SAG Awards: Crowd-pleasing films ‘The Help,’ ‘Bridesmaids’ score big
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Three crowd-pleasers with wildly different tones -- ‘The Help,’ ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Midnight in Paris’ -- led the way in the outstanding cast performance category at the nominations for the SAG Awards on Wednesday.
‘The Descendants,’ which stars George Clooney as a father trying to find his way, and ‘The Artist,’ the (mostly) silent film set in old Hollywood, were the final two nominees in the category that, in some years, had been a bellwether for the best picture race at the Academy Awards.
The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards honor performances during the 2011 calendar year in theatrical motion pictures as well as prime-time television and cable programs. The winners will be named on Jan. 29 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles in a gala that will be aired on TBS and TNT.
Photos: SAG Awards top nominees
The complete list of film nominations follows:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
DEMIÁN BICHIR / Carlos Galindo - “A BETTER LIFE”
GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King - ‘THE DESCENDANTS”
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / J. Edgar Hoover - ‘J. EDGAR’
JEAN DUJARDIN / George - ‘THE ARTIST’
BRAD PITT / Billy Beane - ‘MONEYBALL’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
GLENN CLOSE / Albert Nobbs - ‘ALBERT NOBBS”
VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark - “THE HELP”
MERYL STREEP / Margaret Thatcher - “THE IRON LADY”
TILDA SWINTON / Eva - “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN”
MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Marilyn Monroe - “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
KENNETH BRANAGH / Sir Laurence Olivier - “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN”
ARMIE HAMMER / Clyde Tolson - ‘J. EDGAR’
JONAH HILL / Peter Brand - ‘MONEYBALL’
NICK NOLTE / Paddy Conlon - “WARRIOR”
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal - “BEGINNERS”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy - ‘THE ARTIST’
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote - “THE HELP”
MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan - “BRIDESMAIDS”
JANET McTEER / Hubert Page - ‘ALBERT NOBBS”
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson - “THE HELP”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE ARTIST
BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy
JAMES CROMWELL / Clifton
JEAN DUJARDIN / George
JOHN GOODMAN / Al Zimmer
PENELOPE ANN MILLER / Doris
BRIDESMAIDS
ROSE BYRNE / Helen
JILL CLAYBURGH / Annie’s Mom
ELLIE KEMPER / Becca
MATT LUCAS / Gil
MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan
WENDI McLENDON-COVEY / Rita
CHRIS O’DOWD / Rhodes
MAYA RUDOLPH / Lillian
KRISTEN WIIG / Annie
THE DESCENDANTS
BEAU BRIDGES / Cousin Hugh
GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King
ROBERT FORSTER / Scott Thorson
JUDY GREER / Julie Speer
MATTHEW LILLARD / Brian Speer
SHAILENE WOODLEY / Alexandra King
THE HELP
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote
VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook
ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan
CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth
AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt
SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson
MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein
EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan
CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson
MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
KATHY BATES / Gertrude Stein
ADRIEN BRODY / Salvador Dali
CARLA BRUNI / Museum Guide
MARION COTILLARD / Adriana
RACHEL McADAMS / Inez
MICHAEL SHEEN / Paul
OWEN WILSON / Gil
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