2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards Live Blog: Winners and Commentary
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Back again for a brand spanking new live blog and this time it is the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards edition! You have already predicted who you think is going to win and if you don't want to click over there to see how the results turned out here is a quick rundown:
- Actor – Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
- Actress – Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road (just edged out Meryl Streep)
- Supporting Actor – Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Supporting Actress – Kate Winslet, The Reader
- Ensemble Cast – Doubt
No, we don't do TV predictions around here, but I will announce those as they happen too so don't worry. As I go along I will obviously be including winners in the blog and they will be
4:56:46 PM: Get set and ready to begin as we once again join together to cover the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
5:00:06 PM: We are live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles! Well… I'm not… but they are…
5:01:02 PM: James Earl Jones is getting the life achievement… Darth Vader style
5:02:00 PM: This is where everyone tells us they are an actor… Yay!
5:02:22 PM: Did you know Eva Longoria was an actor?
5:02:41 PM: Oh hey, Sean Penn showed up! He skipped the Globes and lost, does he know something we don't?
5:05:09 PM: And out come Rosario Dawson and Kiefer Sutherland to welcome us. Dawson was great in Seven Pounds… They are awarding actress in a TV comedy
5:05:51 PM: and the winner is…
5:06:00 PM: Gotta be Fey right?
5:06:50 PM: And it goes to…
5:07:09 PM: That show is great and it's a no brainer… the show has to win too doesn't it?
5:08:40 PM: Ahhhh, Fey tossing in a residuals jab…
5:08:52 PM: Now it's Freida Pinto and Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire to introduce their film as a nominee for Ensemble Picture
5:09:26 PM: Slumdog is definitely the frontrunner for Oscar right now, but when it comes to ensemble I still have to assume it's Doubt or Milk
5:10:00 PM: Nice, glad they ruined the ending for people that haven't seen the film with that clip.
5:10:18 PM: Too late to close your eyes now.
5:10:28 PM: Jon Hamm and Kyra Sedgwick out to award best actors in a comedy TV show
5:11:01 PM: Gotta stick with "30 Rock" on the prediction here and say Baldwin…
5:11:23 PM: And the winner is…
5:12:30 PM: These shows are just too damned predictable, but when the show is good it's good…
5:13:20 PM: Baldwin says he wants to make out with Anthony Hopkins as if we all don't…
5:13:58 PM: Commercial break, gotta get some coffee…
5:19:17 PM: We're back, and it's Evan Rachel Wood… The Wrestler style…
5:19:34 PM: Wood is talking really deep and now will introduce a video montage of film and television's "trailblazers"
5:20:12 PM: Montages are soooo booooooring
5:21:34 PM: While this happens I will say I watched Flashdance last night… Does that win me any points? Before that I watched Unfaithful.
5:22:34 PM: Now comes Claire Danes to look pretty and do something else…
5:23:10 PM: Oh wait, it's the nominees for best ensemble comedy series… uh, "30 Rock"?
5:23:35 PM: Damn, they are doing long clips with all of these
5:24:43 PM: It feels like 30-45 seconds for each nominee
5:25:19 PM: "Weeds" is a nominee, I haven't watched it yet but I have the seasons on my Netflix Instant Queue
5:25:39 PM: And the winner is…
5:25:58 PM: New rule, answer all questions with the words "30 Rock"… so far I am 100% with it.
5:26:27 PM: Jane Krakowski makes a crack at Tracey Morgan's funny acceptance speech at the Globes.
5:27:15 PM: Frank Langella and Michael Sheen are out to introduce Frost/Nixon as an ensemble film nominee. Sheen is dressed as a werewolf! Oh wait, no he's not…
5:28:34 PM: They are showing the clip from the film I have heard is actually the one major fabrication in the story. Nice.
5:29:03 PM: Greg Kinnear arrives on scene while we get a good shot of Kate Winslet's cleavage. No complaints here.
5:29:32 PM: We are getting a film award, Best Supporting Actress… My pick is Winslet for The Reader, could that be why we just saw her cleavage?
5:30:14 PM: Just looking at these nominees it is so hard to believe any of them losing…
5:30:43 PM: And the winner is…
5:31:16 PM: Man, she looks good. Still to this date I think she is the most beautiful woman I have ever been in an interview with.
5:32:00 PM: She's a little more restrained than she was at the Globes, I wonder if she will be even more humble at the Oscars or just go insane. My vote is for insane.
5:32:50 PM: Commercial time, take a break and get a snack.
5:36:03 PM: Ah ha, first comment and an Aussie is here… Reminds me… how about that Australian Open? Federer pulled out a big win last night.
