2008 SAG Awards: Live Diary
It's On Like Pac-Man!
9:00:51 PM: From what I can tell everyone told Durning to quit the business. He didn't. I guess once you've landed on Omaha everything else is sort of a lay-up.
9:02:51 PM: Even the SAG awards talk about Oscar nominations in revered tones. They know where their bread is buttered, eh? Still rolling with the Durning tribute.
9:04:05 PM: Fella won a Silver Star too. That's serious business. Gotta give my boy a pass on any shenanigans.
9:06:45 PM: How did they fit 150,000 actors in one place?
9:15:18 PM: Juno purchased every ad available. They've already made $100m at the box office but why not pile on? I know Dre has seen it at least ten times. Then he goes home and has his hair braided.
9:20:25 PM: Mickey Rooney just begged for a standing ovation. That's just sad.
9:21:05 PM: It's weird to think that Andy Rooney is his son.
9:21:40 PM: I love when they give away the mini-series awards. No one has ever seen them, no one ever will, yet we all act like it's important. It's like rewarding postage stamps. Why bother?
9:23:15 PM: Mickey Rooney has brought this show to a screeching halt.
9:25:17 PM: Queen Latifah hosted the People's Choice Awards – but she couldn't make the SAGs. Ouchie.
9:26:33 PM: Dead people montage time!
9:35:00 PM: Dre is reading the diary! I've never been so proud. Aww man, don't let that wet nail polish mess up your Mac Jr. keyboard.
9:36:17 PM: Blair Underwood introduces his 18th SAG infomercial of the night ending with "WE ARE THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD." I think he's trying to step to me. You trying to step to me Blair?
9:38:43 PM: The Actor goes to Ruby Dee which just proves my point of:
What
The
Hell.
I mean really people, that's just unacceptable.
9:39:42 PM: She was in like four scenes. And I don't remember any of them. Yes, I get that she's old, and it was a good film… but c'mon, she deserves THE ACTOR like I do. That's just silly. I demand a recount.
9:42:02 PM: Her award speech was like "weekend at the nursing home."
9:43:41 PM: How do you not nominate Kelly McDonald? Or Vanessa Redgrave? Hello? Is this thing on?
9:44:04 PM: Plus, as she just mentioned, she already won a Grammy for some nonsense spoken word project. How many symbolic awards must we give this woman? When I hit 80 I am going to start releasing stuff just for the awards.
9:46:45 PM: Rant over. Sorry. I just get riled up easily on this stuff.
9:47:46 PM: Juno ad time. That's a quirky flick. Full of quirk that one is.
9:48:54 PM: Stay tuned for an episode of "The Closer" right after the SAGs are over! No seriously. Hey guys, where you going? I got "The Closer" coming up!
9:50:02 PM: Daniel-Day-Lewis wins. Yeah, that's right, I'm throwing in another – because I feel like it. You can't just throw – in to your name wily-nily and think you're going to get away with it.
9:52:35 PM: Day-Lewis is wearing the pirate hoop earings. I'd never mention that to his face of course. I saw him in Last of the Mohicans.
9:54:22 PM: Lewis dedicates his award to Heath Ledger, a classy move from a classy guy. Good on ya, Daniel.
9:56:57 PM: Julie Christy wins and I have no initial comment having not seen the movie.
9:57:30 PM: For the record if all of SAG had seen the movie it should have made a LOT more money at the box office.
9:58:07 PM: Why is it so wonderful to receive an award from your own union? Wouldn't it be better to receive one from me? I think it would. The laremy goes to… Keira Knightley, just because!
10:00:00 PM: Tom Cruise is here to give out the big one.
10:00:34 PM: I'm happy No Country for Old Men took it. That's a worthy movie. I can cheer for that one. I named it my #2 movie of the year. I'm on Team Coen.
10:01:27 PM: The rest of y'all, the Juno people, the Clayton people, the There Will Be Blood folk.. well, you've been warned. It's on. It's so on.
10:02:21 PM: Brolin is mentioning that the studio system is backfiring awfully… which I wish I agreed with. Dude, they are still making cash. Don't fret for them.
10:03:30 PM: That's a wrap! Six hours later I'm super duper tired.
10:05:08 PM: To all who made it this far: I salute you. Except for Dre. He's family.
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Hey I saw The Yellow Handkerchief at Sundance too. You should have mentioned that you were going beforehand.
Sorry bud. I think I'm going to SXSW. Meet you there?
For the record, I braided my hair after Rambo as well.