22 Friday Lifestyle | Feature Friday, December 14, 2018

Nominees for the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

MOVIES Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book” John David Washington, “BlacKkKlansman.”

Actress: Emily Blunt, “Mary Poppins Returns” Glenn Close, “The Wife” Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” Lady Gaga, “A Star is Born” Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (From left) SAG Awards committee member/actress Elizabeth McLaughlin, SAG Awards Comittee chair & ASAG-AFTRA Foundation president Supporting actor: JoBeth Williams, SAG-AFTRA Diversity Advisory Comittee Chair Jason George, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, Rapper/actress Awk- Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” wafina, actress Laverne Cox, SAG Awards Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson and SAG Awards Committee Woody Schultz attend the 25th Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy” Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations announcement at the Pacific Design Center, in West Hollywood, California. — AFP photos Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman” Sam Elliott Driver, “A Star Is Born” Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” ‘A Star Is Born’ leads US Screen Supporting actress: Amy Adams, “Vice” Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place” Actors Guild nominations Margot Robbie, “Mary, Queen of Scots” Emma Stone, “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite” Cast: “A Star is Born,” Star Is Born” led the pack in the movies category ‘Great performances ignored’ Black Panther,” BlacKkKlansman,” Wednesday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards nomi- On the television side, Oscar-winner Julia Roberts came out Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A nations, seen as a bellwether in the run-up to the Oscars. empty-handed for her role in Amazon drama “Homecoming” as did Crazy Rich Asians.” The music romance reboot earned Bradley Cooper a nod for best Donald Glover for “Atlanta.” “Look at how many great perform- actor, Lady Gaga for best actress and Sam Elliott for best sup- ances were ignored because their films were not popular,” tweeted TELEVISION porting actor. The fourth nomination was for best cast. Sasha Stone, the founder of specialized industry website Awards Actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” the true story of a black police Daily. “Does it have anything whatsoever to do with the perform- Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso” officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white ance? NO. Does it ever? NO. Sorry but no.” Last week, “Vice,” a Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American partner, came in second with three nominations for best actor biopic about Dick Cheney starring Christian Bale as the former US Crime Story” (John David Washington), best supporting actor (Adam Driver) vice president, earned the most Golden Globe nominations with Hugh Grant, “A Very English Scandal” and best cast. Other films nominated for best cast-the SAG’s top six, including best comedy film. Anthony Hopkins, “King Lear” award-are superhero movie “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhap- The movie-which only opens in US theaters on Christmas Day- Bill Pullman, “The Sinner.” sody,” about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, and summer rom- bucked some predictions, earning one more nod than “A Star Is com hit “Crazy Rich Asians.” On the television side, Amazon’s Born.” This year’s awards are taking place after the #MeToo Actress in a TV movie or miniseries: breakout comedy “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and the Netflix movement-sparked by bombshell sexual assault claims against Amy Adams, “Sharp “Objects” drama “Ozark” led the pack with four nominations each. movie mogul Harvey Weinstein-dominated the prizegiving season Patricia Arquette, “Escape From Dannemora” Other shows nominated include FX’s Cold War spy thriller “The last year, as Hollywood dealt with the fallout from the crisis. Al- Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects” Americans,” NBC’s “This Is Us” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the though less high-profile than the Golden Globes, the SAG awards Penelope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American runaway hit series based on the dystopian 1985 novel by Margaret are seen as more of an indicator of Oscars glory, since members Crime Story” Emma Stone, “Maniac.” Atwood. Among the plethora of actors nominated are Antonio represent a disproportionately large section of the roughly 8,000 Banderas, who received an outstanding performance nod for his voters for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Actor in a drama series: portrayal of Pablo Picasso in the National Geographic mini-series 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place on January Jason Bateman, “Ozark” “Genius,” Patricia Arquette for “Escape at Dannamora,” and An- 27 in Los Angeles. Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”; Joseph Fiennes, “The Hand- thony Hopkins for “King Lear.” Some of the surprising snubs for maid’s Tale” movies include Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” seen as an Oscar fron- John Krasinski, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” trunner, “First Man,” about Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, and Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul.” “Widows,” about a group of women who try to pull off a heist after their husbands are killed in a botched robbery. Actress in a drama series: Julia Garner, “Ozark” Laura Linney, “Ozark” Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale” Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”; Robin Wright, “House of Cards.”

Actor in a comedy series: Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method” Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method” Bill Hader, “Barry” Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Henry Winkler, “Barry.”

Actress in a comedy series: Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Alison Brie, “GLOW” Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” In this file photo US singer and actress Lady Gaga (left) and US actor Laverne Cox (left) and Awkwafina speak onstage during the 25th Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie” and filmmaker Bradley Cooper pose on the red carpet upon arrival Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations Announcement Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie.” for the UK premiere of the film “A Star is Born” in central London. at Pacific Design Center.