If it were not for the comedy "Little Miss Sunshine", which topped off Sunday evening by scooping up the award for outstanding performance by a motion picture cast at the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the ceremony might have been mistaken for a replay of the Golden Globe Awards, which took place two weeks ago.
While no one film has dominated the best picture race this awards season, there appears to be a developing unanimity about the year's best actors. As if taking a cue from the Globes, the winning quartet at the SAG Awards, held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, consisted of Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland", Helen Mirren for "The Queen" and Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls".
Two TV series that also came Globes-certified led the television field with a pair of wins each. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" was hailed for best dramatic ensemble and picked up an award for best female in a drama series, which went to Chandra Wilson, who plays the bossy Miranda Bailey. HBO's "Elizabeth I" copped two awards, for stars Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
NBC's "The Office" prevailed as the best comedy ensemble, while Hugh Laurie of Fox's "House", Alec Baldwin of NBC's "30 Rock" and America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" all picked up acting awards. Among the networks, ABC edged ahead of the competition with three awards.
"Sunshine"'s win was not entirely without precedent; last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release took home the top film award at the Producers Guild of America's annual awards dinner. But because it had gone 0-for-2 at the Globes, the comedy's win was not a sure thing and so offered an antidote to the predictability of much of the evening.
Greg Kinnear, who plays the beleaguered dad in "Sunshine", lifted up 9-year-old Abigail Breslin so she could reach the mike, Alan Arkin whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, "Thank you".
It fell to Kinnear to thank the movie's two directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. He also cited its "five -- not three, not two, not four -- five great producers," a barb aimed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has decided that it will allow only three of the five producers to pick up the Oscar for best picture if "Sunshine" wins the award, a prospect that seems to be gathering momentum.
Mirren repeated the Royal Flush she executed at the Globes by handily snaring two awards: for female actor in a leading role for "Queen" and female actor in a telefilm or miniseries for "Elizabeth I".
On her first trip to the podium to pick up the TV trophy, she said of the SAG Award, "I love this award more than any other awards." She went on to tell the roomful of mostly American actors, "American film acting has always inspired us and influenced us and impressed us." American film actors, she said, "teach me how to do it basically."
Making a return appearance to accept her second award of the night for Miramax Films' "Queen", she had to admit, "What an incredible night for me personally." True, the actress picked up two SAG Awards in 2002 -- as best supporting actress as well as part of the ensemble cast of "Gosford Park" -- but Sunday night's win arguably carried more weight.
Whitaker, another critics' darling and a Globe winner for playing the late Idi Amin in Searchlight's "Scotland", again was seemingly at a loss for words at first. "It means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award," he said, "to get an award from the people who you work across from and the people you are going to work with, and people that are going to like hopefully, get in the trenches with."
"Dreamgirls'" Hudson showed no evidence of tiring of the march to the podium.
While no one film has dominated the best picture race this awards season, there appears to be a developing unanimity about the year's best actors. As if taking a cue from the Globes, the winning quartet at the SAG Awards, held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, consisted of Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland", Helen Mirren for "The Queen" and Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls".
Two TV series that also came Globes-certified led the television field with a pair of wins each. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" was hailed for best dramatic ensemble and picked up an award for best female in a drama series, which went to Chandra Wilson, who plays the bossy Miranda Bailey. HBO's "Elizabeth I" copped two awards, for stars Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
NBC's "The Office" prevailed as the best comedy ensemble, while Hugh Laurie of Fox's "House", Alec Baldwin of NBC's "30 Rock" and America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" all picked up acting awards. Among the networks, ABC edged ahead of the competition with three awards.
"Sunshine"'s win was not entirely without precedent; last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release took home the top film award at the Producers Guild of America's annual awards dinner. But because it had gone 0-for-2 at the Globes, the comedy's win was not a sure thing and so offered an antidote to the predictability of much of the evening.
Greg Kinnear, who plays the beleaguered dad in "Sunshine", lifted up 9-year-old Abigail Breslin so she could reach the mike, Alan Arkin whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, "Thank you".
It fell to Kinnear to thank the movie's two directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. He also cited its "five -- not three, not two, not four -- five great producers," a barb aimed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has decided that it will allow only three of the five producers to pick up the Oscar for best picture if "Sunshine" wins the award, a prospect that seems to be gathering momentum.
Mirren repeated the Royal Flush she executed at the Globes by handily snaring two awards: for female actor in a leading role for "Queen" and female actor in a telefilm or miniseries for "Elizabeth I".
On her first trip to the podium to pick up the TV trophy, she said of the SAG Award, "I love this award more than any other awards." She went on to tell the roomful of mostly American actors, "American film acting has always inspired us and influenced us and impressed us." American film actors, she said, "teach me how to do it basically."
Making a return appearance to accept her second award of the night for Miramax Films' "Queen", she had to admit, "What an incredible night for me personally." True, the actress picked up two SAG Awards in 2002 -- as best supporting actress as well as part of the ensemble cast of "Gosford Park" -- but Sunday night's win arguably carried more weight.
Whitaker, another critics' darling and a Globe winner for playing the late Idi Amin in Searchlight's "Scotland", again was seemingly at a loss for words at first. "It means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award," he said, "to get an award from the people who you work across from and the people you are going to work with, and people that are going to like hopefully, get in the trenches with."
"Dreamgirls'" Hudson showed no evidence of tiring of the march to the podium.
If it were not for the comedy "Little Miss Sunshine", which topped off Sunday evening by scooping up the award for outstanding performance by a motion picture cast at the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the ceremony might have been mistaken for a replay of the Golden Globe Awards, which took place two weeks ago.
While no one film has dominated the best picture race this awards season, there appears to be a developing unanimity about the year's best actors. As if taking a cue from the Globes, the winning quartet at the SAG Awards, held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, consisted of Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland", Helen Mirren for "The Queen" and Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls".
Two TV series that also came Globes-certified led the television field with a pair of wins each. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" was hailed for best dramatic ensemble and picked up an award for best female in a drama series, which went to Chandra Wilson, who plays the bossy Miranda Bailey. HBO's "Elizabeth I" copped two awards, for stars Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
NBC's "The Office" prevailed as the best comedy ensemble, while Hugh Laurie of Fox's "House", Alec Baldwin of NBC's "30 Rock" and America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" all picked up acting awards. Among the networks, ABC edged ahead of the competition with three awards.
"Sunshine"'s win was not entirely without precedent; last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release took home the top film award at the Producers Guild of America's annual awards dinner. But because it had gone 0-for-2 at the Globes, the comedy's win was not a sure thing and so offered an antidote to the predictability of much of the evening.
Greg Kinnear, who plays the beleaguered dad in "Sunshine", lifted up 9-year-old Abigail Breslin so she could reach the mike, Alan Arkin whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, "Thank you".
It fell to Kinnear to thank the movie's two directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. He also cited its "five -- not three, not two, not four -- five great producers," a barb aimed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has decided that it will allow only three of the five producers to pick up the Oscar for best picture if "Sunshine" wins the award, a prospect that seems to be gathering momentum.
Mirren repeated the Royal Flush she executed at the Globes by handily snaring two awards: for female actor in a leading role for "Queen" and female actor in a telefilm or miniseries for "Elizabeth I".
On her first trip to the podium to pick up the TV trophy, she said of the SAG Award, "I love this award more than any other awards." She went on to tell the roomful of mostly American actors, "American film acting has always inspired us and influenced us and impressed us." American film actors, she said, "teach me how to do it basically."
Making a return appearance to accept her second award of the night for Miramax Films' "Queen", she had to admit, "What an incredible night for me personally." True, the actress picked up two SAG Awards in 2002 -- as best supporting actress as well as part of the ensemble cast of "Gosford Park" -- but Sunday night's win arguably carried more weight.
Whitaker, another critics' darling and a Globe winner for playing the late Idi Amin in Searchlight's "Scotland", again was seemingly at a loss for words at first. "It means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award," he said, "to get an award from the people who you work across from and the people you are going to work with, and people that are going to like hopefully, get in the trenches with."
"Dreamgirls'" Hudson showed no evidence of tiring of the march to the podium.
While no one film has dominated the best picture race this awards season, there appears to be a developing unanimity about the year's best actors. As if taking a cue from the Globes, the winning quartet at the SAG Awards, held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, consisted of Forest Whitaker for "The Last King of Scotland", Helen Mirren for "The Queen" and Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls".
Two TV series that also came Globes-certified led the television field with a pair of wins each. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" was hailed for best dramatic ensemble and picked up an award for best female in a drama series, which went to Chandra Wilson, who plays the bossy Miranda Bailey. HBO's "Elizabeth I" copped two awards, for stars Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
NBC's "The Office" prevailed as the best comedy ensemble, while Hugh Laurie of Fox's "House", Alec Baldwin of NBC's "30 Rock" and America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" all picked up acting awards. Among the networks, ABC edged ahead of the competition with three awards.
