The fate of the Oscars might hang in the balance BECAUSE OF THEM, but nevertheless, this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have been announced, and in the least surprising news ever, the big-screen adaptation of Doubt, which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep, leads the pack.
Putting these two together in the same movie is the Hollywood equivalent of stacking a student government election by putting the most popular kids in the class on the same bill. Throw Robert Downey, Jr. into the cast, and you wouldn’t even need to watch the ceremony to find out who won. Find a complete list of nominees after the jump; does anyone else find it strange that the Lifetime Achievement Award is going to James Earl Jones (yes, he’s Darth Vader, but the last time we loved him in a movie was 1993 — The Sand Lot)?
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale – THE VISITOR (Overture Films) FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon – FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures) SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk – MILK (Focus Features) BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures) MICKEY ROURKE / Randy – THE WRESTLER (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym – RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Sony Pictures Classics) ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins – CHANGELING (Universal Pictures) MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy – FROZEN RIVER (Sony Pictures Classics) MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier – DOUBT (Miramax Films) KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Paramount Vantage)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role JOSH BROLIN / Dan White – MILK (Focus Features) ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus – TROPIC THUNDER (Paramount Pictures) PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn – DOUBT (Miramax Films) HEATH LEDGER / Joker – THE DARK KNIGHT (Warner Bros. Pictures) DEV PATEL / Older Jamal – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role AMY ADAMS / Sister James – DOUBT (Miramax Flms) PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena – VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (The Weinstein Company) VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller – DOUBT (Miramax Films) TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures) KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz – THE READER (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture DOUBT (Miramax) FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures) MILK (Focus Features) SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)