Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians) and Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black) announced the nominations and joked about their height difference, while pronouncing all the names beautifully, being totally gorgeous, and staying enthusiastic about the whole damn thing. We thank them profusely because the ACTUAL nominations were among the worst we've ever seen in our long history of awards-watching and we might have experienced dry-heaving ourselves had we been forced to read them off.
Did the SAG nominating committees only screen 8 movies and 7 tv shows this year?
Screen Actors Guild rules make voting your conscience about who is supporting and lead impossible (the members are required to vote however the actor is campaigned by the studio) unless you are conscientous enough to just not nominate the person if they are cheating... as we are when we vote on such things... but most nominators aren't. So this year we have even worse Category Fraud than usual -- there is barely a Supporting Actress category this year, at all, which is such a shame given all the worthy actual supporting female actors out there.
The nominations and some comments after the jump...
MOVIE AWARDS
Female Actor, Leading Role
- 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
We've been predicting these five for the Oscar for awhile and it looks like they're going to hold despite a very rich lead actress field that also includes Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Carey Mulligan, Charlize Theron, Viola Davis, Elsie Fisher, and more...
IF there is a surprise we suspect that McCarthy is the vulnerable one.
Male Actor, Leading Role
- Christan Bale, VICE
- Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN
- Rami Malek, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
- Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK
- John David Washington, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Perhaps we have to start considering that Washington has a better shot at Oscar than we've previously thought? On the other hand, SAG often defers to their best picture preferences for acting awards (see also Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love and many others that didn't transfer to Oscar)
We still believe that Ethan Hawke is going to make the Oscar list. If Washington gets in he's going to displace someone else and people will be surprised. But Hawke is going to make it in.
Supporting Actress Female
- Amy Adams, VICE
- Emily Blunt, A QUIET PLACE
- Margot Robbie, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
- Emma Stone, THE FAVOURITE
- Rachel Weisz, THE FAVOURITE
This category is ABSURD. There are only 2 supporting performances in it. That's 40% supporting performances in a supporting category. Boo. We're just going to ignore it despite "supporting actress" being a category we are inordinately fond of moving forward.
Supporting Actor, Male
- Mahershala Ali, GREEN BOOK
- Timothée Chalamet, BEAUTIFUL BOY
- Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN
- Sam Elliott, A STAR IS BORN
- Richard E Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
This appears to be the Oscar five with so many other worthy performances out there that just couldn't muster traction. That said if anyone is slightly vulnerable here it's Timothée Chalamet so if he's weaker than he appears (he's the only contender that isn't partially buoyed by traction in other categories for the same film). If he drops at the last second, expect Michael B Jordan from Black Panther or someone from Vice to replace him.
Ensemble
- BLACK PANTHER
- BLACKKKLANSMAN
- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
- CRAZY RICH ASIANS
- A STAR IS BORN
FOR FUCK'S SAKE, ACTORS. Who thinks the supporting cast of Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best casts of the year? It's the Malek show. And you already nominated him! I can name 30 movies from 2018 with stronger casts, instantly and without even looking at my spreadsheet. PLEASE READ OUR ANNUAL EXPOSE ON WHO WAS SNUBBED IN THIS CATEGORY DESPITE THEIR FILM BEING NOMINATED. IT'S ALWAYS MADDENING!
Black Panther is the obvious future winner we think... and it's the "cast" nomination that's the most complete without any egregiously shunned actors, Crazy Rich Asians, A Star is Born and BlacKkKlansman all skipped like half of their key players.
who were their stunt doubles?Stunt Ensemble
- ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
- AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
- THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
- BLACK PANTHER
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -FALLOUT
3/5 on our predictions here but very happy about Ant-Man and the Wasp's inclusion. Definitely didn't see Buster Scruggs coming. A bit surprised that A Quiet Place isn't here.
TV AWARDS
Female Actor Drama Series
- Julia Garner, OZARK
- Laura Linney, OZARK
- Elisabeth Moss, THE HANDMAID'S TALE
- Sandra Oh, KILLING EVE
- Robin Wright, HOUSE OF CARDS
Male Actor Drama Series
- Jason Bateman, OZARK
- Sterling K Brown, THIS IS US
- Joseph Fiennes, THE HANDMAID'S TALE
- John Krasinksi, JACK RYAN
- Bob Odenkirk, BETTER CALL SAUL
Drama Ensemble
- THE AMERICANS
- BETTER CALL SAUL
- THE HANDMAID'S TALE
- OZARK
- THIS IS US
Female Actor in Comedy Series
- Alex Borstein, MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL
- Alison Brie, GLOW
- Rachel Brosnaham, MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL
- Jane Fonda, GRACE & FRANKIE
- Lily Tomlin, GRACE & FRANKIE
SAG's strange insistence on one size fits all categories (no supporting or lead differentiation) makes their honorees so insanely limited. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and The Kominsky Method and The Handmaid's Tale and Ozarks basically hogged the individual nominations AND the ensemble nominations. It's crazy!
Male Actor in a Comedy Series
- Alan Arkin, KOMINSKY METHOD
- Michael Douglas, KOMINSKY METHOD
- Bill Hader, BARRY
- Tony Shalhoub, MARVEOUS MRS
- Henry Winkler, BARRY
Comedy Ensemble
- ATLANTA
- BARRY
- GLOW
- THE KOMINKSY METHOD
- MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL
Female Actor Miniseries/Movie
- Amy Adams, SHARP OBJECTS
- Patricia Arquette, ESCAPE TO DANNEMORA
- Patricia Clarkson, SHARP OBJECTS
- Penelope Cruz, ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
- Emma Stone, MANIAC
Male Actor Limited Series, Movie
- Antonio Banders, GENIUS: PICASSO
- Darren Criss, ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
- Hugh Grant, A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
- Anthony Hopkins, KING LEAR
- Bill Pullman, THE SINNER
Stunt Ensemble
- DAREDEVIL
- GLOW
- JACK RYAN
- THE WALKING DEAD
- WESTWORLD
Good list for the stunts, donch'a think? Although the absence year after year of Into the Badlands which is like 80% crazy stunt fighting is bizarre.
OVERALL TAKEAWAY 2018. THIS IS A UNIQUELY EMBARRASSING YEAR FOR THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD; THE STUNT PEOPLE ARE BETTER JUDGES OF THEIR OWN CRAFT THAN THE ACTORS ARE.