Steven Spielberg’s historical biography “Lincoln,” the musical epic “Les Miserables” and the quirky romantic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” dominated the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations Wednesday morning, receiving four nominations apiece.
“Lincoln” scored nominations in the lead actor category for Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actress for Sally Field, supporting actor for Tommy Lee Jones and best ensemble in a motion picture. “Les Miserables,” which opens Christmas Day, earned nominations for lead actor Hugh Jackman, supporting actress Anne Hathaway, for best acting ensemble and best stunt ensemble.
And “Silver Linings Playbook” picked up nominations for lead actor Bradley Cooper, actress Jennifer Lawrence, supporting actor Robert De Niro, and best ensemble.
With the SAG nods, the three films and their stars are instantly positioned as front-runners in the race for Academy Award nominations and possibly Oscar gold.
Also honored Wednesday with ensemble nominations were the casts from “Argo” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” “Argo” also received a nomination for supporting actor Alan Arkin, and Maggie Smith was nominated for supporting actress for “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”
Also nominated in the lead actor category are John Hawkes for “The Sessions” and Denzel Washington for “Flight.” Notably missing from the list of nominees was Joaquin Phoenix for “The Master.” (Just earlier this week, Phoenix had won the L.A. Film Critics Assn. best actor honors.)
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Vying with Lawrence in lead actress field are Marion Cotillard for “Rust and Bone,” Jessica Chastain for “Zero Dark Thirty,” Helen Mirren for “Hitchcock” and Naomi Watts for “The Impossible.”
Rounding out the supporting categories are Javier Bardem for “Skyfall,” Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master,” Helen Hunt in “The Sessions” and Nicole Kidman for “The Paperboy.” Not making the list: Amy Adams for “The Master,” a role that earned her a supporting actress honor from the L.A. Film Critics.
The nominations come during one of the mostly hotly anticipated weeks of the awards season. Monday kicked off with the announcement of nominations for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, followed quickly by Wednesday’s SAG nominations. In just 24 hours, the Golden Globe nominations are to be announced. When the dust settles, those with the most nominations will be considered favorites for Academy Award nominations, which are to be announced Jan. 10.
SAG AWARDS: TV nominees
Unlike other honors, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are strictly for the performers.
The SAG Awards are considered one of the leading indicators for the Academy Awards in the acting categories. But the two don’t always match. The biggest difference came earlier this year, when Viola Davis won the SAG Award for best actress for “The Help” but Meryl Streep took home her third Oscar for “The Iron Lady.”
The SAG Awards also honor performances in TV dramatic and comedy series, as well as movies and miniseries. There were very few surprises in the TV nominations.
The casts of the dramas “Boardwalk Empire,” “Breaking Bad,” “Downton Abby,” “Homeland” and “Mad Men” were honored with nominations. On the comedy side, there were six nominees due to a tie: “30 Rock,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Glee,” “Modern Family,” “Nurse Jackie” and “The Office.”
Other TV honorees included Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Betty White, and Bryan Cranston.
The 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards presentation is to be carried live on TNT and TBS on Jan. 27 from the Shrine Auditorium & Exposition Center in Los Angeles. As previously announced, Dick Van Dyke is set to receive the guild’s lifetime achievement award.
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