5:37:52 PM: Here comes Christina Applegate and Taye Diggs to announce the winner for male actor in a drama TV series
5:38:47 PM: Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" is my pick, although Hall in "Dexter" is great
5:39:23 PM: I am surprised at how many nominations for "Boston Legal" though both actors (Shatner and Spader) are great.
5:40:30 PM: And the winner is…
5:40:52 PM: Laurie actually won last year… He is really good in that show, but it gets a bit repetitive. That's why getting it once a year on DVD is so nice.
5:42:36 PM: Laurie thanked craft services… good on yah
5:42:52 PM: Amy Poehler and John Krasinski out for male actor in a drama TV series
5:43:21 PM: Wait… female
5:43:37 PM: All these women are looking so haggard in these clips, these shows don't look too uplifting.
5:44:40 PM: And the winner is…
5:45:43 PM: Luckily I have that one in the database, didn't think I did for a second there… Whew! Not sure if you saw, but I have the winners updating live right here as well.
5:47:26 PM: Out come the Milk boys to announce it as a film nominee… It's Brolin, Hirsch and Franco
5:48:43 PM: Emily Blunt! Where has she been? Oh, and Eric McCormack.
5:49:04 PM: Blunt is in Young Victoria and The Wolfman in 2009.
5:49:25 PM: The two are announcing the winner for TV Drama ensemble… Is this "Mad Men"?
5:50:06 PM: I have never watched "The Closer" and these clips don't make me want to.
5:50:49 PM: I would love to see "Dexter" win this
5:51:27 PM: Love that Massive Attack track on the "House" titles
5:51:54 PM: And the winner is…
5:53:32 PM: Commercial break and the promise of a speech from the SAG president… is that incentive or reason not to return?
5:54:41 PM: Okay, page break time so this thing doesn't get too long on one page, click on over to continue.
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Hi Brad
Thanks for the blog – I am in Australia so this is the only way I can follow these awards.
And I agree with you about Kate Winslet – a truly beautiful woman.
does anyone know who is announcing the sag awards?!?! the voice is sooooo familiar and its driving me CRAZY!
Yes – how about the Australian Open? I went on Tuesday. Those Williams sisters – I think they're superhuman. Federer – yum!
Is America Ferrera presenting? I really like the dress she's wearing tonight and I want to see more of it…
Hola! Me llamo Pedro. Me gusta los SAG AWARDS. :)
Brad – what does Michael C Hall have to do to win an award? Don't get me wrong, I love Hugh Laurie, and have done for like 20 years, but it seems a bit unfair that just about every other actors MCH is nominated against wins something eventually, whereas he never seems to.
Hall is just as good as Hamm, Laurie, Spader, Cranston and Byrne IMHO – all of whom he has lost out to in recent awards.
Yeah, love Laurie, but Hall is long, long overdue!
ye i love hugh alot too, but have to agree hall is amazing and really does deserve some awards as recognition for that role
Alex, I too was wondering who the voice of the announcer was. I can't put my finger on it and hopefully they will show it on the credits at the end of the broadcast unless someone can recognise the voice (crosses fingers) :)
Hugh actually said he bet $100 that somebody else would win.
am from the uk. its 2.05 in the morning!
Thanks so much for the live blog updates! I'm in Vancouver, and since i'm at a university residence, we don't get E! here. 30 Rock is a little overrated, in my opinion. Yes it's a good show, but it's been winning way too many awards for it's value.
Well, I'm in Mumbai, India, working on a project and people here were so keen to watch the SAG awards this year because of Slumdog, but no luck. Maybe a taped version will air later. I have a colleague here asking – how did Slumdog star Freida Pinto look? :)
she looked hot man! she is a very pretty young lady
Hey,
Thanks muchly for the live blog..am following from London before I catch a flight back to Ireland in the am. Yayness for Kate and Mad Men. Concur on Hall…he's overdue.
From Toronto. I love reading the comments about the people. Who is Alec with? Is it Ireland??
Hey there!
Thanks for doing this. Am keeping some other friends up-to-date on the results and YOU are the source. Wish I could watch them live myself, but no channel is showing them here in the UK.
Great news for Kate. Shame 'Dexter' dipped out again though!
Thanks, Brad! Big smile on said colleague's face here at that one. Great to be here, BTW. :) Have your blog going and TBS as well. Tho' TBS is kinda pathetic at the mo.
Hey there I'm in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada!
I'm watching but I always like to follow along on a blog for some reason. I just discovered your blog and I'm loving the job you're doing! Thanks!
Lmao at the thought of JEJ reading the Bible aloud…it's just..epic.
