Kate Winslet, nominaton hog.
The Screen Actors Guild announced today the nominations for their annual awards. So yes, it’s actors voting on other actors’ performances. It’s that simple. I guess because of that, even if there is a strike, the awards ceremony, scheduled for January 25th, will go on. If there is a strike, then the awards will probably be used to some degree to explain to the viewing audience…if there is one…why they’re on strike. Good luck.
(And let’s not even get into the fighting that’s going on in the guild between various factions about the possibility. It’s star vs. star, and getting very ugly. Okay, considering that the various sides feature people who regularly grace magazine covers, not that ugly, but you know what I mean.)
Doubt was the big collector of nominations, with a nod for best ensemble as well as individual nominations for just about every cast member (it is a pretty small cast). This is a surprise mostly because the movie hasn’t been particularly well-reviewed, and casts from other movies have drawn more praise in the rush of critics lists and annual awards. So we’ll see if all this attention actually results in anything.
In the curiosity category, Kate Winslet is doing the covering all bases thing with nominations for supporting actress in The Reader and actress for Revolutionary Road. I don’t think it looks good for either category, but I also went 0-14 in one of my fantasy football leagues so I’m not necessarily a good predictor of talent or performance.
And here are the noms for film:
Complete list of nominees for the 15th annual SAG Awards [courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter]:
Male actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”

Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”

Sean Penn, “Milk”

Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Female actor in a leading role
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”

Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”

Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”

Meryl Streep, “Doubt”

Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
Male actor in a supporting role
Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger,” The Dark Knight”
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Female actor in a supporting role
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Performance by cast in a motion picture
“Doubt”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
