Sentences with phrase «sag voters»

It's hard to find any grand takeaways from the nominations, except that SAG voters generally agree with the consensus — but in a scattered and perhaps thin year for female performances, they sometimes have slightly offbeat taste... or, in the case of Watts and «St. Vincent,» very offbeat taste.

Last week it was announced that Fox Searchlight would be issuing screeners of its Oscar contenders to SAG voters online via iTunes.

Best Actor is different from Supporting, though Tom's general theory is right — there wasn't enough time for Wolf to bake in SAG voters» minds.

The film has been doing gangbusters with critics awards but will SAG voters go for her?

SAG voters could have a field day here, at the very least.

After checking in with a few SAG voters, nearly all of them expressed that they DID NOT receive screeners for voting.

Somebody show SAG voters a screener of HBO's «Show Me a Hero,» from «Crash» director Paul Haggis and «The Wire» creator David Simon.

Often SAG voters will look at the bold names and be more familiar with them, which means they remember and admire their work in previous films, which is why films with many well - known...

The Academy often goes for bigger stars, where SAG voters can sometimes go more independent.

SAG voters have established clear favorites over the years (Alec Baldwin has never lost for «30 Rock»), and, because of the size of the voting body, the prizes typically go to consensus candidates.

SAG voters take forever to pick up on the greatness of a particular series.

SAG voters love volume here, giving the ensemble award to the movie with the biggest cast five years running.

And the winner is: SAG voters love Mirren, nominating her for nine individual awards and giving her three trophies.

The large ensemble cast could easily sneak into the SAG ensemble race since there are a couple of open slots, especially since SAG voters have embraced HBO fantasy shows like GoT and even True Blood.

Oyelowo missed a SAG nomination, but that probably has more to do with very few SAG voters getting a chance to see the film than it does his actual performance.

Denzel Washington's «Fences» screened for SAG voters on Saturday night and we talk about the reactions that poured in, declaring winners in several categories including Supporting Actress for Viola Davis.

Though director Wes Anderson's offbeat movies such as «Royal Tenenbaums» and «Moonrise Kingdom» have never gotten awards love from the guild, this year SAG voters reversed the trend, bestowing «The Grand Budapest Hotel» with a best ensemble nod — perhaps not surprising given the movie's deep roster of talent, including Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Owen Wilson.

But the film was a late arrival for SAG voters, which may have hampered its chances.

I'm guessing that the SAG voters really did get nor like Lincoln all THAT much so I would have to say that Hathaway can't be beat.

If SAG voters are paying attention, which they probably aren't, they would award Sally Field after all of these years.

Denerstein said the initiative would boost New York's sagging voter enrollment numbers and also save taxpayers money by streamlining the DMV's handling of voter registrations.

Whether you're a SAG voter unsure of your deadlines, or just a movie buff eager to mark your calendar, here are the most important awards season dates to keep in mind.

Not exact matches

Stronach was confident enough to let his belly sag over the waistband of his jeans, believing his smooth, doughy chest would sway voters to entrust him with Austria's future.

That's the significance of the legislation authored by State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I - Sag Harbor) signed into law last week by Governor Andrew Cuomo providing that if any future East Hampton Town Board wants a Federal Aviation Administration grant running 10 years or more, it would have to be approved by the voters.

Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor), the Southampton Independence Party chairman, said criticism of Throne - Holst's party stripes «won't hold a lot of sway,» in a year when being independent will be «a major asset» with voters who are fed up with both parties.

SAG Awards nominations come from two panels — one for film, one for TV — comprising roughly 2,200 randomly chosen voters from within the membership.

As for the Globes themselves, Dave Karger analyzes how the wins will affect the Oscar race, saying, ««The Fighter,» which won both supporting races, could steal the SAG Best Cast prize, and «The King's Speech» still has a shot for Best Picture based on what I'm hearing from voters, but «Network «s» performance so far has been almost unprecedented.»

And the winner is: Louis - Dreyfus won her first SAG Award for «Veep» last year, and, given voters» propensity for rubber - stamping, we like her chances to repeat.

She got a Globe nomination, but missed a SAG in favor of the inexplicable nomination for Naomi Watts which, again, likely has more to do with many voters not seeing the film yet.

The event lasted all day in front of a packed, invitation - only audience of Television Academy voters and PGA, SAG - AFTRA, WGAW and DGA members.

The SAG does have some crossover with Oscar voters, but that union is so large that only a small slice of its voting bloc is in the Academy.

As voters from the major organizations begin to cast their votes — the New York Film Critics Circle, whose awards will be announced Thursday, SAG, and so on — they should not forget the joy, verve, and comedic skill that Haddish brought to Girls Trip and help build momentum for an Oscar campaign.

He scored a Supporting Actor nomination at the SAGs yesterday but it seems that Scott Feinberg's inside info about HFPA voters not going for child actors turned out to be true.

SAG giving «Dallas Buyers Club's» small group an ensemble nomination indicates that voters love this bunch.

And, as always, the key to remember is that the voters for PGA and SAG don't have the Oscar nominations as a guide this year.

Rachel Weisz, «Youth» Deserves it probably more than Fonda, but the movie really has to play as well to Academy voters and SAG nom com as Searchlight thinks it is for her to get a nod.

It happens sometimes as voters (Academy or SAG) are not required to put any actor in any category.

Might the shock of her missing out with SAG drive Academy voters more toward her?

PGA — roughly 8,000 on a preferential ballot went for The Shape of Water SAG — roughly 150,000 voters on a plurality ballot went for Three Billboards ACE — numbers undetermined (a few thousand maybe)-- went for Dunkirk (which beat The Shape of Water) and I, Tonya (which beat Three Billboards, Get Out and Lady Bird) ADG — went for The Shape of Water.

Doomsayers might be tempted to downplay «Wolf» on Wednesday if it doesn't show up in the Screen Actors Guild nominations, but Paramount didn't send out screeners to the SAG nominating committee, and were barely able to screen the film for voters.

In the case of «Call Me by Your Name,» the major SAG misses for Ensemble and Armie Hammer may show that it's going to run into trouble with voters.

Academy voters have only five to select, so if you put PGA, DGA, and even SAG together you're going to be in the ballpark with how the nominations might go.

So what changed for awards voters between the SAG noms and now?

Rush is a dud of a film that really stomps on whatever faith was left in Ron Howard's filmmaking virtues, but Brühl is reason enough to see it, and his nominations from SAG and BAFTA, whose memberships significantly overlap with those of the Academy of Motional Picture Arts and Sciences, prove that voters are.

With nominations now from the Golden Globes, Critics» Choice, and the SAG awards, I, Tonya's Oscar chances are looking good, but it all started for the film early last month when stars Margot Robbie, Allison Janney and Sebastian Stan, along with director Craig Gillespie and writer Steven Rogers appeared in front of a packed house of AMPAS and key guild voters during Deadline's 7th Annual The Contenders awards season event at the DGA Theatre.

These early nominations from SAG and GG reflect when the films were viewed and voters had access to screeners.

With a nominating committee of 2,000 SAG members, there is no assurance that the SAG screenings that take place in Los Angeles and New York will be seen by these voters.

I am not a member of SAG / AFTRA so I am not an actual voter, but I have some friends that are members so it was fun hearing them talk about the movies they have gotten in the mail to watch.

In many ways, Wednesday's Screen Actors Guild nominations went according to plan, with the 2,100 randomly - chosen voters on the SAG Nominating Committee saluting the actors they were expected to salute and honoring the films they were supposed to honor.

Here are our six favorites — presented with fingers crossed that SAG members, the Academy, and other awards voters agree!