Just in case you think we may
have forgotten: we have not. It is this early part of the year that is famous
for being awards season, where media productions of the past year get their
deserved accolades: film, television, music and so on. This past Sunday, it was
the turn of the Screen Actors Guild to hand out their awards for performances
in the big screen and small, for the 2021 films and shows that rose above the
rest while the pandemic was still being fought. Some notable awardees include a
bloody Korean streaming survival drama on Netflix and a dramatic film with
actual non-hearing performers portraying deaf characters.
As we learn from The Hollywood Reporter, the 28th
Screen Actors Guild Awards this February 27 gives props to films and TV shows
of the past year, with formidable nominees and properly accorded winners from
each category. Cinema-wise, a lot of strong productions got nomination nods
from MGM’s “House of Gucci” to Steven Spielberg’s epic adaptation of “West Side
Story,” and even two MCU superhero movies. For television, HBO scored plenty of
nominees, fighting back against the streaming platform plurality. Even so,
Netflix K-Drama “Squid Game” got some big victories.
Veteran actor Will Smith looks to
be back in his groove as an actor and performer of father roles, winning
Outstanding Performance – Lead Male Actor for Warner Bros. biopic “King
Richard,” about the Williams sisters’ dad. For Supporting Roles, Ariana DeBose wins
the Female Actor half for portraying the tragic Anita in “West Side Story,”
alleviating the movie’s box-office bomb. The Male Supporting Actor Award went
to deaf performer Troy Kotsur. He and his cast-mates, some of them also hard of
hearing, triumphed in Outstanding Cast Performance for Apple TV+’s “CODA,”
about a hearing child in a deaf family. Daniel Craig’s James Bond Swan song “No
Time to Die” had its Stunt Ensemble beat “Black Widow,” “Shang-Chi,” “Dune” and
even “The Matrix Resurrection” for honors.
Again, Hwang Dong-hyuk’s “Squid
Game” on Netflix was near-unbeatable in this year’s SAG Awards thanks to
winning Outstanding Male and Female Actors – Drama Series as well as TV Stunt
Ensemble. “Ted Lasso” on Apple TV+ is the other multi-winner in this segment,
with Jason Sudeikis again winning Outstanding Male Actor for Comedy. This time,
the “Ted Lasso” cast prevailed in the Comedy Series Ensemble. Michael Keaton
(Hulu’s “Dopesick”) and Kate Winslet (HBO’s “Mare of Eastown”) were the
Oustanding Performances for TV Movie/Limited Series. Finally, the SAG Life
Achievement Award this year went to Helen Mirren.
Some of the film nominees and
winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards this year will soon be going after
bigger statuette game, with the 94th Academy Awards approaching late
next month, at March 27.
Image courtesy of LA Times
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