Kiwis have earned a notable look in at the SAG Awards, but the awards season is still lacking in diversity.
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/ The nominations for the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Wednesday morning.
Dean O’Gorman as Kirk Douglas in a scene from Trumbo. His character in the movie is described by People as “captivating and brutal” and Elba is quoted to have said “It was a frightful despicable character …”
With this week’s all-important SAG and Golden Globe nominations just announced, Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil (now a part of the PMC family that also owns Deadline) and I return for Round 2 of our discussion about where the Oscar race now stands.
Mad Max: Fury Road’s Kiwi-filled stunt crew (including Dayna Grant – pictured) have earned a SAG Award nomination.
Among the ladies, Cate Blanchett was nominated for the lesbian drama “Carol”, Brie Larson for psychological thriller “Room”, Saoirse Ronan for Irish immigrant story “Brooklyn” and Sarah Silverman for “I Smile Back”.
In the best actor category, Cranston is up against Johnny Depp (Black Mass), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) and Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl).
Actor in a TV movie or miniseries Idris Elba, Luther; Ben Kingsley, Tut; Ray Liotta, Texas Rising; Bill Murray, A Very Murray Christmas; Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall.
The SAG awards will air on TBS on January 22, 2016, which means you have roughly 50 days during which you can shriek in anguish and otherwise let your displeasure about various, obvious snubs be known.
Redmaynes co star Alicia Vikander, who was nominated for Only Supporting Actress, stated, Thanks to the Screen Actors Guild for this nomination & for recognizing my work its an honor to be a number of of theimplausible actresses in this class. Gossip Cop will update as more SAG nominees react to their nominations.
In TV, Jon Hamm was nominated for outstanding male actor in a drama alongside Peter Dinklage, Kevin Spacey, Bob Odenkirk and relative newcomer Rami Malek (Mr. Robot).
Actress in a drama series Claire Danes, Homeland; Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder; Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife; Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey; Robin Wright, House of Cards.
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Actress in a comedy series Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black; Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie; Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep; Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation.
