{"id":66817,"date":"2015-12-10T02:02:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66817"},"modified":"2015-12-10T02:02:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:02:19","slug":"trumbo-leads-sag-noms-straight-outta-beasts-of-no-nation-set-place-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/10\/trumbo-leads-sag-noms-straight-outta-beasts-of-no-nation-set-place-in-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Trumbo\u2019 leads SAG noms; \u2018Straight Outta,\u2019 \u2018Beasts of No Nation\u2019 set place in conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES \u2013 The Hollywood blacklist drama \u201cTrumbo\u201d scored a leading three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations on Wednesday, and sleeper contenders \u201cBeasts of No Nation\u201d and \u201cStraight Outta Compton\u201d entered the awards conversation in a real way when both were nominated for best ensemble drama.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeasts of No Nation\u201d star Idris Elba was also nominated for best supporting actor, as well as for his role in TV’s \u201cLuther.\u201d Other best ensemble nominees included \u201cSpotlight,\u201d which is emerging as the strongest candidate for best picture so far this season; \u201cTrumbo\u201d; and the housing bubble dramedy \u201cThe Big Short.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards honouring the best film and television performances of the year will be presented Jan. 30.<\/p>\n

Starry ensemble casts left out of the SAG nominations included Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201cThe Martian,\u201d Quentin Tarantino\u2019s \u201cThe Hateful Eight\u201d and David O. Russell\u2019s \u201cJoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

While \u201cStraight Outta Compton\u201d was a box office and critical hit, its award season prospects were unknown. On Monday, the African-American Film Critics Association named the N.W.A drama their best of the year, but it\u2019s been mostly overlooked by other critics\u2019 awards.<\/p>\n

The nominations helped bring a murky awards season into a bit more focus, and SAG\u2019s choices highlighted a few underdog performances.<\/p>\n

Leading female performance nominees included Cate Blanchett (\u201cCarol\u201d), Brie Larson (\u201cRoom\u201d) and Saoirse Ronan (\u201cBrooklyn\u201d), all of whom have dominated awards buzz, but also Sarah Silverman for the depression indie \u201cI Smile Back,\u201d and Helen Mirren for \u201cWoman in Gold,\u201d about an elderly Jewish woman looking to reclaim art once stolen by the Nazis. Mirren was also nominated for a supporting performance for \u201cTrumbo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lead actor nominees were a bit more expected, with recognition for Bryan Cranston (\u201cTrumbo\u201d), Johnny Depp (\u201cBlack Mass\u201d), Leonardo DiCaprio (\u201cThe Revenant\u201d), Michael Fassbender (\u201cSteve Jobs\u201d), and Eddie Redmayne (\u201cThe Danish Girl\u201d).<\/p>\n

In the supporting category, Christian Bale was nominated for \u201cThe Big Short,\u201d Mark Rylance for the Cold War thriller \u201cBridge of Spies,\u201d Michael Shannon for playing a predatory real estate agent in \u201c99 Homes\u201d and nine-year-old Vancouver native Jacob Tremblay was acknowledged for playing a child in captivity in \u201cRoom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supporting actress contenders included London, Ont.\u2019s Rachel McAdams (\u201cSpotlight\u201d), Kate Winslet (\u201cSteve Jobs\u201d), Alicia Vikander (\u201cThe Danish Girl\u201d) and Rooney Mara (\u201cCarol\u201d). Mara and Vikander both have significant onscreen time in their respective movies, which has led some awards prognosticators to criticize their \u201csupporting actress\u201d campaigns.<\/p>\n

Nominees are selected by separate movie and TV nominating panels, each comprised of over 2,000 randomly selected SAG members.<\/p>\n

Many members of the SAG movie panel also vote for the Academy Awards and as a result, the SAG nominees have traditionally served as a helpful indicator of potential Oscar acting nominees. Aside from \u201cSpotlight\u201d this season\u2019s main players should come further into focus on Thursday when the nominees are announced for the Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

In a year when Hollywood\u2019s lack of diversity has become of critical concern following last Oscar\u2019s all-white acting slate, the individual performance nominees for movies remained largely monochromatic, save for Elba\u2019s supporting nominations.<\/p>\n

On the television side, the political drama \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d led with three nominations including best drama ensemble, best male performance for Kevin Spacey, and best female performance for Robin Wright.<\/p>\n

There were more diverse individual nominees in television than film, though, thanks in part to the fact that TV divides nominees into comedy and drama, allowing for more inclusion overall. In addition to Elba\u2019s nomination, other nominees included Queen Latifah for \u201cBessie,\u201d Uzo Aduba for \u201cOrange is the New Black\u201d and Viola Davis for \u201cHow to Get Away With Murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jan. 30 Screen Actors Guild Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on TNT and TBS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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