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SAG

SAG nominations are announced December 12, 2012, and the awards will take place on January 27, 2013.

League Standings after PGA and SAG Awards

Overall Standings:

Felix 243
Rob 204
Dave 182
Seth 180
Jon 166
Jennie 146
Jake 144
Saxes 48

League 1:

Jake PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Hitchcock 1 5
Killing Them Softly 0
Life of Pi 1 49
Promised Land 0
Sparkle 0
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 6
Lincoln 1 4 10 84
Grand Total 2 5 10 144
Seth PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Cloud Atlas 1
Django Unchained 1 56
Les Misérables 1 4 5 89
Prometheus 2
Skyfall 1 2 5 24
The Dark Knight Rises 1 1
The Impossible 1 7
 Grand Total 3 8 10 180
Dave PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Amour 30
Anna Karenina 8
Argo 1 5 2 5 82
Brave 1 9
The Avengers 2
Zero Dark Thirty 1 1 47
Rust & Bone 1 4
Grand Total 3 5 4 5 182
Jennie PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Beasts of the Southern Wild 1 23
Flight 1 12
Hyde Park on Hudson 2
Moonrise Kingdom 1 11
Silver Linings Playbook 1 4 5 68
The Master 1 20
The Sessions 2 10
Grand Total 3 8 5 146

League 2:

Felix PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Amour 30
Argo 1 5 2 5 82
Mirror Mirror 2
Moonrise Kingdom 1 11
Skyfall 1 2 5 24
The Sessions 2 10
Lincoln 1 4 10 84
Grand Total 4 5 10 20 243
Rob PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Anna Karenina 8
Beasts of the Southern Wild 1 23
Flight 1 12
Les Misérables 1 4 5 89
Silver Linings Playbook 1 4 5 68
This Is 40 0
Rust & Bone 1 4
Grand Total 3 10 10 204
Saxes PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Brave 1 9
Cloud Atlas 1
The Avengers 2
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 9
The Dark Knight Rises 1 1
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 6
The Master 1 20
Grand Total 1 4 48
Jon PGA Noms Total PGA Awards Total SAG Noms Total SAG Awards Total Grand Total
Django Unchained 1 56
Hitchcock 1 5
Life of Pi 1 49
Trouble with the Curve 0
Wreck-It Ralph 1 5 9
Zero Dark Thirty 1 1 47
Bully 0
Grand Total 4 5 2 166







League Standings After the SAG Noms

League 1

Jake

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Hitchcock 1 1
Killing Them Softly 0
Life of Pi 0
Promised Land 0
Sparkle 0
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 0
Lincoln 4 4
Grand Total 5 5

 

Seth

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Cloud Atlas 0
Django Unchained 0
Les Misérables 4 4
Prometheus 0
Skyfall 2 2
The Dark Knight Rises 1 1
The Impossible 1 1
8 8

 

 

Dave

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Amour 0
Anna Karenina 0
Argo 2 2
Brave 0
The Avengers 0
Zero Dark Thirty 1 1
Rust & Bone 1 1
Grand Total 4 4

 

Jennie

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Beasts of the Southern Wild 0
Flight 1 1
Hyde Park on Hudson 0
Moonrise Kingdom 0
Silver Linings Playbook 4 4
The Master 1 1
The Sessions 2 2
Grand Total 8 8

 

League 2

Felix

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Amour 0
Argo 2 2
Mirror Mirror 0
Moonrise Kingdom 0
Skyfall 2 2
The Sessions 2 2
Lincoln 4 4
Grand Total 10 10

 

Rob

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Anna Karenina 0
Beasts of the Southern Wild 0
Flight 1 1
Les Misérables 4 4
Silver Linings Playbook 4 4
This Is 40 0
Rust & Bone 1 1
Grand Total 10 10

 

 

Saxes

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Brave 0
Cloud Atlas 0
The Avengers 0
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 2
The Dark Knight Rises 1 1
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 0
The Master 1 1
Grand Total 4 4

 

Jon

SAG Noms Total Grand Total
Django Unchained 0
Hitchcock 1 1
Life of Pi 0
Trouble with the Curve 0
Wreck-It Ralph 0
Zero Dark Thirty 1 1
Bully 0
Grand Total 2 2

 

Overall Standings:

Rob/Felix: 10

Jennie & Seth: 8

Jake: 5

Saxes & Dave: 4

Jon: 2

 








Screen Actors Guild Nominations

The SAG noms are out!

