Thursday, March 28, 2024

SAG Award Winners: Mahershala Ali Wins, First Muslim Ever: “That’s the minutiae”

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Donald Trump’s immigration ban and the embarrassment of what’s happened this weekend are being called out live on the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Julia Louis Dreyfus just called the ban un American and read the Writers Guild West statement denouncing it. Emcee Ashton Kutcher also referenced the detainees.
Taylor Schilling of “Orange is the New Black”– “what unites is stronger than the forces that seek to divide us”
orange statement
Best Supporting Actress- Viola Davis: August Wilson “honored the average man who happened to be a man of color…we deserve to be in the center of any canon…”
Best Supporting Actor-Mahershala Ali: “my mother is an ordained Baptist minister. She didn’t do backflips when I told her I converted [to Islam]. But that’s minutiae.”

Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series: Sarah Paulson– — “donate any money you can to the ACLU”
Best Supporting Actor in a Mini Series: Bryan Cranston: How would Lyndon Johnson feel about Donald Trump? “Just don’t piss in the soup that all of us gotta eat.”
Life Achievement Award– Lily Tomlin presented by a very endearing Dolly Parton. (Jane Fonda has strep throat.)
“The Doomsday clock has been moved up to two minutes before midnight…”
Best Actor in a Drama Series– John Lithgow, for “The Crown” with a nod to Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech
Best Actress in a Drama Series– Claire Foy, for “The Crown”
And now a speech by Andrea Zuckerman– er, Gabrielle Carteris–
Best TV Ensemble– “Stranger Things”
Best Actress –Emma Stone
Best Actor–Denzel Washington– big upset –cool
Best Ensemble– Movie– Hidden Figures

Keep refreshing….
Winners include Julia Louis Dreyfus (Best Actress, Comedy) and William H. Macy (Best Actor, Comedy).
Ensemble Comedy Series:

Orange is the New Black

SAG Award winners in bold:

ENSEMBLE

Captain Fantastic

Fences

Hidden Figures

Manchester

Moonlight

ACTOR

Casey Affleck

Andrew Garfield Hacksaaw

Ryan Gosling

Viggo Mortensen

Denzel Washington

ACTRESS

Amy Adams

Emily Blunt

Natalie Portman

Emma Stone

Meryl Streep

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali

Jeff Bridges

Hugh Grant

Lucas Hedges

Dev Patel

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis

Naomie Harris

Nicole Kidman

Octavia Spencer

Michelle Williams

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
RIZ AHMED / Nasir “Naz” Khan – “THE NIGHT OF” (HBO)
STERLING K. BROWN / Christopher Darden – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
BRYAN CRANSTON / President Lyndon B. Johnson – “ALL THE WAY” (HBO)
JOHN TURTURRO / John Stone – “THE NIGHT OF” (HBO)
COURTNEY B. VANCE / Johnnie Cochran – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Lacie – “BLACK MIRROR” (Netflix)
FELICITY HUFFMAN / Leslie Graham – “AMERICAN CRIME” (ABC)
AUDRA McDONALD / Billie Holiday – “LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL” (HBO)
SARAH PAULSON / Marcia Clark – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
KERRY WASHINGTON / Anita Hill – “CONFIRMATION” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STERLING K. BROWN / Randall Pearson – “THIS IS US” (NBC)
PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
JOHN LITHGOW / Winston Churchill – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
RAMI MALEK / Elliot Alderson – “MR. ROBOT” (USA Network)
KEVIN SPACEY / Frank Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN / Eleven – “STRANGER THINGS” (Netflix)
CLAIRE FOY / Queen Elizabeth II – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
THANDIE NEWTON / Maeve Millay – “WESTWORLD” (HBO)
WINONA RYDER / Joyce Byers – “STRANGER THINGS” (Netflix)
ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ANTHONY ANDERSON / Andre Johnson – “BLACK-ISH” (ABC)
TITUSS BURGESS / Titus Andromedon – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank Gallagher – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)
JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman – “TRANSPARENT” (Amazon)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix)
JANE FONDA / Grace Hanson – “GRACE AND FRANKIE” (Netflix)
ELLIE KEMPER / Kimmy Schmidt – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)
LILY TOMLIN / Frankie Bergstein – “GRACE AND FRANKIE” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CROWN (Netflix)

DOWNTON ABBEY (Masterpiece/PBS)

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

STRANGER THINGS (Netflix)

WESTWORLD (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)

BLACK-ISH (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)

VEEP (HBO)

STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“DOCTOR STRANGE” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“HACKSAW RIDGE” (Lionsgate)
“JASON BOURNE” (Universal Pictures)
“NOCTURNAL ANIMALS” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
“MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL” (Netflix)
“MARVEL’S LUKE CAGE” (Netflix)
“THE WALKING DEAD” (AMC)
“WESTWORLD” (HBO)

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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