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Brown Eyes:
Heath was nominated for a SAG award today! :)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28294974/
'Doubt’ tops SAG Awards pack with 5 nods
Streep, Hoffman get acting nominations; Ledger also among nominees
LOS ANGELES - The Catholic school drama “Doubt” led contenders Thursday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards with five nominations, including honors for Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis.
The late Heath Ledger also earned a supporting-actor nomination, whose maniacal turn as the Joker in “The Dark Knight” has made him an Academy Awards front-runner. The Batman blockbuster also had a nomination for best stunt ensemble.
Streep has a lead-actress nomination, while Hoffman, Adams and Davis are competing in supporting categories for “Doubt,” a war-of-wills tale between an old-school nun and a progressive priest.
“Doubt” also has a nomination for overall cast performance, along with the romantic fantasy “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the Richard Nixon saga “Frost/Nixon,” the gay-rights drama “Milk” and the poor-boy-makes-good tale “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Kate Winslet grabbed two nominations, best actress for the domestic drama “Revolutionary Road” and supporting actress for the Holocaust-themed story “The Reader.”
Other best-actress nominees were: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”; Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”; and Melissa Leo, “Frozen River.”
Nominated for best actor were: Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”; Sean Penn, “Milk”; Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; and Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”
The 15th annual SAG Awards will air live on TNT and TBS Jan. 25, four weeks before the Academy Awards.
The SAG picks lined up much the same as last week’s nominations for the Golden Globes, the second-biggest Hollywood film honors after the Academy Awards. The most notable snub was Winslet’s “Revolutionary Road” co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, who had a Globe nomination for dramatic actor but was overlooked by SAG.
The same thing happened the last time Winslet and DiCaprio starred together. SAG nominations for 1997 included a best-actress slot for Winslet in “Titanic,” but DiCaprio was left out of the best-actor lineup.
Oscar nominations that year also excluded DiCaprio, while Winslet earned a spot in the best-actress field.
Joining Adams, Davis and Winslet among supporting-actress picks were Penelope Cruz for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and Taraji P. Henson for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Henson also shared in the cast nomination for “Benjamin Button” and a cast nomination among TV dramas for “Boston Legal.”
Besides Ledger and Hoffman, supporting-actor nominees included Josh Brolin, “Milk”; Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”; and Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Last January’s SAG ceremony took place during a writers’ strike that affected other Hollywood honors, including the Golden Globes, which were canceled. The guild awards come amid fresh labor strife, with SAG leaders now threatening a strike as negotiations with producers over a new actors contract have stalled.
SAG Awards recipients often go on to win Academy Awards. Some years, all four of the top SAG winners later take home Oscars for the same roles, though last year, the guild went only two-for-four.
Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor at SAG and the Oscars for “There Will Be Blood” and Javier Bardem received both supporting-actor prizes for “No Country for Old Men.”
Julie Christie won best actress at SAG for “Away From Her” while the Oscar went to Marion Cotillard for “La Vie En Rose.” Ruby Dee earned the supporting-actress honor from SAG for “American Gangster,” but Tilda Swinton won the Oscar for “Michael Clayton.”
Film and TV nominees were chosen by two groups of 2,100 people randomly chosen from the guild’s 120,000 members. The guild’s full membership is eligible to vote for winners.
The show will include the guild’s life-achievement award for James Earl Jones.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: atz75 on December 18, 2008, 12:14:03 pm ---Heath was nominated for a SAG award today! :)
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I posted three pics of Heath and Jake at the SAG awards 2006 this morning on HHH. How fitting.
Love:
Kim Ledger on accepting Heath’s Golden Globe award if given
THE fuss being created about who will accept Heath Ledger's Golden Globe award posthumously should he win has been settled. Kim Ledger, father of the Golden Globe nominee, called Confidential yesterday to notify us that one of Ledger's The Dark Knight co-stars is expected to accept the actor's award posthumously should Heath for his role as the Joker win in January.
Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman are prime candidates for the job - not Kim and not, it seems, Ledger's ex Michelle Williams.
Ledger Sr also dismissed rumours that he was in a battle with Warner Brothers over who should claim the gong.
He said he would be unable to attend the ceremony due to work commitments in Australia.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,24816702-5013560,00.html?from=public_rss
Love:
Heath has been moninated for the SAG awards
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/12/18/2009-screen-actors-guild-awards-nominees-announced/
TOoP/Bruce:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24795626-5009160,00.html
N'Fa working on Ledger tribute
By Jonathon Moran
December 14, 2008 12:00am
HEATH Ledger's close friend and creative collaborator N'Fa Forster-Jones is trying to work out how to mark the anniversary of the actor's death.
Ledger, who died of an accidental prescription drug overdose on January 22, directed two video clips from N'Fa's solo album, Cause and Effect. The pair were long-time friends, meeting at age four while growing up in Perth.
``I don't know, sometimes I find things too much to write about so maybe something will happen,'' N'Fa told Insider at last weekend's Homebake festival when asked about the anniversary of Ledger's passing.
``We are trying to work out some sort of celebration. I am tyring to work out all of that, how to deal with it.''
Ledger and N'Fa were in the process of setting up a production company _ called Rocking Chair _ before hisuntimely death.
``Things have kind of changed since his passing,'' he said.
``A lot of things had to fold because it was sort of impossible. So all of us who have, I guess, been left in waiting are all just working out ways forward and trying to be positive and also keep his spirit alive because he was always filling us with energy and positivity.''
Prior to going solo, N'Fa fronted acclaimed hip hop outfit 1200 Techniques. He's spent much of this year travelling the world, working on no less than five albums, the first of which is a project titled Brain Wash.
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