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SAG Awards 2013 Nominees: Unveiled!

In an exciting bit of TV and movie news , the nominations for the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards, airing January 27 on TNT, were unveiled this morning. Oscar bait Lincoln and Silver Linings Playboook , starring Bradley Cooper and Most Desirable Woman of 2012 Jennifer Lawrence , led the way in the movie space. Both films earned four nods; Les Miserables earned three. Modern Family, Downton Abbey and Homeland were the most celebrated TV shows, along with other critical favorites. Who else was nominated and snubbed? Check out the full list of SAG Awards nominees below … Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture “Argo” “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” “Les Miserables” “Lincoln” “Silver Linings Playbook” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper — “Silver Linings Playbook” Daniel Day-Lewis — “Lincoln” John Hawkes — “The Sessions” Hugh Jackman — “Les Miserables” Denzel Washington — “Flight” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jessica Chastain — “Zero Dark Thirty” Marion Cotillard — “Rust and Bone” Jennifer Lawrence — “Silver Linings Playbook” Helen Mirren — “Hitchcock” Naomi Watts — “The Impossible” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Arkin — “Argo” Javier Bardem — “Skyfall” Robert DeNiro — “Silver Linings Playbook” Philip Seymour Hoffman — “The Master” Tommy Lee Jones — “Lincoln” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Sally Field — “Lincoln” Anne Hathaway — “Les Miserables” Helen Hunt — “The Sessions” Nicole Kidman — “The Paperboy” Maggie Smith — “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series “Boardwalk Empire” “Breaking Bad” “Downton Abbey” “Homeland” “Mad Men” Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series “30 Rock” “The Big Bang Theory” “Glee” “Modern Family” “Nurse Jackie” “The Office” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Steve Buscemi — “Boardwalk Empire” Bryan Cranston — “Breaking Bad” Jeff Daniels — “The Newsroom” Jon Hamm — “Mad Men” Damian Lewis — “Homeland” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Claire Danes — “Homeland” Michelle Dockery — “Downton Abbey” Jessica Lange — “American Horror Story: Asylum” Julianna Marguiles — “The Good Wife” Maggie Smith — “Downton Abbey” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin — “30 Rock” Ty Burrell — “Modern Family” Louis C.K. — “Louie” Jim Parsons — “The Big Bang Theory” Eric Stonestreet — “Modern Family” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Edie Falco — “Nurse Jackie” Tina Fey — “30 Rock” Amy Poehler — “Parks and Recreation” Sofia Vergara — “Modern Family” Betty White — “Hot in Cleveland” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Kevin Costner — “Hatfields & McCoys” Woody Harrelson — “Game Change” Ed Harris — “Game Change” Clive Owen — “Hemingway and Gellhorn” Bill Pullman — “Hatfields & McCoys” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Nicole Kidman — “Hemingway and Gellhorn” Julianne Moore — “Game Change” Charlotte Rampling — “Restless” Sigourney Weaver — “Political Animals” Alfre Woodard — “Steel Magnolias”

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Weekend Receipts: The Grey Howls in First

