHN ADAMS” (HBO)
SHIRLEY MacLAINE / Coco Chanel – “COCO CHANEL” (Lifetime)
PHYLICIA RASHAD / Lena Younger – “A RAISIN IN THE SUN” (ABC)
SUSAN SARANDON / Doris Duke – “BERNARD AND DORIS” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – “DEXTER” (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper – “MAD MEN” (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / Gregory House – “HOUSE” (FOX)
WILLIAM SHATNER / Denny Crane – “BOSTON LEGAL” (ABC)
JAMES SPADER / Alan Shore – “BOSTON LEGAL” (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
SALLY FIELD / Nora Walker – “BROTHERS & SISTERS” (ABC)
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson – “LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT” (NBC)
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko – “SAVING GRACE” (TNT)
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson – “MAD MEN” (AMC)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dep. Chief Brenda Johnson – “THE CLOSER” (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott – “THE OFFICE” (NBC)
DAVID DUCHOVNY / Hank Moody – “CALIFORNICATION” (Showtime)
JEREMY PIVEN / Ari Gold – “ENTOURAGE” (HBO)
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk – “MONK” (USA)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly – “SAMANTHA WHO?” (ABC)
AMERICA FERRERA / Betty Suarez – “UGLY BETTY” (ABC)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
MARY-LOUISE PARKER / Nancy Botwin – “WEEDS” (Showtime)
TRACEY ULLMAN / Various Characters – “TRACEY ULLMAN’S STATE OF THE UNION” (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC)
CANDICE BERGEN Shirley Schmidt
SAFFRON BURROWS Lorraine Weller
CHRISTIAN CLEMENSON Jerry Espenson
TARAJI P. HENSON Whitney Rome
JOHN LARROQUETTE Carl Sack
WILLIAM SHATNER Denny Crane
JAMES SPADER Alan Shore
TARA SUMMERS Katie Lloyd
GARY ANTHONY WILLIAMS Clarence Bell
THE CLOSER (TNT)
G.W. BAILEY Lt. Provenza
MICHAEL PAUL CHAN Lt. Mike Tao
RAYMOND CRUZ Det. Julio Sanchez
TONY DENISON Lt. Andy Flynn
ROBERT GOSSETT Commander Taylor
PHILLIP P. KEENE Buzz Watson
GINA RAVERA Det. Irene Daniels
COREY REYNOLDS Sgt. David Gabriel
KYRA SEDGWICK Dep. Chief Brenda Johnson
J.K. SIMMONS Asst. Police Chief Will Pope
JON TENNEY FBI Agent Fritz Howard
DEXTER (Showtime)
PRESTON BAILEY Cody
JULIE BENZ Rita Bennett
JENNIFER CARPENTER Debra Morgan
VALERIE CRUZ Syl Prado
KRISTIN DATTILO Det. Barbara Gianna
MICHAEL C. HALL Dexter Morgan
DESMOND HARRINGTON Joey Quinn
C.S. LEE Vince Masuka
JASON MANUEL OLAZABAL Ramon Prado
DAVID RAMSEY Anton
JAMES REMAR Harry Morgan
CHRISTINA ROBINSON Astor
JIMMY SMITS Miguel Prado
LAUREN VÉLEZ Lt. Maria Laguerta
DAVID ZAYAS Angel Batista
HOUSE (Fox)
LISA EDELSTEIN Dr. Lisa Cuddy
OMAR EPPS Dr. Eric Foreman
PETER JACOBSON Dr. Chris Taub
HUGH LAURIE Dr. Gregory House
ROBERT SEAN LEONARD Dr. James Wilson
JENNIFER MORRISON Dr. Allison Cameron
KAL PENN Dr. Lawrence Kutner
JESSE SPENCER Dr. Robert Chase
OLIVIA WILDE Dr. Remy Hadley/Thirteen
MAD MEN (AMC)
BRYAN BATT Salvatore Romano
ALISON BRIE Trudy Campbell
MICHAEL GLADIS Paul Kinsey
JON HAMM Don Draper
AARON HART Bobby Draper
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS Joan Holloway
JANUARY JONES Betty Draper
VINCENT KARTHEISER Pete Campbell
ROBERT MORSE Bertram Cooper
MARK MOSES Herman “Duck” Phillips
ELISABETH MOSS Peggy Olson
KIERNAN SHIPKA Sally Draper
