The SAG Awards will be announced in Santa Monica, California, exactly one month before the Oscars.
Jane Campion’s gothic western “The Power of the Dog” and true-crime drama “The House of Gucci” led Wednesday’s nominations for the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, usually a key indicator in the race to the stars. Oscar.
Days after “The Power of the Dog” won the Golden Globe for best drama, that film’s stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smith-McPhee each received Screen Actors Guild nominations.
Ridley Scott’s film “The House of Gucci” also received three nominations.
However, “The Power of the Dog” failed to earn a nomination for Best Ensemble, the top prize to be awarded by SAG on February 27.
The film, a story of two feuding brothers in 1920s Montana, was first screened in September at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, where Campion won best director.
It has since garnered rave reviews and the film was released on Netflix.
SAG glossed over widespread mockery of Jared Leto’s lush Italian accent to nominate him for best supporting actor in “House of Gucci,” alongside Lady Gaga and the cast, which also includes Adam Driver and Al Pacino.
Nominated for best ensemble, the equivalent of the Oscar for best picture, were “Belfast,” “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up” and “King Richard.”
However, Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast”, which depicts the violence of late 1960s Northern Ireland from a child’s perspective – and which experts considered a strong contender for the awards – only garnered one individual nomination, for Caitriona Balfe.
Other surprise snubs included Kristen Stewart’s portrayal of Princess Diana in “Spencer” and Golden Globe-winning “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler.
Voted for by actors, the SAG Awards are considered a strong indicator of what will happen at the Oscars, as actors represent the largest branch of the estimated 10,000 voters of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The SAG Awards will be announced in Santa Monica, California, exactly one month before the Oscars.
“Succession” and “Ted Lasso” on TV
On the television side, SAG handed out five nominations each to “Succession” and “Ted Lasso.”
Netflix’s South Korean hit “The Squid Game” became the first foreign-language series to be nominated by SAG for Best Ensemble in a Television Series.
Stars Jung Ho-Yeon and Lee Jung-Jae also earned individual nominations.
This comes two years after “Parasite” – also from South Korea – became the first foreign-language film to win the SAG Best Ensemble Award, which was a key step on its path to Oscar success. .
“Yellowstone” finally earned its first SAG nomination for Best Ensemble. Until now, the wildly popular cable television series about a wealthy family that owns a ranch in Montana has been ignored by industry officials.
Starring Kevin Costner, the finale of its fourth season was seen by more than 11 million people earlier this month, figures comparable to those of “Game of Thrones” in its heyday.
And Cynthia Erivo was nominated for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the limited television series “Genius: Aretha” – the same day that SAG recognized Jennifer Hudson for playing the Queen of Soul in the movie “Respect.” (AND)
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