The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on January 27, 2008 at the Shrine Exposition Center, celebrating also their Diamond 75th Anniversary in existence. The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® was produced again by the award winning producer/director Jeff Margolis and Jeff Margolis Productions (JMP). Working with the SAG Awards Committee (Yale Summers (Chair), Daryl Anderson (Vice-Chair), Shelley Fabares, Paul Napier and JoBeth Williams) and Producer Kathy Connell, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis and the JMP team assembles some of the industry's top professionals to create a show that celebrates the actor's take on excellence. Here are the categories & winners:
FILM
Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleGeorge Clooney, Michael Clayton
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleCate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
WINNER: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno
Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleCasey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
WINNER: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
WINNER: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Hairspray
Into the Wild
WINNER: No Country for Old Men
Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
300
WINNER: The Bourne Ultimatum
I Am Legend
The Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean:
At World's End
TELEVISION
Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal
Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages
WINNER: Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Alec Baldwin,30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
WINNER: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boston Legal
The Closer
Grey's Anatomy
Mad Men
WINNER: The Sopranos
Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
WINNER: The Office
Ugly Betty
Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Michael Keaton, The Company
WINNER: Kevin Kline, As You Like It
Oliver Platt, The Bronx Is Burning
Sam Shepard, Ruffian
John Turturro, The Bronx Is Burning
Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ellen Burstyn, Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
WINNER: Queen Latifah, Life Support
Gena Rowlands, What if God Were the Sun?
Vanessa Redgrave, The Fever
Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
WINNER: 24
Heroes
Lost
Rome
The Unit
VOTING AND ATTENDING SCREENINGS
Voting for the Screen Actors Guild Awards® was done in two stages. The first, nominations balloting, is voted on by two nominating committees. These nominating committees are selected at random by computer in April of each year. The second stage of voting, the final balloting, begins once the nominations are announced.
FINAL BALLOTING
Final ballots were prepared and mailed on December 28, 2007 to the entire active, paid-up Guild membership. And must be received back in a return envelope provided to the elections firm, Integrity Voting Systems, by 12 Noon on Friday, January 25, 2008.
Online voting was also provided with a six digit PIN given to SAG members. The recipients of the awards was announced at the 14th Annual Screen Awards Guild Awards® Sunday, January 27th at 8 pm ET/PT and aired on TNT and TBS.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION MAILINGS
The studios mailed screening DVDs to the full membership a few weeks ago. I interviewed a Filipino SAG member January 26, 2008 one day before the Awards night, on her ballot and how she voted but she was not at liberty to let me know who her choices were. But she confessed she watched and reviewed most of the FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION DVDS and that she did send in her ballot. That is guild democracy at its best among its 120,000 members.
NOW BACK TO THE WGA STRIKE
Below is the official Press Release of the Guild to all its members:
Join the WGA for the “Day of Unity” on Monday, January 28
Join us for this special event honoring the collaboration of writers and actors, both on screen and in solidarity. Sponsored by the WGA Union Solidarity Committee and the Women's Committees of SAG and WGA.
When: Monday, January 28 - 12 to 3 p.m.
Where: Fox Studios
10201 W Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064 (Century City)
Who: SAG Award nominees, WGA Award nominees, writers, actors and more!
(compiled by Jay Fermin ppp-usa)