JOHN SLATTERY Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER Harry Crane
AARON STATON Ken Cosgrove
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
SCOTT ADSIT Pete Hornberger
ALEC BALDWIN Jack Donaghy
KATRINA BOWDEN Cerie
TINA FEY Liz Lemon
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER Frank Rossitano
JANE KRAKOWSKI Jenna Maroney
JACK McBRAYER Kenneth Parcell
TRACY MORGAN Tracy Jordan
MAULIK PANCHOLY Jonathan
KEITH POWELL Toofer
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
KENDALL APPLEGATE Penny Scavo
ANDREA BOWEN Julie Mayer
CHARLIE CARVER Porter Scavo
MAX CARVER Preston Scavo
RICARDO ANTONIO CHAVIRA Carlos Solis
GARY COLE Wayne Davis
MARCIA CROSS Bree Van De Kamp Hodge
DANA DELANY Katherine Mayfair
JAMES DENTON Mike Delfino
LYNDSY FONSECA Dylan Mayfair
RACHEL FOX Kayla Huntington
TERI HATCHER Susan Mayer
ZANE HUETT Parker Scavo
FELICITY HUFFMAN Lynette Scavo
KATHRYN JOOSTEN Mrs. McCluskey
BRENT KINSMAN Younger Porter Scavo
SHANE KINSMAN Younger Preston Scavo
JOY LAUREN Danielle Van De Kamp
EVA LONGORIA-PARKER Gabrielle Solis
KYLE MacLACHLAN Orson Hodge
NEAL McDONOUGH Dave Williams
JOSHUA MOORE Parker Scavo
SHAWN PYFROM Andrew Van De Kamp
DOUG SAVANT Tom Scavo
NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN Edie Britt
BRENDA STRONG Mary Alice Young
ENTOURAGE (HBO)
KEVIN CONNOLLY Eric Murphy
KEVIN DILLON Johnny Drama
JERRY FERRARA Turtle
ADRIAN GRENIER Vincent Chase
REX LEE Lloyd
JEREMY PIVEN Ari Gold
PERREY REEVES Mrs. Ari
THE OFFICE (NBC)
LESLIE DAVID BAKER Stanley Hudson
BRIAN BAUMGARTNER Kevin Malone
CREED BRATTON Creed Bratton
STEVE CARELL Michael Scott
JENNA FISCHER Pam Beesly
KATE FLANNERY Meredith Palmer
MELORA HARDIN Jan Levenson
ED HELMS Andrew Bernard
MINDY KALING Kelly Kapoor
ANGELA KINSEY Angela Martin
JOHN KRASINSKI Jim Halpert
PAUL LIEBERSTEIN Toby Flenderson
B.J. NOVAK Ryan Howard
OSCAR NUÑEZ Oscar Martinez
CRAIG ROBINSON Darryl Philbin
PHYLLIS SMITH Phyllis Lapin
RAINN WILSON Dwight Schrute
WEEDS (Showtime)
DEMIÁN BICHIR Esteban Reyes
JULIE BOWEN Lisa
ENRIQUE CASTILLO Cesar
GUILLERMO DIAZ Guillermo
ALEXANDER GOULD Shane Botwin
ALLIE GRANT Isabelle Hodes
JUSTIN KIRK Andy Botwin
HEMKY MADERA Ignacio
ANDY MILDER Dean Hodes
KEVIN NEALON Doug Wilson
MARY-LOUISE PARKER Nancy Botwin
HUNTER PARRISH Silas Botwin
ELIZABETH PERKINS Celia Hodes
JACK STEHLIN Roy Till
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
THE DARK KNIGHT (Warner Bros. Pictures)
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Universal Pictures)
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Paramount Pictures)
IRON MAN (Paramount Pictures)
WANTED (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
THE CLOSER (TNT)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (NBC)
HEROES (NBC)
PRISON BREAK (FOX)
THE UNIT (CBS)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Screen Actors Guild Awards 45th Annual Life Achievement Award
James Earl Jones
SAG Awards Live Blogging!
Join me for comments-section fun and excitement during the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, 7 p.m. CST Sunday on TNT. I’ll be live-blogging this compact, two-hour award show live from my undisclosed remote location, so please join us — black tie not required, but not discouraged, either. Who the hell am I to tell you how to dress on a Sunday night?
Watch It! For January 21, 2009: Get “Lost”
Season 5 of “Lost” begins with an extravaganza, including a needed 7 p.m. recap and a two-hour premiere at 8 p.m. tonight on ABC, and it could not come a moment too soon. After the election supplied far more entertainment than any narrative series this fall, it seems the real TV season started this week, beginning Sunday with “Big Love” on HBO and tonight with a return to the island.
When we last visited “Lost,” the Oceanic Six were mostly miserable in their post-island existences as a result of lying about their experiences on the island and what happened to the other survivors of Oceanic 815. So now, with the help of Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), Jack (Matthew Fox) is trying to assemble the Six, most of whom aren’t speaking to him, and return to the island — which, by the way, has been moved.
Yes, the recap will definitely help. And for those with a taste for shrill novelty, there’s the Brooklyn-based (of course) duo Previously On Lost, who devote entire songs to summarizing individual episodes of the show.
“Lost” has its detractors, especially those who came in late to the party and have no patience for purposely labyrithine plotlines and red herrings, but for the rest of us, there’s no other option:
Watch It! for January 15, 2009: Crooked X Edition
Coweta hard rock band Crooked X, made up entirely of kids who are two young to drive but old enough to rock your damn face off, perform at 12:05 a.m. tonight (or tomorrow morning) on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC. This is not just novelty — rock on with your bad selves.
Ricardo Montalban, 1920-2009
We will all greatly miss the man who welcomed us to “Fantasy Island,” drove Shatner insane and “knew his own needs” for ’70s luxury. May his afterlife be lined in soft, Corinthian leather.
“Slumdog” Hits Golden Globes Jackpot
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel at Sunday’s Golden Globes.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
“Slumdog Millionaire”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Kate Winslet, “
Revolutionary Road”
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Colin Farrell, “In
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
“Slumdog Millionaire”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“WALL-E”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
”The Wrestler,” The Wrestler (Bruce Springsteen)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
“Slumdog Millionaire”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Waltz With Bashir” (
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
“Mad Men”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“30 Rock”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
“Anna Paquin,” True Blood
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“John Adams”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Paul Giamatti, “John Adams”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Laura Linney, “John Adams”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Laura Dern, “Recount”
With Ben Lyons, Suddenly Rex Reed Doesn’t Seem So Dependably Awful
Other than the Luxor in Vegas, this is the BEST PYRAMID EVER!
Ben Lyons, the new co-host of “At the Movies,” rose up from that bastion of fine entertainment journalism, the E! Network, to inherit the televisual seat formerly occupied by Roger Ebert. The new regime does not sit well with professional critics, many of whom view the son of Jeffrey Lyons as being endemic of the general decline of film criticism.
This LA Times story not only chronicles the growing “hate storm” surrounding Lyons, but the perilous situation many critics now find themselves in as major dailies thin their ranks and studios pride themselves on releasing “critic-proof” summer movies of the “Wild Hogs” variety.
Either/Or, Episode 13: Christmas Edition
In Either/Or, we take two people in similar pursuits, and you choose between them. It can be based on any criteria: professional ability, personality, intellectual prowess, physical pulchritude, or who you’d want backing you up in a knife fight. It really doesn’t matter: just choose Either/Or.
Either The Grinch:
Or Heat Mizer:
Either Elizabeth Banks in “Fred Claus”:
Or Zooey Deschanel in “Elf”:
Who Plays Rod Blagojevich in the TV Movie?
Hacky screenwriters, start your laptops: disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will undoubtedly be the subject of a quickie TV movie on Lifetime Movie Network or Fox News Channel, so now it’s time to cast this freak show. Who gets to play Blago?
Is it Wayne Newton?
Javier Bardem and his “No Country For Old Men” hair?
The ghost of Herve Villechaize?
Kevin Connolly of “Entourage” (with a suitable wig)?
William Devane in “The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training”?
Cast this thing now before someone with fewer scruples sells it to the highest bidder!
Watch It! “The Atom Smashers” on “Independent Lens,” 9:30 p.m. on OETA OKLA, 2 a.m. on OETA DT
This documentary on Fermilabs’ search for the subatomic particle known as the Higgs Boson follows a group of scientists dealing with Bush-era science cutbacks and competition from other countries, and as a bonus, it was co-directed by my cousin-in-law, Clayton Brown, who is known as Jeff to us. It was on last night, and is being rebroadcast at 9:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on OETA’s digital channels, so program the DVRs, now!
