While the Academy Awards remain enveloped in a crisis over the diversity of its nominees, the 22nd annual SAG Awards on Saturday presented a stark antidote to the rancor that has overwhelmed Hollywood’s awards season.
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Leonardo DiCaprio won his first-ever Screen Actors Guild award for his role in The Revenant. Star of The Revenant DiCaprio earned himself the title of best actor during the night, and while technically his physical award was accepted by the presenter of it, Kate Beckinsale, the 41-year-old did also film his own message of thanks that was played to the audience and the cameras at the event.
Early honorees included “Orange Is The New Black” for Best Ensemble Comedy Series, and Uzo Aduba for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Idris Elba became the man of the night, walking away with two awards for two separate roles, bagging Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Beasts Of No Nation, and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Luther.
Make sure to watch the 2016 SAG Awards tonight at 8/7c on TNT and TBS!
Tom McCarthy’s journalism drama had already topped this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards by winning Best Film and Best Ensemble and Best Original Screenplay.
Ask 90% of celebrities about their emoji use, and you’re going to get something boring, either “I love the crying emoji!” or “I don’t use emojis” and nothing in-between.
Davis echoed Latifah’s sentiment when speaking backstage.
Aduba, accepting her second straight SAG Award for best actress in a comedy in “Orange Is the New Black”, didn’t address the topic straight on. “He had a series of emojis I’ve never seen before”, Winslet said.
“I feel like I was born questioning everything about reality”. After Transparent was snubbed completely a year ago, Jeffrey Tambor took home comedy actor honors to complete his awards collection for playing Maura Pfefferman.
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Kevin Spacey was named best drama actor for political thriller “House of Cards“, and British period drama “Downton Abbey” was named best drama ensemble.
