{"id":193828,"date":"2018-12-13T05:35:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T10:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=193828"},"modified":"2018-12-13T05:35:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T10:35:25","slug":"a-star-is-born-tops-sag-awards-nominations-snubs-abound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/13\/a-star-is-born-tops-sag-awards-nominations-snubs-abound\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A Star Is Born’ tops SAG Awards nominations, snubs abound"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Lady Gaga at the premiere of A Star Is Born, 2018 Toronto Film Festival (Photo<\/a>: GabboT\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d led nominations for the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nods including best ensemble on Wednesday, firmly establishing Bradley Cooper’s romantic revival as this year’s Academy Awards front runner.<\/p>\n

In nominations announced in West Hollywood, Calif., the actors guild \u2014 one of the most predictive bellwethers of the Oscars \u2014 threw cold water on the awards campaigns of numerous contenders while elevating others. But \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d fared the best of all, landing nominations for Cooper (best male actor), Lady Gaga (best female actor) and Sam Elliott (best supporting male actor).<\/p>\n

The other nominees for the group’s top award, best ensemble, were: \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d and \u201cCrazy Rich Asians.\u201d<\/p>\n

That category is the most closely watched because only once in the last two decades has the eventual Oscars best picture winner not been nominated for best ensemble at the SAG Awards. The one aberration, though, was last year, when Guillermo del Toro’s \u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d overcame the SAG omission on its way to winning best picture.<\/p>\n

Unless a new trend is forming, that’s worrisome news for Oscar hopefuls like \u201cVice,\u201d Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic (which led last week’s Golden Globe nominations); Alfonso Cuaron’s Netflix drama \u201cRoma\u201d (the overwhelming choice of critics groups); and the 1962 road trip \u201cGreen Book.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVice\u201d still scored SAG nods for Christian Bale and Amy Adams, just as \u201cGreen Book\u201d won nominations for Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.<\/p>\n

But \u201cRoma\u201d was shut out entirely, as was Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong drama \u201cFirst Man\u201d and Barry Jenkins’ Harlem love story \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk.\u201d Most expected Regina King of \u201cBeale Street\u201d to be among the supporting female actor nominees.<\/p>\n

Instead, Wednesday’s nominations gave an unlikely boost to \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d the Freddie Mercury biopic that has been a hit with audiences but was slammed by critics. Despite being widely viewed as a riveting one-man show by Rami Malek, the film ended up nominated for its ensemble cast. Malek was also nominated for best actor.<\/p>\n

The screen actors appeared to favour big ticket sellers over smaller independent ensembles.<\/p>\n

Ryan Coogler’s comic-book sensation \u201cBlack Panther\u201d also landed a nomination for its stunt ensemble team. Spike Lee’s \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d scored nods for both John David Washington and Adam Driver. \u201cCrazy Rich Asians\u201d co-star Awkwafina, a presenter Wednesday morning, has the unusual pleasure of announcing the hit romantic comedy’s ensemble nomination. \u201cIt was all me,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n

Yorgos Lanthimos’ period romp \u201cThe Favourite\u201d failed to crack best ensemble, but its three leads \u2014 Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone \u2014 were all nominated, as expected. Stone added a second nod for her performance in the Netflix miniseries \u201cManiac.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emily Blunt also scored two nominations herself: one for her lead performance in \u201cMary Poppins Returns\u201d and one for her supporting role in \u201cA Quiet Place.\u201d The other best female performance nominees alongside Blunt, Lady Gaga and Colman were Glenn Close (\u201cThe Wife\u201d) and Melissa McCarthy (\u201cCan You Ever Forgive Me?\u201d)<\/p>\n

Blunt’s nomination for \u201cA Quiet Place\u201d was among the nominations’ many surprises, as was Margot Robbie’s supporting turn as Queen Elizabeth in \u201cMary Queen of Scots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Timothee Chalamet (\u201cCall Me By Your Name\u201d) scored his second straight SAG nomination for his supporting performance in the addiction drama \u201cBeautiful Boy.\u201d Rounding out the category alongside Ali, Driver and Elliott was Richard E. Grant for \u201cCan You Ever Forgive Me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Usually, about 15 of the SAG’s 20 individual acting nominees line up exactly with the eventual Oscar field.<\/p>\n

In television categories, \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\u201d and \u201cOzark\u201d led with four nominations each. \u201cBarry,\u201d \u201cGLOW,\u201d \u201cThe Handmaid’s Tale\u201d and \u201cThe Kominsky Method\u201d trailed close behind with three nominations each.<\/p>\n

Up for best ensemble in comedy are \u201cAtlanta,\u201d \u201cBarry,\u201d \u201cGLOW,\u201d \u201cThe Kominsky Method\u201d and \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs Maisel.\u201d The drama series ensemble nominees went to: \u201cThe Americans,\u201d \u201cBetter Call Saul,\u201d \u201cThe Haidmaid’s Tale,\u201d \u201cOzark\u201d and \u201cThis Is Us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Netflix was nearly shut out on the film side (its lone nomination was for the stunt ensemble of \u201cThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs\u201d), it dominated the television categories with 15 total nods.<\/p>\n

The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27 and broadcast live by TNT and TBS. This year’s show will honour Alan Alda with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

The ceremony will be hosted by actress Megan Mullally, the guild announced Wednesday. The previous SAG Awards, when Kristen Bell emceed, was the first time the broadcast was hosted.<\/p>\n

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