Sunday 31 January 2016

2016 SAG Awards makes a mockery of the Oscars..Uzo Aduba wins again..

Winner Uzo Aduba did some heavy lifting with her pair of SAGs



'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV!' SAG Awards make a mockery of Oscars race row as black actors Idris Elba, Queen Latifah, Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba all prove triumphant

While the Academy Awards is in the grips of a race row crisis, the Screen Actors Guild proved to be a clear celebration of diversity on Saturday.
The winners list, unveiled at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, was a stark antidote to the controversy that has overwhelmed Hollywood's awards season and the #OscarsSoWhite backlash. 
There was a double win for British star Idris Elba, who won Best Supporting Actor for Beasts Of No Nation, about child soldiers in Africa, and Best Actor in a TV Miniseries for Luther. 
Elba, in fact, succinctly summed up what was happening when he took the stage for a third time, as a presenter, and said: 'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV!'
It followed not only his wins but those by the cast of the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series and for its star Uzo Aduba for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.
There were also wins for Viola Davis won for her performance in the TV series How To Get Away With Murder and Queen Latifah for her performance in HBO's Bessie.What made the night's events so interesting was the fact that members of SAG were casting their votes right up until the end of the day on Friday.
That meant that the 160,000 guild members were making their decisions as the lack of diversity row over the Academy Awards was in high gear and talks of a boycott were being bandied about.
And since actors make up the largest voting bloc in the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, it's interesting to see them voting firmly in favor of diversity on big and small screens.
It would be hard not to wonder how much the 'OscarsSoWhite' backlash influenced the way votes were cast for Saturday night's SAGs. 


Latifah had clearly fallen in love with her Actor as she posed for photos with a dreamy smile on her face and next to a vase of red rosesIdris Elba, too, can also use his SAG Awards as bookends after collecting a matching pairBest actor DiCaprio and best actress Larson looked ot be having a blast backstage once the awards show endedDavis, posing backstage with her Actor, said the discussion about diversity in Hollwyood must continue even once awards season is over

2016 SAG AWARDS: WINNERS FOR FILM


FILM 
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Lead Role In A Motion picture 
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman, I Smile Back
WINNER: Brie Larson, Room
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Helen Mirren, Woman In Gold

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Lead Role In A Motion picture 
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Johnny Depp, Black Mass

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture 
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
WINNER: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs 

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
WINNER: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Jacob Tremblay, Room
Christian Bale, The Big Short

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
WINNER: Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

2016 SAG AWARDS: WINNERS FOR TELEVISION

TELEVISION PROGRAMS 
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
WINNER: Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Key & Peele
Modern Family
WINNER: Orange Is The New Black
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
WINNER: Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Julianne Margulies, The Good Wife
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Robin Wright, House Of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
WINNER: Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Se1ries
WINNER: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Ellie Kemper, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, VEEP
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family 
Louis CK, Louie
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman, Grace Of Monaco
WINNER: Queen Latifah, Bessie
Christina Ricci, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Susan Sarandon, The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe
Kristen Wiig, The Spoils Before Dying

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
WINNER: Idris Elba, Luther
Ben Kingsley, Tut
Ray Liotta, Texas Rising 
Bill Murray, A Very Murray Christmas
Mark Ryalnce, Wolf Hall 

Life Achievement Award 
WINNER: Carol Burnett


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