Let’s hear it for Gang Grey , which handily sprinted off with first place at the weekend box office while fellow newcomers One For the Money and Man on a Ledge settled a little more quietly into their own top-five niches. A couple of unremarkable holdovers fared not much better, but hey. At least now we can look forward to February! Your Weekend Receipts are here. 1. The Grey Gross: $20,000,000 (new) Screens: 3,185 (PSA $6,279) Weeks: 1 Audiences got behind the Liam Neeson man-against-the-frozen-wild thriller in a big way — a surprisingly big way, if you believe some box-office observers. But come on: Since Taken in 2009, Neeson hasn’t led a wide release that opened below $20,000,000. And he’s only supported in one — The Next Three Days , which bombed out under $7,000,000 in 2010. Give the guy some credit! Big ups as well to distributors Open Road Films, who’ve hopefully shaken off their machismo-factory false start Killer Elite and can move forward accordingly. First start: Getting guys (and their dates) to come out for Super Bowl weekend and hold this movie up in Week Two. Developing… 2. Underworld: Awakening Gross: $12,500,000 ($45,126,000) Screens: 3,078 (PSA $4,061) Weeks: 2 (Change: -50.6%) Actually, 50 percent is a surprisingly low drop for this one against three new wide releases, so hats off to Screen Gems! Place your bets now as to whether or not it has what it takes to beat the franchise’s second installment, Underworld: Evolution , as the series’ highest grosser at $62.3 million. The math says “not likely,” but it’ll be close. 3. One For the Money Gross: $11,750,000 (new) Screens: 2,737 (PSA: $4,293) Weeks: 1 Well, that should just about do it for Katherine Heigl’s plans for a Stephanie Plum franchise. If this was One For the Money , I’d hate to think how the putative sequel, Two For the Dough , would be rebranded. Two For the Oyyy ? Two For Whatever Pocket Change You’ve Got on You ? Two For Anything But Another Katherine Heigl Comedy ? You tell me. 4. Red Tails Gross: $10,400,000 ($33,780,000) Screens: 2,573 (PSA $4,042) Weeks: 2 (Change: -44.6%) Needs more Liam Neeson. 5. Man on a Ledge Gross: $8,300,000 (new) Screens: 2,998 (PSA $2,769) Weeks: 1 Ouch . First the What to Expect When You’re Expecting poster , now this. It just wasn’t Elizabeth Banks’s week. That’ll teach her to take second billing to Sam Worthington. Seriously, Hollywood, stop doing that! [Figures via Box Office Mojo ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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6 Takeaways From the DGA and SAG Awards Weekend

The most demoralizing awards season in recent memory continued over the weekend, with the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild handing out their hardware to pretty much everyone you expected to receive it. I’ll factor all this into Oscar Index on Wednesday for a complete-race breakdown, but here are the five basic takeaways worth keeping in mind: 1. The Artist is not coming back. Michel Hazanavicius’s DGA win for Best Director, paired with last weekend’s Producers Guild win for Best Picture, all but cements The Artist ‘s standing as the thoroughbred way, way out in front of the Oscar pack. It isn’t about to slow up, either; the most that the teams behind such films as The Descendants , The Help and Hugo can hope for is that their principals cure cancer this week. And even that might not be enough goodwill to ratchet up their momentum. 2. Michel Hazanavicius/Tom Hooper/Quentin Tarantino are to 2012 what Robert Rodriguez/Kevin Smith/Quentin Tarantino were to 1994. If mellow is what wins, then Harvey Weinstein will give awards voters mellow. He’s about to go two-for-two with this (mostly) new stable of directorial talent, having previously made nominees of Tarantino and (ahem) Stephen Daldry. Next up in 2013, it’s Tarantino again with Django Unchained and Paul Thomas Anderson perhaps giving us back some edge as well with his new one. But mostly just look for Harvey to continue making whatever myths he can in the perennial quest to bolster his own. 3. Bank on Viola Davis. It’s not so much the precursors won — her SAG and Critics Choice awards for Best Actress, for example — that now have her ahead of Meryl Streep in the Oscar race. It’s her extraordinary class and grace and humility in accepting her plaudits — her belief in her work, her colleagues, and the power of what they created. Only the Artist gang has really shown any ability to match that, and thus look for both to be rewarded next month with the majority of the Academy’s top prizes — including… 4. Jean Dujardin should pull through. I don’t know what surveys or rankings some experts were reading that made Dujardin’s SAG win on Sunday an ” upset .” Movieline’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics has had the guy tracking in the lead for two months now , with Clooney only recently pulling even after the Golden Globes. Now Dujardin returns to the solo lead, probably for good. Big deal. 5. The Academy embarrassed itself nominating Glenn Close. I don’t have much outrage left about this year’s Oscar class, but just watching another goddamn tired Albert Nobbs clip and seeing Tilda Swinton’s gracious recognition of her own SAG nomination and thinking about Swinton and Charlize Theron and Kirsten Dunst and Elizabeth Olsen and at least three or four other actresses more worthy of Close’s Oscar nomination and what could have been had me so irretrievably embittered all over again. What a bunch of bozos we’ve built this beat around. Or maybe we’re the bozos. Either way, it’s a waste. 6. It won’t get any better next year. Who’s ready for the great John Hawkes ( The Surrogate )/Daniel Day Lewis ( Lincoln ) battle of 2013? I said, who’s ready — enh, forget it. And for the record, find the complete list of SAG motion picture award winners below. Congrats to all! 18th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RECIPIENTS THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role JEAN DUJARDIN / George – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal – “BEGINNERS” (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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SAG Awards 2012 Winners List

