After a near awards-season sweep by 鈥淥ne Battle After Another,鈥� 鈥淪inners鈥� won best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild鈥檚 32nd on Sunday, shaking up the Oscar race and setting up a potential nail-biter finale in two weeks at the
The guild鈥檚 awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards, are one of the most closely watched Oscar precursors. Actors make up the largest slice of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and their choices at the Actor Awards often align.
The victory for showed that it has a strong too, despite an almost unblemished run of awards for Paul Thomas Anderson鈥檚 鈥淥ne Battle After Another.鈥� It’s won at the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild Awards, the BAFTAs and the Directors Guild Awards.
But the win Sunday, in a Netflix-streamed ceremony at the Shine Auditorium in Los Angeles, flipped that awards-season script. Writer-director Ryan Coogler, whose 鈥淏lack Panther鈥� triumphed at the guild’s awards in 2019, became the first filmmaker to steer two ensembles to the guild’s top prize.
鈥淔rom the bottom of our hearts, to the bottom of your hearts, thank you so much for everything,鈥� said Delroy Lindo, who spoke on behalf of the film’s cast.
Moments earlier, Michael B. Jordan also won best male actor, upsetting the category favorite, Timoth茅e Chalamet, and handing the 39-year-old Jordan the most significant prize of his acclaimed career. Even Jordan looked shocked as the audience rose to its feet and Viola Davis, the award’s presenter, celebrated.
鈥淚 wasn’t expecting this at all,鈥� said Jordan, who reflected on starting out as actor before he paused to appreciate the moment. 鈥淵eah, man, this is pretty cool.鈥�
As expected, won best female actor for her performance in 鈥淗amnet.鈥� But the other actor races have been harder to call. On Sunday, Sean Penn (who didn’t attend) won best supporting male actor for 鈥淥ne Battle After Another鈥� and Amy Madigan won best supporting female actor for 鈥淲eapons.鈥�
The 75-year-old Madigan, who had never before been nominated by the guild, was visibly surprised. Partway through her winding and charming acceptance speech, she looked down at the statuette.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like when you were little and you had the Barbie and then you got Ken and whipped down his drawers and went, 鈥楬ey, that鈥檚 nothing,鈥欌�� joked Madigan before apologizing for getting distracted.
A posthumous prize for Catherine O’Hara
best female actor in a comedy series for her performance as a movie executive in the showbiz satire 鈥淭he Studio.鈥� O’Hara died at the age of 71 on Jan. 30 . At the Shine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the crowd stood in a standing ovation for O’Hara after she was announced as the winner.
Seth Rogen, co-creator of 鈥淭he Studio,鈥� accepted the award on her behalf. He recalled a passionate collaborator who would, the night before a scene, invariably send a polite email with suggested rewrites. Rogen said O’Hara 鈥渟howed that you could be a genius and you could be kind.鈥�
鈥淚f you have people in your lives who don’t know her work,鈥� Rogen said, 鈥渟how them O’Hara dancing to Harry Belafonte in 鈥楤eetlejuice,鈥� show them O’Hara hurting her knee in 鈥楤est in Show鈥� and doing that amazing thing where she hobbles around, and tell the people as they are laughing that that’s Catherine O’Hara and we were lucky that we got to live in a world where she so generously shared her talents with us.鈥�
A ceremony that skirted politics
The ceremony, presented by the actors guild SAG-AFTRA, were hosted by returning emcee Kristen Bell, who kicked off the show on a light, song-and-dance note despite and . offered a 鈥渁 prayer for peace鈥� in his remarks.
The Actor Awards were the biggest Hollywood bash since Paramount reached an agreement . The merger, which awaits regulatory approval, sent shock waves through Hollywood. Netflix chief executive Ted Sarandos, whose company lost out to Paramount competing bid, walked the red carpet in jeans.
The win for 鈥淪inners鈥� insures that Warner Bros. will head into the Academy Awards with the two clear best pictures favorites in it and 鈥淥ne Battle After Another鈥� 鈥� an awards-season coup for a studio set to be sold.
Before the ceremony began, the award for best stunt ensemble went to a Paramount release: 鈥淢ission: Impossible 鈥� The Final Reckoning.鈥� Among the TV awards, 鈥淭he Studio鈥� won for comedy series and 鈥淭he Pitt鈥� won for drama series. Individual winners included Keri Russell (鈥淭he Diplomat鈥�), Rogen (鈥淭he Studio鈥�), Michelle Williams (鈥淒ying for Sex鈥�), Owen Cooper (鈥淎dolescence鈥�) and Noah Wyle (鈥淭he Pitt鈥�).
A Harrison Ford tribute
was honored with the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, a prize presented with warm sarcasm by Woody Harrelson. The 83-year-old actor said he was humbled.
鈥淚’m in a room with actors, many of whom are here because they’ve been nominated to receive a prize for their amazing work, while I’m here to receive a prize for being alive,鈥� said Ford, who called it 鈥渢he half point鈥� of his career.
Ford teared up for much of his speech, reflecting on a career that he noted was 鈥渘ot an overnight success.鈥� He called the award 鈥渧ery encouraging.鈥�
鈥淚’m indeed a lucky guy,鈥� said Ford. 鈥淟ucky to have found my people. Lucky to have work that challenges me. Lucky to still be doing it.鈥�
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