SAG Awards: Why you should care about this year's ceremony
After the Golden Globes and before the Oscars, the event is often overlooked. This year, though, things have changed.
Sunday 21 January 2018 14:12, UK
As the Time's Up movement grows and #MeToo accusations widen, the SAG Awards will focus on Hollywood's most problematic group.
Actors - that's what it is all about.
Every year, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards come right after the Golden Globes and just before the Oscars.
While the Globes grappled with the flaws of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and the Oscars struggled to diversify its largely white, middle-aged male Academy, SAG seemed to be genuinely about acting.
Well, not any more. This year, the guild has announced it will grab the bull by its horns and take a stand on the #MeToo movement.
Not only will Sunday's ceremony be presented exclusively by women, it is also being billed as a "unifying salute to the women who have been brave" enough to speak about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault.
Things are also likely to spice up if actor James Franco takes the stage.
The Disaster Artist actor/ director has already said via his representative that he will be attending the ceremony, despite accusations of sexual misconduct.
He has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role.
Also likely to be present is comedian Aziz Ansari, who picked up a Golden Globe for his role in Netflix's Master Of None and is nominated for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series.
He has also been the subject of a heated online debate, after website babe.net published a first person account of an unidentified woman who accused Ansari of "sexual assault".
Many, however, have rallied against the website and the alleged victim, saying the account details "just a bad date".
However it turns out, all eyes will be on the audience's reaction to some of the invitees, as a prelude to the Oscars in March.
:: Full list of nominations
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Film)
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Film)
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Film)
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson,Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Film)
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
Logan
Wonder Woman
War for the Planet of the Apes
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Jeff Daniels, Godless
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette & Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette & Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Laura Linney, Ozark
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
William H. Macy, Shameless
Marc Maron, GLOW
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Alison Brie, GLOW
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Orange is the New Black
Veep
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Game of Thrones
GLOW
Homeland
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead