Screen Actors Guild Award Winners 2015

Over the weekend, we had the Producer's Guild Awards and the Screen Actor's Guild Awards announce their winners for the past year of film making. At the PGA's, the producers of Birdman, The Lego Movie, TV's Breaking Bad and Fargo won the big prizes while there was a fascinating spread of movies that won at the SGA's. Below I have listed the nominees (for the movie categories) and in bold are the winners. Not one movie had two winners, meaning that The Theory of Everything, Still Alice, Whiplash, Boyhood and Birdman all picked up awards. It's great to see all these films picking up something and it will be very interesting to see if this is repeated at the Oscars.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
STEVE CARELL Foxcatcher
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Imitation Game
JAKE GYLLENHAAL Nightcrawler
MICHAEL KEATON Birdman
EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JENNIFER ANISTON Cake
FELICITY JONES The Theory of Everything
JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice
ROSAMUND PIKE Gone Girl
REESE WITHERSPOON Wild

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ROBERT DUVALL The Judge
ETHAN HAWKE Boyhood
EDWARD NORTON Birdman
MARK RUFFALO Foxcatcher
J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY The Imitation Game
EMMA STONE Birdman
MERYL STREEP Into the Woods 
NAOMI WATTS St Vincent

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD

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THE IMITATION GAME

 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Screen Actors Guild Award Winners 2014

The Screen Actors Guild Award winners were announced last night with very few surprises. Here are the full list of nominees. The only one out of these I didn't predict correctly was American Hustle for Best Cast. I'm gutted that the 12 Years A Slave cast didn't get that. After the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice and now these, it looks like we've got a couple of absolute dead certs for best actor and actress with Blanchett and McConaughey looking unbeatable.

Fingers crossed 12 Years A Slave will be the Best Picture winner on the big night and not American Hustle and I'd also really like to see Leto and Nyong'o repeat their success at the Oscars. As usual there were a bunch of other winners so here is the full list.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
American Hustle  

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

The only one of these that doesn't seem right to me is the American Hustle win. The cast were excellent but I just feel that either 12 Years A Slave or Dallas Buyers Club had stronger casts that had to give bigger and braver performances. Perhaps I'm just swayed by the emotional battering of these two as opposed to the more light-hearted American Hustle.

Either way, it looks like I might as well kiss goodbye to that £2 I bet on Ejiofor to win Best Actor at the BAFTAS. That was a dumb move placing that bet before the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and Screen Actors award winners were announced. Ejiofor was the favourite when I placed the bet but I suspect he won't be anymore!! Producers Guild Awards are tonight and the list of nominees are here.

For more awards coverage at I Love That Film, please check out:

Who will win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014?

Critics' Choice Winners 2014 

Oscar nominations 2014 

Who will win at the Critics' Choice Awards 2014? 

Golden Globes winners and losers 

BAFTA 2014 Nominations

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2014-screen-actors-guild-awards-winners#y44I2SKzqrMBMVJM.99

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2014-screen-actors-guild-awards-winners#y44I2SKzqrMBMVJM.99

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2014-screen-actors-guild-awards-winners#y44I2SKzqrMBMVJM.99

Who will win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014?

Below are the nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards for 2014. The winners will be announced tonight January 18th and should give a further clue as to who might be winning at those all important Oscars in March. I have highlighted who I think or would like to win in each category and just click the titles to read my reviews of the films I have already seen.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
12 Years A Slave 
American Hustle  
August: Osage County
Dallas Buyers Club
The Butler

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years A Slave 
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club
Forest Whitaker, The Butler 
Bruce Dern, Nebraska  

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michael Fassbender 12 Years A Slave 
Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Daniel Bruhl Rush

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years A Slave 
Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle 
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler

The rest of the awards are for TV with Breaking Bad looking like it might clean up a bit with Cranston, Gunn and the ensemble all nominated. It's also good to see both Dinklage and the Game of Thrones ensemble also nominated though I suspect this year will undoubtedly belong to Breaking Bad. What do you think of the nominees?

For more awards coverage at I Love That Film, please check out:

Critics' Choice Winners 2014 
Oscar nominations 2014 
Who will win at the Critics' Choice Awards 2014? 
Golden Globes winners and losers 
BAFTA 2014 Nominations