SAG Award Nominees Announced

The nominations for the Screen Actor's Guild Awards have been announced, and Into the Wild leads the pack. Yay!

Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener and Hal Holbrook all picked up nominations, and the film was nominated for Best Ensemble. Other multi-nominated films include Michael Clayton and No Country for Old Men.

On the television side, I'm psyched to see that Mad Men grabbed nods for it's star (Jon Hamm) and ensemble, and glad to see Christina Applegate recognized for Samantha Who?

Here are the nominees...

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ACTOR
George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
Ryan Gosling - "Lars And The Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch- "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"

ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard - "La Vie en rose"
Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page - "Juno"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"
Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "I’m Not There"
Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"
Catherine Keener - "Into the Wild"
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

ENSEMBLE CAST
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Hairspray"
"American Gangster"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"

TELEVISION

ACTOR IN A TELEFILM OR MINISERIES
Michael Keaton - "The Company" (TNT)
Kevin Kline - "As You Like It" (HBO)
Oliver Platt - "The Bronx is Burning" (ESPN)
Sam Shepard - "Ruffian" (ABC)
John Turturro - "The Bronx is Burning" (ESPN)

ACTRESS IN A TELEFILM OR MINISERIES
Ellen Burstyn - "Mitch Albom's For One More Day" (ABC)
Debra Messing - "The Starter Wife" (USA)
Anna Paquin - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (HBO)
Queen Latifah - "Life Support" (HBO)
Vanessa Redgrave - "The Fever" (HBO)
Gena Rowlands - "What If God Were the Sun?" (Lifetime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close - "Damages"
Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
James Gandolfini - "The Sopranos"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
James Spader - "Boston Legal"

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
Ricky Gervais - "Extras"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"
Vanessa Williams - "Ugly Betty"

DRAMA ENSEMBLE
"Boston Legal"
"The Closer"
"Grey's Antatomy"
"Mad Men"
"The Sopranos"

COMEDY ENSEMBLE
"30 Rock"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Entourage"
"The Office
"Ugly Betty"



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Great Performance: Into the Wild's Emile Hirsch

Have you seen Into the Wild? If not, RUN, do not walk, to a theater to see this brilliant movie.

A large part of the reason the movie is so successful is the transcendant performance of Emile Hirsch. I had seen Hirsch in Alpha Dog last year, and had heard about his role in the upcoming Speed Racer, but I was completely unprepared for the tour de force he delivers in this movie. His character, Chris McCandless, a graduate of Emory University, walks into the Alaskan wilderness in 1992 to "find himself." And he never walks out.

While it would be easy to peg Chris as a nutcase or a self-indulgent narcissist, Hirsch's performance defies such easy characterizations. He is simulatenously charming and maddening, seeking both solitude and also genuine connection. At moments you want to punch him in the face; at other moments you want to hold him in your arms. Hirsch is 100% believable at every turn. It is a truly breathtaking performance.

And he's sooooooo cute!

If you haven't yet seen the film, check it out. You won't be sorry.

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No Country, Juno, Clooney, Christie and Burton Pick Up NBR Awards

Don't you just love Awards season??

The National Board of Review has named this year's winners, with The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men claiming the top prize. Best Actor and Actress went to George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Julie Christie (Away From Her), while Casey Affleck (The Assasination of Jesse James...) and Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby, Gone) picked up awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress.

Tim Burton, meanwhile, grabbed the award for Best Director, while Emile Hirsch (stunning in Into the Wild) and Ellen Page (Juno) took home the Breakthrough Awards.

In addition to No Country, NBR's top 10 films of the year were:

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bucket List
Into The Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Lars And The Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd