Black Panther wins Best Picture and becomes the new leader in the race for Oscar Best Picture. Amazing. Quite a feat and well done!
UPDATE Rami Malek wins Best Actor for playing Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” He’s suddenly leading the pack. He also won the Golden Globe. Will he win the Oscar?
Glenn Close wins. She’s getting that Oscar.
IN THE PAST, the SAG Awards were a pretty indicator of the Oscars. This was mostly because the actors in SAG would vote the same way twice. Best Ensemble pointed to Best Picture. But this year, SAG voters didn’t include “Green Book” or “If Beale Street Could Talk” in what is now called Outstanding Performance by a Cast. “The Favourite” is also missing. SAG chose very commercial films. Really, “Crazy Rich Asians” is fun but shouldn’t be here.
Maybe new SAG voters don’t understand what the category is. So the winner tonight is not necessarily the Oscar winner. But the actors are likely the Oscar finalists. That’s the way it went last year. But “3 Billboards” lost the Oscar to “The Shape of Water.” Two years ago, Denzel Washington won Best Actor for “Fences” and lost the Oscar to Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea.” “Hidden Figures” won the cast award. “Moonlight” won the Oscar.
So far, Emily Blunt is a nice surprise as winner of Best Supporting Actress in “A Quiet Place.” Tough category. SAG didn’t even nominate Regina King, an odds an winner for the Oscar.
Alan Alda received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sandra Oh and Jason Bateman won Best Actress and Actor in a Drama.
Patricia Arquette won Best Actress in A Mini Series. Darren Criss won Best Actor in a Mini Series.
Nominees list. WINNERS IN BOLD FACE
FILM
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“A Star Is Born”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
John David Washington, “BlacKkKlansman”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Emily Blunt, “Mary Poppins Returns”
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place”
Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“The Americans”
“Better Call Saul”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Ozark”
“This Is Us”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Joseph Fiennes, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
John Krasinski, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Atlanta”
“Barry”
“GLOW”
“The Kominsky Method”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
Bill Hader, “Barry”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Henry Winkler, “Barry”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Alison Brie, “GLOW”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”
Darren Criss, “Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Hugh Grant, “A Very English Scandal”
Anthony Hopkins, “King Lear”
Bill Pullman, “The Sinner”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects”
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”
Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects”
Penelope Cruz, “Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Emma Stone, “Maniac”
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
“Daredevil”
“GLOW”
“Jack Ryan”
“The Walking Dead”
“Westworld”