"Sunshine"'s win was not entirely without precedent; last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release took home the top film award at the Producers Guild of America's annual awards dinner. But because it had gone 0-for-2 at the Globes, the comedy's win was not a sure thing and so offered an antidote to the predictability of much of the evening.
Greg Kinnear, who plays the beleaguered dad in "Sunshine", lifted up 9-year-old Abigail Breslin so she could reach the mike, Alan Arkin whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, "Thank you".
It fell to Kinnear to thank the movie's two directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. He also cited its "five -- not three, not two, not four -- five great producers," a barb aimed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has decided that it will allow only three of the five producers to pick up the Oscar for best picture if "Sunshine" wins the award, a prospect that seems to be gathering momentum.
Mirren repeated the Royal Flush she executed at the Globes by handily snaring two awards: for female actor in a leading role for "Queen" and female actor in a telefilm or miniseries for "Elizabeth I".
On her first trip to the podium to pick up the TV trophy, she said of the SAG Award, "I love this award more than any other awards." She went on to tell the roomful of mostly American actors, "American film acting has always inspired us and influenced us and impressed us." American film actors, she said, "teach me how to do it basically."
Making a return appearance to accept her second award of the night for Miramax Films' "Queen", she had to admit, "What an incredible night for me personally." True, the actress picked up two SAG Awards in 2002 -- as best supporting actress as well as part of the ensemble cast of "Gosford Park" -- but Sunday night's win arguably carried more weight.
Whitaker, another critics' darling and a Globe winner for playing the late Idi Amin in Searchlight's "Scotland", again was seemingly at a loss for words at first. "It means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award," he said, "to get an award from the people who you work across from and the people you are going to work with, and people that are going to like hopefully, get in the trenches with."
"Dreamgirls'" Hudson showed no evidence of tiring of the march to the podium.
If it were not for the comedy Little Miss Sunshine, which topped off Sunday evening by scooping up the award for outstanding performance by a motion picture cast at the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the ceremony might have been mistaken for a replay of the Golden Globe Awards, which took place two weeks ago.
While no one film has dominated the best picture race this awards season, there appears to be a developing unanimity about the year's best actors. As if taking a cue from the Globes, the winning quartet at the SAG Awards, held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, consisted of Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland, Helen Mirren for The Queen and Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls.
Two TV series that also came Globes-certified led the television field with a pair of wins each. ABC's Grey's Anatomy was hailed for best dramatic ensemble and picked up an award for best female in a drama series, which went to Chandra Wilson, who plays the bossy Miranda Bailey. HBO's Elizabeth I copped two awards, for stars Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
NBC's The Office prevailed as the best comedy ensemble, while Hugh Laurie of Fox's House, Alec Baldwin of NBC's 30 Rock and America Ferrera of ABC's Ugly Betty all picked up acting awards. Among the networks, ABC edged ahead of the competition with three awards.
Sunshine's win was not entirely without precedent; last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release took home the top film award at the Producers Guild of America's annual awards dinner. But because it had gone 0-for-2 at the Globes, the comedy's win was not a sure thing and so offered an antidote to the predictability of much of the evening.
Greg Kinnear, who plays the beleaguered dad in Sunshine, lifted up 9-year-old Abigail Breslin so she could reach the mike, Alan Arkin whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, Thank you.
It fell to Kinnear to thank the movie's two directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. He also cited its "five -- not three, not two, not four -- five great producers," a barb aimed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has decided that it will allow only three of the five producers to pick up the Oscar for best picture if Sunshine wins the award, a prospect that seems to be gathering momentum.
Mirren repeated the Royal Flush she executed at the Globes by handily snaring two awards: for female actor in a leading role for Queen and female actor in a telefilm or miniseries for Elizabeth I.
On her first trip to the podium to pick up the TV trophy, she said of the SAG Award, "I love this award more than any other awards." She went on to tell the roomful of mostly American actors, "American film acting has always inspired us and influenced us and impressed us." American film actors, she said, "teach me how to do it basically."
Making a return appearance to accept her second award of the night for Miramax Films' Queen, she had to admit, "What an incredible night for me personally." True, the actress picked up two SAG Awards in 2002 -- as best supporting actress as well as part of the ensemble cast of Gosford Park -- but Sunday night's win arguably carried more weight.
Whitaker, another critics' darling and a Globe winner for playing the late Idi Amin in Searchlight's Scotland, again was seemingly at a loss for words at first. "It means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award," he said, "to get an award from the people who you work across from and the people you are going to work with, and people that are going to like hopefully, get in the trenches with."
Dreamgirls' Hudson showed no evidence of tiring of the march to the podium.
While no one film has dominated the best picture race this awards season, there appears to be a developing unanimity about the year's best actors. As if taking a cue from the Globes, the winning quartet at the SAG Awards, held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, consisted of Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland, Helen Mirren for The Queen and Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls.
Two TV series that also came Globes-certified led the television field with a pair of wins each. ABC's Grey's Anatomy was hailed for best dramatic ensemble and picked up an award for best female in a drama series, which went to Chandra Wilson, who plays the bossy Miranda Bailey. HBO's Elizabeth I copped two awards, for stars Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
NBC's The Office prevailed as the best comedy ensemble, while Hugh Laurie of Fox's House, Alec Baldwin of NBC's 30 Rock and America Ferrera of ABC's Ugly Betty all picked up acting awards. Among the networks, ABC edged ahead of the competition with three awards.
Sunshine's win was not entirely without precedent; last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release took home the top film award at the Producers Guild of America's annual awards dinner. But because it had gone 0-for-2 at the Globes, the comedy's win was not a sure thing and so offered an antidote to the predictability of much of the evening.
Greg Kinnear, who plays the beleaguered dad in Sunshine, lifted up 9-year-old Abigail Breslin so she could reach the mike, Alan Arkin whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, Thank you.
It fell to Kinnear to thank the movie's two directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. He also cited its "five -- not three, not two, not four -- five great producers," a barb aimed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has decided that it will allow only three of the five producers to pick up the Oscar for best picture if Sunshine wins the award, a prospect that seems to be gathering momentum.
Mirren repeated the Royal Flush she executed at the Globes by handily snaring two awards: for female actor in a leading role for Queen and female actor in a telefilm or miniseries for Elizabeth I.
On her first trip to the podium to pick up the TV trophy, she said of the SAG Award, "I love this award more than any other awards." She went on to tell the roomful of mostly American actors, "American film acting has always inspired us and influenced us and impressed us." American film actors, she said, "teach me how to do it basically."
Making a return appearance to accept her second award of the night for Miramax Films' Queen, she had to admit, "What an incredible night for me personally." True, the actress picked up two SAG Awards in 2002 -- as best supporting actress as well as part of the ensemble cast of Gosford Park -- but Sunday night's win arguably carried more weight.
Whitaker, another critics' darling and a Globe winner for playing the late Idi Amin in Searchlight's Scotland, again was seemingly at a loss for words at first. "It means a lot, you know, to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award," he said, "to get an award from the people who you work across from and the people you are going to work with, and people that are going to like hopefully, get in the trenches with."
Dreamgirls' Hudson showed no evidence of tiring of the march to the podium.
- 1/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The capital of the Midwest has spoken: Martin Scorsese's The Departed nabbed best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay Thursday from the Chicago Film Critics Assn.
Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) also continued their Royal Flush of lead actor awards from critics groups nationwide.
Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima won best foreign-language film, and Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth won best documentary.
Best supporting performance awards were given to Rinko Kikuchi for Babel and Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children. Sacha Baron Cohen won the most promising performer award for his work in Borat and "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby." Rian Johnson took home most promising director honors for Brick.
Along with William Monahan's adaptation of the 2002 Hong Kong action drama Infernal Affairs, best original screenplay honors went to Peter Morgan for The Queen.
Rounding out the honors, best cinematography was given to Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men, and best original score went to Clint Mansell for The Fountain.
Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) also continued their Royal Flush of lead actor awards from critics groups nationwide.
Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima won best foreign-language film, and Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth won best documentary.
Best supporting performance awards were given to Rinko Kikuchi for Babel and Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children. Sacha Baron Cohen won the most promising performer award for his work in Borat and "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby." Rian Johnson took home most promising director honors for Brick.
Along with William Monahan's adaptation of the 2002 Hong Kong action drama Infernal Affairs, best original screenplay honors went to Peter Morgan for The Queen.
Rounding out the honors, best cinematography was given to Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men, and best original score went to Clint Mansell for The Fountain.
- 12/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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