Tomorrow we reach the point of no return. The avalanche is roaring on down the mountain, and it is about to start knocking people down. The first stop on its big roar down was with the critics, though many critics groups will still be announcing their picks throughout the rest of the month, I have covered the major ones. The critics have truly shaken up the competition by showing us the unexpected ones, the strengths of a few, and the weaknesses of many. There is division among every group, and that makes everything up in the air. The first major awards group announces their nominees tomorrow, and that is none other than The Screen Actors Guild.
The Screen Actors Guild, or SAG (said like it looks), is a very important voting body. It is a group consisting of only actors, so basically it is actors voting for actors. Its importance is based on the fact that the acting branch of The Academy is the biggest voting section when it comes to Oscars, and every actor in the acting branch of The Academy is a SAG member. So generally, with some minor mishaps here and there, the SAG award nominees and winners match pretty closely with The Oscars. The difference in their awards is that the SAG only awards acting, for film and television (I will give my predictions for TV too). The Best Picture equivalent is Best Film Ensemble and then all the other acting categories are the same, expect in TV there is no supporting category; everyone is just lumped into either of the Best Actress/Actor in TV Comedy or Drama. So in saying that, I give you my predictions for both film and television.
Film:
Best Film Ensemble
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Saving Mr. Banks
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All is Lost
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Mery Streep, August: Osage County
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Saving Mr. Banks
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
TV
TV Drama Ensemble
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
TV Drama Actor
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
TV Drama Actress
Clarie Danes, Homeland
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Kerry Washington, Scandal
TV Comedy Ensemble
30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Veep
TV Comedy Actor
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Michael J. Fox, Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones
TV Comedy Actress
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
TV Movie/Mini Series Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, Parades End
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabre
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabre
Al Pacino, Phil Spector
Christopher Plummer, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
TV Movie/Mini Series Actress
Helena Bonham-Carter, Burton and Taylor
Holly Hunter, Top of the Lake
Laura Linney, The Big C Hereafter
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake
That is my list of nominees for tomorrow morning. I hope to be somewhat on track, but we shall wait and see. I took some chances! I will post the actual nominees as soon as I find out! Who do you think will be nominated? Let me know!
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