91裸聊视频淏lack Panther91裸聊视频� took the top award at Sunday91裸聊视频檚 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan Coogler91裸聊视频檚 superhero sensation its most significant awards-season honour yet and potentially setting up Wakanda for a major role at next month91裸聊视频檚 Academy Awards.
The two leading Oscar nominees 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淩oma91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭he Favourite91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� were bypassed by the actors guild for a best ensemble field that also included 91裸聊视频淏lacKkKlansman,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频滳razy Rich Asians,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频滲ohemian Rhapsody91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淎 Star Is Born.91裸聊视频� Although 91裸聊视频淏lack Panther91裸聊视频� wasn91裸聊视频檛 nominated for any individual SAG Awards, it took home the final award at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Before a stage full of actors, Chadwick Boseman tried to put into context the moment for the trailblazing 91裸聊视频淏lack Panther,91裸聊视频� which also won for its stunt performer ensemble. 91裸聊视频淭o be young, gifted and black,91裸聊视频� he said, quoting the Nina Simone song.
91裸聊视频淲e know what it91裸聊视频檚 like to be told there isn91裸聊视频檛 a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on. 91裸聊视频� We know what91裸聊视频檚 like to be beneath and not above. And that is what we went to work with every day,91裸聊视频� said Boseman. 91裸聊视频淲e knew that we could create a world that exemplified a world we wanted to see. We knew that we had something to give.91裸聊视频�
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The win puts 91裸聊视频淏lack Panther91裸聊视频� squarely in contention for best picture at the Academy Awards where it91裸聊视频檚 nominated for seven honours including best picture. Actors make up the largest percentage of the academy, so their preferences can have an especially large impact on the Oscar race. In the last decade the SAG ensemble winner has gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards half of the time.
In the lead acting categories, Glenn Close and Rami Malek solidified themselves as front-runners with wins that followed their triumphs at the Golden Globes. The 71-year-old Close, a seven-time nominee but never an Oscar winner, won best actress for her performance in 91裸聊视频淭he Wife.91裸聊视频� In her speech, she spoke about the power of film in a multiscreen world.
91裸聊视频淥ne of the most powerful things we have as human beings are two eyes looking into two eyes,91裸聊视频� said Close. 91裸聊视频淔ilm is the only art form that allows us the close-up.91裸聊视频�
Malek, wining best actor over Christian Bale (91裸聊视频淰ice91裸聊视频�) and Bradley Cooper (91裸聊视频淎 Star Is Born91裸聊视频�) for his performance in 91裸聊视频淏ohemian Rhapsody,91裸聊视频� seemingly sealed the Oscar many are predicting for him. Malek91裸聊视频檚 awards are mounting even as the director of 91裸聊视频淏ohemian Rhapsody,91裸聊视频� Bryan Singer, is facing multiple accusations of sexual assault with minors . Singer has denied the claims.
As he did at the Globes, Malek dedicated his award to Mercury.
91裸聊视频淚 get some power from him that91裸聊视频檚 about stepping up and living your best life, being exactly who you want to be and accomplishing everything you so desire,91裸聊视频� said Malek.
More surprising was Emily Blunt91裸聊视频檚 best supporting actress win for her performance in the horror thriller 91裸聊视频淎 Quiet Place.91裸聊视频� Blunt, also nominated by the guild for her lead performance in 91裸聊视频淢ary Poppins Returns,91裸聊视频� was visibly shocked. She wasn91裸聊视频檛 among Tuesday91裸聊视频檚 Oscar nominees for either film.
91裸聊视频淕uys. That truly has blown my slicked hair back,91裸聊视频� said Blunt, who praised her husband and 91裸聊视频淎 Quiet Place91裸聊视频� director John Krasinski as a 91裸聊视频渟tunning filmmaker.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频漈hank you for giving me the part. You would have been in major trouble if you hadn91裸聊视频檛.91裸聊视频�
Best supporting actor in a film went more as expected. Mahershala Ali, who won two years ago for 91裸聊视频淢oonlight,91裸聊视频� won for his performance in Peter Farrelly91裸聊视频檚 interracial road trip 91裸聊视频淕reen Book.91裸聊视频�
The Amazon series 91裸聊视频淭he Marvelous Mrs. Maisel91裸聊视频� won the first three awards handed out Sunday, sweeping the comedy series awards. It won best ensemble in a comedy series, as well as individual honours for Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub, whose win was a surprise in a category that included Bill Hader (91裸聊视频淏arry91裸聊视频�) and Michael Douglas (91裸聊视频淭he Kominsky Method91裸聊视频�).
91裸聊视频淲e cannot thank you enough,91裸聊视频� said Shalhoub, speaking for the cast. 91裸聊视频淪tay with us.91裸聊视频�
Tom Hanks presented the lifetime achievement award to Alan Alda , who in July revealed that he had been living with Parkinson91裸聊视频檚 disease for more than three years. The 83-year-old actor took the stage to a standing ovation while the theme to 91裸聊视频淢.A.S.H91裸聊视频� played. He said the award came at a reflective moment for him.
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91裸聊视频淚 see more than ever now how proud I am to be a part of our brotherhood and sisterhood of actors,91裸聊视频� said Alda. 91裸聊视频淚t may never have been more urgent to see the world through another person91裸聊视频檚 eyes. When a culture is divided so sharply, actors can help 91裸聊视频� a least a little 91裸聊视频� just by doing what we do. And the nice part is it91裸聊视频檚 fun to do it. So my wish for all of us is: Let91裸聊视频檚 stay playful.91裸聊视频�
For the second time, the cast of 91裸聊视频淭his Is Us91裸聊视频� won best ensemble in a drama series. Other TV winners included Sandra Oh (91裸聊视频淜illing Eve91裸聊视频�), Darren Criss for 91裸聊视频淎ssassination of Gianni Versace91裸聊视频�, Jason Bateman (91裸聊视频淥zark91裸聊视频�) and Patricia Arquette (91裸聊视频淓scape at Dannemora91裸聊视频�). Arquette thanked Special Counsel investigator Robert Mueller 91裸聊视频渁nd everyone working to make sure we have sovereignty for the United States of America.91裸聊视频�
The SAG Awards had one thing the Oscars don91裸聊视频檛: a host. Emcee Megan Mullally kicked off the awards by tweaking their role among the many honours leading up to next month91裸聊视频檚 Oscars. She called the SAGs 91裸聊视频渢he greatest honour an actor can receive this weekend.91裸聊视频�
The show did not boost the chances of other Oscar hopefuls, 91裸聊视频淎 Star Is Born,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频漈he Favourite91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淏lacKkKlansman,91裸聊视频� which were all shut out Sunday night.
Among the attendees Sunday was Geoffrey Owens, the 91裸聊视频淐osby Show91裸聊视频� actor who caused a stir when he was photographed working at a New Jersey Trader Joe91裸聊视频檚. He was among the performers who began the show with the SAG Awards91裸聊视频� typical 91裸聊视频淚 am an actor91裸聊视频� testimony. The SAGs also made time for one reunion: 91裸聊视频淔atal Attraction91裸聊视频� stars Michael Douglas and Glenn Close joined each other on stage as presenters.
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Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
