S.A.G. hates the Brits

So the Screen Actors Guild stick two middle fingers up at both “Sweeney Todd” and “Atonement” each scoring a very disheartening 0 nominations.
Still think “Atonement” may be the best live action film I have seen this year…but who am I aside from an above average movie goer.

Here are the nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

GEORGE CLOONEY / Michael Clayton - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Daniel Plainview - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage)
RYAN GOSLING / Lars Lindstrom - "Lars And The Real Girl" (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment)
EMILE HIRSCH / Christopher McCandless- "Into The Wild" (Paramount Vantage)
VIGGO MORTENSEN / Nikolai - "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Queen Elizabeth I - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal Pictures)
JULIE CHRISTIE / Fiona - "Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
MARION COTILLARD / Edith Piaf - "La Vie En Rose" (Picturehouse)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Mariane Pearl - "A Mighty Heart" (Paramount Vantage)
ELLEN PAGE / Juno MacGuff - "Juno" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

CASEY AFFLECK / Robert Ford - "The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JAVIER BARDEM / Anton Chigurh - "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
HAL HOLBROOK / Ron Franz - "Into The Wild" (Paramount Vantage)
TOMMY LEE JONES / Ed Tom Bell - "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
TOM WILKINSON / Arthur Edens - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Jude - "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
RUBY DEE / Mama Lucas - "American Gangster" (Universal Pictures)
CATHERINE KEENER / Jan Burres - "Into The Wild" (Paramount Vantage)
AMY RYAN / Helene McCready - "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax Films)
TILDA SWINTON / Karen Crowder - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

3:10 TO YUMA (Lionsgate)

CHRISTIAN BALE / Dan Evans
RUSSELL CROWE / Ben Wade
PETER FONDA / Byron McElroy
GRETCHEN MOL / Alice Evans
DALLAS ROBERTS / Grayson Butterfield
VINESSA SHAW / Emmy Roberts
BEN FOSTER / Charlie Prince
ALAN TUDYK / Doc Potter
LOGAN LERMAN / Will Evans





AMERICAN GANGSTER (Universal Pictures)

ARMAND ASSANTE / Dominic Cattano
JOSH BROLIN / Detective Trupo
RUSSELL CROWE / Richie Roberts
RUBY DEE / Mama Lucas
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Huey Lucas
IDRIS ELBA / Tango
CUBA GOODING, JR. / Nicky Barnes
CARLA GUGINO / Laurie Roberts
JOHN HAWKES / Freddie Spearman
TED LEVINE / Lou Toback
JOE MORTON / Charlie Williams
LYMARI NADAL / Eva
JOHN ORTIZ / Javier J. Rivera
RZA / Moses Jones
YUL VAZQUEZ / Alfonse Abruzzo
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Frank Lucas


HAIRSPRAY (New Line Cinema)

NIKKI BLONSKY / Tracy Turnblad
AMANDA BYNES / Penny Pingleton
PAUL DOOLEY / Mr. Spritzer
ZAC EFRON / Link Larkin
ALLISON JANNEY / Prudy Pingleton
ELIJAH KELLEY / Seaweed
JAMES MARSDEN / Corny Collins
MICHELLE PFEIFFER / Velma Von Tussle
QUEEN LATIFAH / Motormouth Maybelle
BRITTANY SNOW / Amber Von Tussle
JERRY STILLER / Mr. French
JOHN TRAVOLTA / Edna Turnblad
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN / Wilbur Turnblad


INTO THE WILD (Paramount Vantage)

BRIAN DIERKER / Rainey
MARCIA GAY HARDEN / Billie McCandless
EMILE HIRSCH / Chris McCandless
HAL HOLBROOK / Ron Franz
WILLIAM HURT / Walt McCandless
CATHERINE KEENER / Jan Burres
JENA MALONE / Carine McCandless
KRISTEN STEWART / Tracy Tatro
VINCE VAUGHN / Wayne Westerberg





NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Miramax Films)

JAVIER BARDEM / Anton Chigurh
JOSH BROLIN / Llewelyn Moss
GARRET DILLAHUNT / Wendell
TESS HARPER / Loretta Bell
WOODY HARRELSON / Carson Wells
TOMMY LEE JONES / Ed Tom Bell
KELLY MACDONALD / Carla Jean Moss





I will now just go and continue to listen to the brilliant album ‘Robyn’ by Robyn.

The girl is AMAZING!