SAG Awards 2009: Presenters
Susan Sarandon in Bernard & Doris
At the 2009 SAG Awards ceremony, Actor nominees Amy Adams, Josh Brolin, Viola Davis, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Emile Hirsch, Frank Langella, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Michael Sheen will introduce their nominated cast film clips: Doubt, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, and Frost/Nixon.
Evan Rachel Wood will introduce a filmed salute to performances that were “trailblazers,” either in their casting or subject matter. (That should be interesting — if the clip pickers know their Hollywood history instead of going for the obvious, e.g., Marlon Brando, who couldabinuhcontenduh, and movies made within the last twenty years.)
Emily Blunt, Claire Danes, Ralph Fiennes, Katie Holmes, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 25, 2009
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Tags: Eric McCormack, Film Awards, SAG Awards, Screen Actors Guild, Susan Sarandon
SAG Life Achievement Award
James Earl Jones, recipient of the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Photo: Mark Hill/TNT
SAG Life Achievement Award Winners
1962 Eddie Cantor
1963 Stan Laurel
1965 Bob Hope
1966 Barbara Stanwyck
1967 William Gargan
1968 James Stewart
1969 Edward G. Robinson
1970 Gregory Peck
1971 Charlton Heston
1972 Frank Sinatra
1973 Martha Raye
1974 Walter Pidgeon
1975 Rosalind Russell
1976 Pearl Bailey
1977 James Cagney
1978 Edgar Bergen
1979 Katharine Hepburn
1980 Leon Ames
1982 Danny Kaye
1983 Ralph Bellamy
1984 Iggie Wolfington
1985 Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
1986 Nanette Fabray
1987 Red Skelton
1988 Gene Kelly
1989 Jack Lemmon
1990 Brock Peters
1991 Burt Lancaster
1992 Audrey Hepburn
1993 Ricardo Montalban
1994 George Burns
1995 Robert Redford
1996 Angela Lansbury
1997 Elizabeth Taylor
1998 Kirk Douglas
1999 Sidney Poitier
2000 Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
2001 Edward Asner
2002 Clint Eastwood
2003 Karl Malden
2004 [...]
by Andre Soares | January 21, 2009
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Tags: Actors, Film Awards, James Earl Jones, SAG Awards, SAG Life Achievement Award, Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild’s Strike Rift
The Screen Actors Guild’s website has posted a list of performers who are willing to go through with a strike vote come next January. The list includes Ed Harris, Ed Asner, Martin Sheen, Holly Hunter, Diane Ladd, Elliott Gould, Valerie Harper, and Sandra Oh.
Their statement reads:
"I support the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors request for members to vote YES to empower the National Board to decide whether to call a TV/Theatrical contract strike, and if so, determine its timeframe.
"We must arm our negotiating committee with the collective unity and strength of the Screen Actors Guild Members."
The initial signers were (the list now has more than 1,000 signatures):
Anthony Anderson
Ed Asner
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by Deborah Arthur | December 17, 2008
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Tags: Actors' Strike, Screen Actors Guild
