The results will be tallied by Integrity Voting Systems, the SAG Awards’ official teller, and sealed until the envelopes are opened onstage by the presenters at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 30.
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The SAG Awards will be presented at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium. The issue of diversity could likely be addressed in acceptance speeches, especially if some of the black actors and films that were snubbed by the Oscars take home SAG Awards.
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In addition to Elba, Anna Faris, Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton), O’Shea Jackson, Jr. Nominees in the acting categories include Bryan Cranston, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Silverman and Idris Elba.
“The Big Short” goes head to head with “Spotlight” for Best Ensemble in a film.
On the TV side, returning favorites Game of Thrones, Homeland and House of Cards all tie with three nominations, but the leading faces of ended series Key & Peele, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Downton Abbey and Nurse Jackie will all get their last shot at nabbing actor statuettes.
The British actor is nominated again this year, for his role as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl.
Noticeably absent from the Best Actress list is Jennifer Lawrence, who was nominated in the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards for her work in “Joy”. As the Screen Actors Guild Awards approaches us, our online producer Jeremy Singer shares HOW its lovely trophy is made.
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This year, comedian Carol Burnett will receive SAG’s Life Achievement Award, the ceremony’s self-proclaimed “highest tribute”, which will be presented to her by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