Toronto! Love the place. Spent a couple of months there last year Jada..I lived up near Jane and worked on King St West.
Sorry Andrew, got a bit mixed up there!
Rough year. Lost too many greats – Pollack, Newman, Minghella….irreplaceable.
why doesnt it make sense to you that slumdog millionaire won? it's won in every other awards and it's favourite to win the oscat too and so it should it was an amazing movie
@Anna: Because this is an acting award show and the acting in Slumdog hasn't been as applauded as the film has. Whereas the entire cast of Doubt was nominated, many from Milk and both films even had a winner in Streep and Penn. Just makes logical sense that one of those two would win.
Now, when it comes to judging the film like the Globes and Oscars do I expect it to win.
the fact that slumdog won for best acting ensemble is just beyond me. every other film has been nominated for an acting oscar…slumdog wasn't. the fact of the matter is that slumdog's performances aren't on the level of streep, penn, hoffman, adams, blanchett, davis, brolin, pitt, hensen, langella, sheen and the list goes on. just saying it sounds absurd. dev patel? satisfactory…every one else was completely forgettable. slumdog is the most over-hyped film in years, and this proves it. of all the awards it has won, this is the one that it deserves least. i hoped that the actors would honor the best acting in film this year, which, to be honest, is all four of the other nominees, because each had truly amazing performances. this makes me even more sad that films like The Wrestler & Revolutionary Road, ones i find deserving of all connotations associated with the "best ensemble" performance award weren't even nominated. in ten years, people will look back and realize that slumdog is a good film, but not a great one, and this award proves how…well, wrong these award shows have become. any, and i mean any, true film critic can't possibly say that slumdog has the best acting ensemble of the year, or of the nominated films.
How does Slumdog win best ensemble??? That is sooo unbelivable and i am soo dissapointed.
Doubt desrved it…everyone was top gear. My second choice would have been Milk…but Slumdog?
Come on!
Much as I love Dev Patel it does smack a little of style over substance. I blame the economy (hey someone's gonna), clearly the lure of some feelgood endorphins is just…too…strong.
Still am glad to see wins for Kate, Meryl, Sean and Mad Men and will have to check out this John Adams malarkey though I can't imagine what channel will deign to show it over here..oh well dvd perhaps.
Alas i must away because it is stupid o'clock here and I have a plane to catch, but thanks again for the live feed and congrats on a classy, funny and informative site…this is the kind of stuff that requires patience..but then I guess you knew that already ;)
Mickey Rourke was robbed
Doesn't the announcer sound like Ellen K from KIIS-FM morning show with Ryan Seacrest??
@Pete:
yes!! i think its ellen k!!! i knew it was a blonde ….but i couldnt put a face to the voice
The announcer sounds like Ellen Kay from the ryan secrest morning show in LA
I just wanted to say that I finally watched Doubt today and loved it. Great performances of course and I must say I haven't seen meryll streep act so well in a movie that I've watched before. Not only this but every supporting in that movie put on a great performance. So I thought that when I looked at the SAG results on the internet that I would've seen Doubt inevitably winning best ensemble, but for some reason the melodramatic acting style of slumdog millionaire won over the saggoty sags. I mean, melodramatic acting may make your movie more silly and fun but It shouldn't win you awards because it doesn't take as much effort to do so. I mean, I enjoyed slumdog alot as a MOVIE but it certainly doesn't deserve best ensemble because the acting wasn't nearly as good.
@lblj: I wouldn't call Slumdog hyped. It not necessarily a high quality movie all around, its jsut really fun, one of the years most entertaining films and deserves to get nominated. I personally think it doesn't deserve to win best picture, I think that one should go to Milk. But it looks like it might be slumdog, thats more of an academy film.
its like city of god without the sub plots and its on acid.
I sense a lot of hate for dev patel. yea he's not your typical blond hair blue eye who came out of no where and put slumdog on top of every list but he did a great job. So, stop being down on the guy…if you think you're know better, maybe you should trying GETTING A NOMINATION let alone winning a few awards. Just congrat the young actor and give credit where it's due.
It is a pity that NONE of the Slumdog kids could attend to accept their awards(were they included in the ensemble list though?). The actor playing the gameshow host was absolutely right, it was the kids who made the movie, yet the adults get all the acclaim.
The most awesome thing about the Slumdog sweep is that it keeps foiling Benjamin Button, which is a great thing! Hopefully the same thing happens during Oscar night.
hey, who as that girl with alec baldwin? was she his daughter?
Doubt deserved best ensemble or Milk
I just LOVED the movie The Curious Case of Ben… ! Why did it not get as much positive attention?