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Guild awards set for Jan. 23, 2010
The Screen Actors Guild will announce nominations for its 16th annual SAG Awards on Dec. 17.
Andrew Stewart | 04/06/2009
Streep takes trophy for 'Doubt,' Penn for 'Milk'
"Slumdog Millionaire," the awards season's feel-good favorite, picked up serious momentum Sunday night as it won SAG's top award for ensemble cast.
Dave McNary | 01/25/2009
Speech meets polite applause at awards show
Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg has side-stepped any mention of the pitched internal battle over the guild's feature-primetime contract in his address during the SAG Awards.
Dave McNary | 01/25/2009
Guild hands out stunt awards
The stunt performers and coordinators from “The Dark Knight” and “Heroes” have won the Screen Actors Guild’s stunt awards.
Dave McNary | 01/25/2009
Actors to guild: 'Stop the infighting'
Stop the infighting, get everyone on the same page and let's get a new contract already -- that was the message sent to SAG leaders by actors working the red carpet and backstage at the SAG Awards on Sunday.
| 01/25/2009
'Slumdog' nabs trophy for best ensemble cast
Get the complete list of winners from the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Variety Staff | 01/25/2009
Actor is best known for voice and theater
Chances are that, having shuffled off your mortal coil and made it past the pearly gates, you'd fully expect the Primal Elder's voice to be at least as sonorous as that of James Earl Jones. That voice has settled into our cultural consciousness with Delphic assurance
Lawrence Christon | 01/22/2009
Jones fanned flames of racial provocation
When "The Great White Hope" opened on Broadway in October 1968, the Voting Rights Act was 3 years old and Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated six months earlier. The image of sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith raising their black-gloved fists during their awards ceremony at the Summer Olympics was still fresh in Americans' minds.
John Anderson | 01/22/2009
SAG president tackles issues in and out of film
Despite being such an embattled and seemingly divisive figure, SAG prexy Alan Rosenberg hasn't lost his sense of humor. Given the controversies, large and small, that seem to continue unabated on his watch, humor is probably a key survival instinct.
Steve Chagollan, Dave McNary | 01/22/2009
Hardworking actors Jenkins, Leo payed dues
Jenkins, like several of his fellow first-time SAG nominees, has found his profile pushed onto a higher plateau. The same goes for nominees Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, it's been "Doubt" and Melissa Leo.
John Anderson | 01/22/2009
Ceremony engages with brisk, star-heavy formula
The Screen Actors Guild Awards event has some differences with the Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes. There is no main host, no song-and-dance numbers, the telecast wraps in two hours, and nearly every nominee is a movie or TV star.
Jerry Rice | 01/22/2009
Award showcases the art of physical acting
SAG's newest award category, now in its second year, recognizes stunt ensembles in motion pictures and primetime television.
The very existence of the award blurs the line between mere physical actions and more-traditionally recognized emotional acting.
Caroline Ryder | 01/22/2009
2009 nominees list has many familiar faces
Streep, Winslet, Wilkinson and Field are among the 2009 SAG Award nominees who've been contenders in previous years.
Justin Kroll | 01/22/2009
Applegate, Hamm will be among those onstage
Christina Applegate, Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Hamm, John Krasinski, Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack have been tapped as presenters for the 15th Screen Actor Guild Awards.
Justin Kroll | 01/20/2009
Board member apologizes for singling out actors
Screen Actors Guild board member Frances Fisher has disavowed a suggested boycott of eight actors who are up for SAG awards.
Dave McNary | 01/16/2009