Resurgent Hurt Locker, Usual Suspect Basterds Take Top Guild Awards

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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

24

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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