Stars Will Shine at Screen Actors Guild Awards

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/25/stars-will-shine-at-sag-awards/

by James Parks, Jan 25, 2008

This Sunday, spend some quality time with Nikki Blonsky, Josh Bolin, Steve Carell, Russell Crowe, Ruby Dee, Kate Hudson, Tommy Lee Jones, John Travolta and Vanessa Williams. These union members will honor winners at the nation’s only all-union awards show—the 14th Annual SAG Awards

SAG is America’s largest union representing working actors, with 120,000 members in film, television, commercials, video games, music videos and other new media. The SAG Awards is the only nationally televised awards show of any kind that honors the work of union members.

The show will air this Sunday, Jan.27, on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. EST and PST, and at 7 p.m. elsewhere.


Charles Durning: Winner of SAG Life Achievement Award.


SAG members also know what solidarity is all about. The actors have been some of the strongest supporters of the Writers Guild strike, marching on the picket line and refusing to cross the line to appear on talk shows that have not signed deals with the writers. The striking writers, citing the tremendous support and solidarity from SAG members, agreed not to picket the SAG Awards.

This year, the nominees for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role in film are George Clooney in “Michael Clayton,” Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood,” Ryan Gosling in “Lars And The Real Girl,” Emile Hirsch in “Into The Wild” and Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises.”Nominees for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role are Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” Julie Christie in “Away From Her,” Marion Cotillard in “La Vie En Rose,” Angelina Jolie in “A Mighty Heart” and Ellen Page in “Juno.”

In prime-time television, the nominees for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series are James Gandolfini in “The Sopranos,” Michael C. Hall in “Dexter,” Jon Hamm in “Mad Men,” Hugh Laurie in “House” and James Spader in “Boston Legal.”
The nominees for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series are Glenn Close in “Damages,” Edie Falco in “The Sopranos,” Sally Field in “Brothers & Sisters,” Holly Hunter in “Saving Grace” and Kyra Sedgwick in “The Closer.”

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1. I've seen several photos of actors at the writer's picket lines

they understand the importance of solidarity.