Last night the guild had their award ceremony, which, to be honest, was not very entertaining, and waiting for the top film awards was impossible for me as I went to sleep like a baby while the television awards were given. I was still able to watch videos of the awards I missed today.
The show opened with film supporting roles, with the first award going to Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln, which was very unexpected and now opens the Oscar supporting actor race even more, plus it makes guessing the winner harder. Many were already speculating that Lincoln was the top contender to win Oscar Best Picture, but with tonight’s results, it is obvious that Argo is still a top contender. For me, the race is still between Argo and Lincoln.
Believe that with this win, Daniel Day-Lewis secured his third Oscar, which will probably be a record for the stats book. It is a safe bet to say that Anne Hathaway will win an Oscar in the supporting actress category, and I still believe that the Best Actress race is open with Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain competing for the award.
I can’t help but comment that in the television categories there were some surprises, like great Downton Abbey beating Homeland and Bryan Cranston beating Damian Lewis, so if you wish to check winners, go here.
The first industry group to announce their nominations will give us an idea of how close or far away critics’ are from those that actually vote for the Academy Awards and represent the largest group in all guilds, so their vote matters.
The award ceremony will be on Sunday, January 27, 2013 and will be simulcast live from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS starting at 8 p.m. EST.
These are the nominees announced by Busy Philipps and Taye Diggs a few minutes ago.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
*Argo (Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Kerry Biche, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Denham, Tate Donovan, Clea Duvall, Victor Garber, John Goodman, Scoot McNairy, Chris Messina)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, and Penelope Wilton)
Les Misérables (Isabelle Allen, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Huttlestone, Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Tveit, and Colm Wilkinson)
Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, and David Strathairn
Silver Linings Playbook (Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, and Jacki Weaver)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren in Hitchcock
Naomi Watts in The Impossible
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Sally Field in Lincoln
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
Helen Hunt in The Sessions
Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy
Maggie Smith in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
John Hawkes in The Sessions
Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
Denzel Washington in Flight
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin in Argo
Javier Bardem in Skyfall
Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Misérables
*Skyfall
I have to comment that TV nominations were extremely predictable and repetitive from last year; I can even predict some winners at this moment, but check them anyway right now in the press release, as later all nominations will be in the Awards tab.
Now I’m almost certain that Marion Cotillard will get an Oscar nomination again, and in my opinion, she truly deserves the honor as she was outstanding in Rust and Bone. I do not know if Emmanuelle Riva was eligible (meaning if she’s a SAG member), but definitively, she is a strong contender for Oscar Best Actress.
Most surprising are Nicole Kidman’s two nominations (Paperboy and TV Hemingway & Gellhorn), and definitively, this year belongs to Maggie Smith with a whopping four (4) nominations (2 for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and 2 for Downton Abbey).
The cast category has movies that already have strong Oscar buzz, with the exception of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; most surprising is Zero Dark Thirty’s cast not being in this category, but we will find out the reason why.
There are no surprises in both Male actor categories (I was expecting Bardem to get a nod), even if they snubbed Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro. For those questioning why Beasts of the Southern Wild has no nominations, I remind you that the film had no actors and was not eligible.
In general, critics and this guild are not that far from each other, as films plus actors with more buzz and critics’ honors are almost the same.