‘The Help’ nabs Best Ensemble’ in a stunning upset, while awards-show fave ‘The Artist’ leaves light on wins. By Eric Ditzian Octavia Spencer at the SAG Awards on Sunday Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images The SAG Awards, as we have noted , often have a curious way of letting us know what the Oscars are going to deliver. So when the Screen Actors Guild doled out its golden statuettes on Sunday night (January 29), we couldn’t help but feel there were more than a few hints at how the Academy Awards might shake out in a few weeks. What are we to make of the upset SAG win for “The Help” in outstanding cast in a movie, for instance? Where does this leave “The Artist,” which had been looking increasingly, inevitably like the big champ come Oscar night, yet only won outstanding male performance (Jean Dujardin) at the SAGs? Things were more predictable on the TV side of things. In 2012, for the second year in a row, “Modern Family” (Outstanding Cast in a Comedy) and “Boardwalk Empire” (Outstanding Cast in a Drama and a Lead Actor win for Steve Buscemi) had strong showings. Check out the full list of winners: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture “Bridesmaids” “The Artist” “The Descendants” “The Help” “Midnight in Paris” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role George Clooney, “The Descendants” Demian Bichir, “A Better Life” Leonardo DiCaprio, “J. Edgar” Jean Dujardin, “The Artist” Brad Pitt, “Moneyball” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn” Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs” Viola Davis, “The Help” Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady” Tilda Swinton, “We Need to Talk About Kevin” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nick Nolte, “Warrior” Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn” Armie Hammer, “J. Edgar” Jonah Hill, “Moneyball” Christopher Plummer, “Beginners” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Octavia Spencer, “The Help” Berenice Bejo, “The Artist” Jessica Chastain, “The Help” Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids” Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs” Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture “The Adjustment Bureau” “Cowboys & Aliens” “Harry Potter and the Deahtly Hallows – Part 2” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” “X-Men: First Class” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie Or Miniseries Laurence Fishburne, “Thurgood” Paul Giamatti, “Too Big to Fail” Greg Kinnear, “The Kennedys” Guy Pearce, “Mildred Pierce” James Woods, “Too Big to Fail” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie Or Miniseries Diane Lane, “Cinema Verite” Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey” Emily Watson, “Appropriate Adult” Betty White, “The Lost Valentine” Kate Winslet, “Mildred Pierce” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Patrick J. Adams, “Suits” Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire” Kyle Chandler, “Friday Night Lights” Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” Michael C. Hall, “Dexter” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Kathy Bates, “Harry’s Law” Glenn Close, “Damages” Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story” Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer” Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” Steve Carell, “The Office” Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men” Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family” Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Julie Bowen, “Modern Family” Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” Tina Fey, “30 Rock” Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family” Betty White, “Hot In Cleveland” Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series “Boardwalk Empire” “Breaking Bad” “Dexter” “Game of Thrones” “The Good Wife” Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series “30 Rock” “The Big Bang Theory” “Glee” “Modern Family” “The Office” Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series “Dexter” “Game of Thrones” “Southland” “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” “True Blood” Screen Actors Guild Awards 48th Annual Life Achievement Award Mary Tyler Moore Stick with MTV News all night for the 2012 SAG Awards winners, and don’t miss all the fashion from the red carpet ! Related Photos Backstage At The 2012 SAG Awards

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SAG Awards Continue Christian Bale, Natalie Portman Winning Streak

‘The Fighter’ star Melissa Leo and ‘The King’s Speech’ actor Colin Firth also rack up awards. By Mawuse Ziegbe Christian Bale onstage at the 2011 SAG Awards Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images The Hollywood awards season continues to trek along, and on Sunday night (January 30), the performers honored their leading lights at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. In an evening of few upsets, 2011 awards-season darlings like Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Colin Firth and Melissa Leo continued to cement their status as names to watch along the road to Oscar. Bale was joined onstage by real-life inspiration, Dicky Eklund, when he scored Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for “The Fighter.” Bale also dished out advice to aspiring actors, saying that it helps that he finds people fascinating but added, “Bumping into Mark Wahlberg ain’t bad.” Natalie Portman extended her awards-show winning streak by nabbing Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for “Black Swan.” Swathing her budding baby bump in a white Azzaro gown, the former child star expressed gratitude for being able to finish her education and shouted out her parents for instilling in her that she “can never be an a–hole.” Colin Firth also sprinkled some heartfelt humor into his speech when he accepted the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. “The King’s Speech” actor joked about once hoping his SAG card would land him “female attention” and entry into nightclubs and, after sizing up the A-list talent in the room, thanked security for letting him into the building. When Leo nabbed Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her role in the “The Fighter,” she hugged her co-star and fellow nominee Amy Adams and gleefully bolted toward the stage in a glittery gown, which she briefly tripped on as she reached for the award. The actress aptly took the win to pump up the importance of the guild, saying, “Unions make this country great, because it gives a voice to the working people.” Alec Baldwin and Betty White gave the first statuette of the evening to Steve Buscemi for his portrayal of a gleefully corrupt Prohibition-era politician on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” The star looked visibly touched during his first SAG win, and shouted out “Empire” director Martin Scorsese, imploring the legendary film architect — who has recently fallen ill — to “please come back.” The entire “Empire” cast later headed back onstage when they took home Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. “Desperate Housewives” siren Eva Longoria, rocking a silvery Georges Hobeika gown with a plunging neckline, and “Glee” jock Cory Monteith handed over the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series trophy to Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife.” Accepting her second consecutive SAG win for the role, she thanked the teamsters for digging everyone out of the snow on the show’s set. Amy Poehler introduced the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series category by saying she likes her actors, and her sandwiches, “real,” “warm” and “heavy on the meat.” Baldwin walked away with the meaty win for his fifth consecutive “30 Rock” win. First-time SAG winner Betty White looked genuinely surprised when she accepted the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series award and received a standing ovation. After speaking about how she was “so lucky to be 89” and still working, she tossed in some cheeky humor by briefly fondling the nude statuette’s backside and wrapping her fingers around its groin area. One of the few actors in the room able to boast more experience than White was 94-year-old Oscar-winning legend Ernest Borgnine, who accepted the SAG Life Achievement Award following an introduction from his “McHale’s Navy” co-star Tim Conway and fellow “Red” actor Morgan Freeman. The guild also saluted late stars like Leslie Nielsen, Lynne Redgrave and Lena Horne in the “In Memoriam” segment. The event also lauded actors who have made a big impact within the short span of a television commercial with a montage that celebrated everyone from the bubbly chick in the Progressive insurance ads to Clara Peller’s inescapable Wendy’s catchphrase “Where’s the beef?” All the A-listers in “The King’s Speech” were honored with the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but Geoffrey Rush took the opportunity to spotlight some of the cast’s younger actors, pointing out the brief performance of a stammering student. Other winners included Claire Danes for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for “Temple Grandin”; “You Don’t Know Jack” star Al Pacino for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries; and the cast of “Modern Family” for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. While many of the 2011 awards-season champions like Portman, Bale and Leo were honored, other fan and critical favorites like “The Social Network” and “Glee” went home empty-handed. What did you think of this year’s SAG Awards? Let us know in the comments! For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos 2011 SAG Awards Highlights Screen Actors Guild Awards: Red Carpet Interviews Related Photos 2011 SAG Awards Red Carpet 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Show

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Winners! Complete List From the 2010 SAG Awards

Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock   __________ See who’s up for some love…

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