Resurgent Hurt Locker, Usual Suspect Basterds Take Top Guild Awards
The Producers Guild of America dared Sunday to unsettle the Avatar juggernaut, reintroducing The Hurt Locker into the awards mix with its Best Picture prize. The Screen Actors Guild Awards, meanwhile, honored most of the same folks you've seen on the hardware circuit for the last month, with only Sandra Bullock's Best Actress trophy for The Blind Side offering any relative surprise amid fellow winners Jeff Bridges, Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique. Even the TV side didn't offer much in the way of upsets, with perennial prize-hogs Mad Men and 30 Rock joining HBO's Grey Gardens among 2009's best. Click through for a quick bit of analysis and full lists of winners.
Hurt Locker desperately needed this industry boost to stay in the Oscar hunt. Well, maybe not "desperately," but certainly awards-season observers sensed the imperative for Kathryn Bigelow's masterpiece to win at least keep pace with Avatar, whose record-shattering box-office take since December wasn't enough Sunday to overtake the gritty, character-driven war drama among James Cameron's influential producer peers. And as far as the SAG Awards go, Glee's first season broke through the 30 Rock wall en route to its comedy/musical ensemble win. Many congrats to all as usual!
Screen Actors Guild Awards
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake - CRAZY HEART
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK / Leigh Anne Tuohy - THE BLIND SIDE
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / COL. Hans Landa - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
MO'NIQUE / Mary - PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl - TAKING CHANCE
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
DREW BARRYMORE / Little Edie - GREY GARDENS
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - DEXTER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - THE GOOD WIFE
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - 30 ROCK
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon - 30 ROCK
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
_MAD MEN _
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
GLEE
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
STAR TREK
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
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Producers Guild of America Awards
BEST PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Cove
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Up
STANLEY KRAMER AWARD: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
BEST TV COMEDY: 30 Rock
BEST TV DRAMA: Mad Men
BEST TV LONG FORM: Grey Gardens
BEST NON-FICTION TV: 60 Minutes
BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND COMPETITION: The Colbert Report
DAVID O. SELZNICK AWARD: John Lasseter
VANGUARD AWARD: Joss Whedon
MILESTONE AWARD: Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton