The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards did things a bit differently last night. We only received an hour-long and pre-tapped ceremony. This is the only show voted entirely by actors and for COVID -safety reason the 2021 awards show had no red carpet, no set, no-host, and sadly no afterparties.
In order to do a pre-tapped show, actors honored were required to sign a nondisclosure agreement before tapping. After that, just days before the telecast the actual awards were given out in video sessions. They did a great job keeping it all secret until the rest of us were able to see it Sunday night. Has much as I like seeing all the pretty dresses, just handing out awards and doing in an hour-long show was quite refreshing.
Television Awards
Netflix hit it big last night with “The Crown” and “Schitt’s Creek,”. I couldn’t retweet these shows wining fast enough. Having just started watching “Schitt’s Creek” with my daughter who has long finished the series we were excited. Catherine O’Hara picked up the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and the entire cast received Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series “The Crown” took it home with Gillian Anderson receiving the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. “Ted Lasso” once again made a winner out of Jason Sudeikis, who is on a roll, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.
Motion Pictures Awards
Receiving its first major award season win, Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” brought home the biggest award of the night for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. The film, which chronicles the trial of a real-life group of Vietnam War protesters who were falsely accused of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Accepting the trophy virtually were stars Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, and Frank Langella.
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” with the late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis, both received the Outstanding Performance by a Male / Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture. My same picks for the Oscars. Youn Yuh-jung made history as the first Korean actress to ever win the supporting actress category last night for “Minari”. A24′s stirring drama about a Korean American family settling in the rural South. Congrats girl, you are my pick for the Oscars too. Daniel Kaluuya was honored for his extraordinary performance as activist Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
Did your picks win? Do you think this is a foreshadowing of the Oscars? Let us know in the comments. Here at GVN we have a pool going and so far I’m not doing to bad. Here’s your full list of winners.
The Motion Picture Recipients are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
CHADWICK BOSEMAN / Levee – “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
VIOLA DAVIS / Ma Rainey – “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
DANIEL KALUUYA / Fred Hampton – “JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
YUH-JUNG YOUN / Soonja – “MINARI”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II / Bobby Seale
SACHA BARON COHEN / Abbie Hoffman
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT / Richard Schultz
KELVIN HARRISON JR. / Fred Hampton
MICHAEL KEATON / Ramsey Clark
FRANK LANGELLA / Judge Julius Hoffman
JOHN CARROLL LYNCH / David Dellinger
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Tom Hayden
MARK RYLANCE / William Kunstler
ALEX SHARP / Rennie Davis
JEREMY STRONG / Jerry Rubin
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“WONDER WOMAN 1984”
The Television Program Nominees are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
MARK RUFFALO / Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey – “I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY / Beth Harmon – “THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
JASON BATEMAN / Marty Byrde – “OZARK”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
GILLIAN ANDERSON / Margaret Thatcher – “THE CROWN”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
JASON SUDEIKIS / Ted Lasso – “TED LASSO”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CATHERINE O’HARA / Moira Rose – “SCHITT’S CREEK”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CROWN
GILLIAN ANDERSON / Margaret Thatcher
MARION BAILEY / Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Princess Margaret
STEPHEN BOXER / Denis Thatcher
OLIVIA COLMAN / Queen Elizabeth II
EMMA CORRIN / Princess Diana
ERIN DOHERTY / Princess Anne
CHARLES EDWARDS / Martin Charteris
EMERALD FENNELL / Camilla Shand
TOBIAS MENZIES / Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
JOSH O’CONNOR / Prince Charles
SAM PHILLIPS / Equerry
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
SCHITT’S CREEK
CHRIS ELLIOTT / Roland Schitt
EMILY HAMPSHIRE / Stevie Budd
DANIEL LEVY / David Rose
EUGENE LEVY / Johnny Rose
SARAH LEVY / Twyla Sands
ANNIE MURPHY / Alexis Rose
CATHERINE O’HARA / Moira Rose
NOAH REID / Patrick Brewer
JENNIFER ROBERTSON / Jocelyn Schitt
KAREN ROBINSON / Ronnie Lee
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“THE MANDALORIAN”
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