In contrast to the 75th Golden Globes, the SAG Awards red carpet was filled with color.
Out of all the award shows, the SAGs are known to be the most chill and simple of them all. For me, they are the most stressful since, usually, these awards determine who will win the Oscar this upcoming March.
This year, the SAG Awards are making history because for the first time—since they were held twenty-four years ago—they will have a host. The actress who had the honor was Kristen Bell. With all that has been happening in the past few months, I had no doubt that Kristen Bell would have had plenty to say. Also, all the presenters were female actors, showing off all the Girl Power we’ve been seeing lately and that was seen during Saturday’s Women’s March.
The show started as it always does, with the nominated actors presenting themselves and saying the phrase “I am an actor,” then the first host in 24 years took center stage: Kristen Bell.
Bell dedicated her opening monologue to those aspiring and struggling actors, hoping to one day see them succeed. She concluded by stating that:
“Fear and anger doesn’t win the race. Also, Frozen 2 comes out in 2019!”
The first awards of the evening were in the acting category for comedy series. The award (called Actor) for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series went to William H. Macy for his performance in the television show Shameless. The Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series went to Julia Louis Dreyfuss for Veep, but she was not there to accept it since she is currently battling breast cancer. The show Veep went on to win the Actor for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; it was the first time the show has won this award—a surprising fact to me.
The Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role went to Allison Janney for her role in I, Tonya, a role which also earned her the Golden Globe. What this means now is that we better prepare ourselves for Academy Award Winner Allison Janney come March 4. In the Male Category, Sam Rockwell won for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and just like Allison Janney’s case, the Oscar shall surely be his once March comes.
Alexander Skarsgard won the Actor in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for his role as Perry in Big Little Lies, officially winning all of the big television awards for his role in the hit miniseries. His reaction when his name was called, “Yeah that makes sense.” Yes dear Alex, it does. As it happened with Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman also won the Actor for her role as Celeste in Big Little Lies, officially claiming all of the television awards for that incredible role.
The president of the Screen Actors Guild came on stage and recognized all types of actors, from those who work in commercials to those who do voice acting.
Puerto Rican treasure Rita Moreno came to the stage to present, receiving a hugely deserved standing ovation from the crowd. She presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to the legendary Morgan Freeman. There isn’t a single doubt that Morgan Freeman’s career has been quite spectacular and that award is well-deserved. His speech was one that brought much-needed laughter to everyone in the theatre.
This moment surprised me so much that I almost passed out (sarcasm guys, sarcasm): Sterling K. Brown won the Actor for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for This Is Us. Like it was the case for Big Little Lies, Brown won all of the television awards for making everyone ugly cry for an hour every Tuesday night at 9 pm on NBC (watch This Is Us, it’s like a free therapy session).
In his moving speech, Brown thanked his This Is Us costars by saying: “To my white family, thank God you’re not like the white family from Get Out!”
In a surprising turn of events, Claire Foy beat Elisabeth Moss for her role in The Crown in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. Elisabeth Moss did not win all of the television awards for her role as June/Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale; I am very surprised at this.
In another surprising moment, the Actor for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series went to my free therapy session, This Is Us. At long last, this drama finally won the award.
It can officially be said that the Best Actor Oscar will go to Gary Oldman for The Darkest Hour after he won the Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Sirius Black is going to win an Oscar! Harry Potter would be proud.
Finally, it seems like Frances McDormand will also win the Oscar for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri after winning the Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. The final award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture went to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. I guess I better watch it soon since it looks like it also has the Oscar in the bag.
And that is a wrap on the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards! As it tends to happen, they were predictable and stressful at the same time. Now, the countdown is on for the Granddaddy of them all: the Academy Awards on March 4th—where we shall see if my predictions are correct!
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