The SAG Awards were presented in Los Angeles last night. The outcome solidified the status of two front-runners, and made most of the other races more confusing.
Slumdog Millionaire continued its pre-Oscar sweep to collect the Best Film Ensemble award. The fact that over 100,000 SAG members voted for a cast of total unknowns speaks volumes to the film's likability.
Likewise, Heath Ledger was awarded Best Supporting Actor, in a surprise to no one. Gary Oldman touchingly accepted the award for the late actor.
The other races are not so clear cut. Kate Winslet nabbed Best Supporting Actress for her turn as a Nazi war criminal in The Reader. But, at the Academy Awards she's nominated for that film in the Lead Actress category, where she'll go head-to-head with the SAG Lead Actress winner, Meryl Streep, who won for her fierce performance as a nun in Doubt.
That leaves Best Supporting Actress wide open for the Oscars, with Penelope Cruz now the likely front-runner.
On the Best Actor front, Sean Penn (for Milk) snuck past Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler. Rourke won the Golden Globe, but it appears that Penn is gaining ground. Now the question is: which stands to be disappointed at the Oscars?
What do you think? Will Kate finally reign, or will Meryl triumph for the first time in 26 years? Will Penelope claim the Golden Guy, or can a smaller performance like Viola Davis' triumph? Talk amongst yourselves.
4 comments:
I don't know between Kate and Meryl, but I am rooting for Penelope Cruz. She was quite awesome in Vicky Chris Barc, and i don't love her or Woody Allen.
-Danielle
I still need to see Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I don't know between Kate and Meryl either. Kate deserves to win one, but on the other hand it's ridiculous that Meryl hasn't won since I was two years old.
I refuse to comment about my Oscar picks, lest I once again lose the Oscar pool by one point. :)
I've never won, either. Maybe someday...
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