 

From SAG:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
BRADLEY COOPER / Pat – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)
JOHN HAWKES / Mark – “THE SESSIONS” (Fox Searchlight)
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean – “LES MISÉRABLES” (Universal Pictures)
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Whip Whitaker – “FLIGHT” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Maya – “ZERO DARK THIRTY” (Columbia Pictures)
MARION COTILLARD / Stephanie – “RUST AND BONE” (Sony Pictures Classics)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Tiffany – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
HELEN MIRREN / Alma Reville – “HITCHCOCK” (Fox Searchlight)
NAOMI WATTS / Maria – “THE IMPOSSIBLE” (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ALAN ARKIN / Lester Siegel – “ARGO” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JAVIER BARDEM / Silva – “SKYFALL” (Columbia Pictures)
ROBERT DE NIRO / Pat, Sr. – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Lancaster Dodd – “THE MASTER” (The Weinstein Company)
TOMMY LEE JONES / Thaddeus Stevens – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
SALLY FIELD / Mary Todd Lincoln – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine – “LES MISÉRABLES” (Universal Pictures)
HELEN HUNT / Cheryl – “THE SESSIONS” (Fox Searchlight)
NICOLE KIDMAN / Charlotte Bless – “THE PAPERBOY” (Millennium Entertainment)
MAGGIE SMITH / Muriel Donnelly – “THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” (Fox Searchlight)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
ARGO (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEN AFFLECK / Tony Mendez
ALAN ARKIN / Lester Siegel
KERRY BISHÉ / Kathy Stafford
KYLE CHANDLER / Hamilton Jordan
RORY COCHRANE / Lee Schatz
BRYAN CRANSTON / Jack O’Donnell
CHRISTOPHER DENHAM / Mark Lijek
TATE DONOVAN / Bob Anders
CLEA DUVALL / Cora Lijek
VICTOR GARBER / Ken Taylor
JOHN GOODMAN / John Chambers
SCOOT McNAIRY / Joe Stafford
CHRIS MESSINA / Malinov

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (Fox Searchlight)
JUDI DENCH / Evelyn Greenslade
CELIA IMRIE / Madge Hardcastle
BILL NIGHY / Douglas Ainslie
DEV PATEL / Sonny Kapoor
RONALD PICKUP / Norman Cousins
MAGGIE SMITH / Muriel Donnelly
TOM WILKINSON / Graham Dashwood
PENELOPE WILTON / Jean Ainslie

LES MISÉRABLES (Universal Pictures)
ISABELLE ALLEN / Young Cosette
SAMANTHA BARKS / Eponine
SACHA BARON COHEN / Thénardier
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Madame Thénardier
RUSSELL CROWE / Javert
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine
DANIEL HUTTLESTONE / Gavroche
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Marius
AMANDA SEYFRIED / Cosette
AARON TVEIT / Enjolras
COLM WILKINSON / Bishop

LINCOLN (Touchstone Pictures)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln
SALLY FIELD / Mary Todd Lincoln
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT / Robert Todd Lincoln
HAL HOLBROOK / Preston Blair
TOMMY LEE JONES / Thaddeus Stevens
JAMES SPADER / W.N. Bilbo
DAVID STRATHAIRN / William Seward

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (The Weinstein Company)
BRADLEY COOPER / Pat
ROBERT DE NIRO / Pat, Sr.
ANUPAM KHER / Dr. Cliff Patel
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Tiffany
CHRIS TUCKER / Danny
JACKI WEAVER / Dolores

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Columbia Pictures)
THE BOURNE LEGACY (Universal Pictures)
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warner Bros. Pictures)
LES MISÉRABLES (Universal Pictures)
SKYFALL (Columbia Pictures)