Barbie, Oppenheimer score SAG award nominations on road to Oscars
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(From left) Barbie stars Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie and Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy.
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LOS ANGELES - Box office hits Barbie and Oppenheimer landed four nominations each for Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild awards on Jan 10, setting up a new battle between the blockbuster films ahead of the Academy Awards.
The movies that squared off in a showdown dubbed “Barbenheimer” last summer will vie for the top SAG award - best movie cast - alongside The Color Purple, Killers Of The Flower Moon and American Fiction.
The SAG awards are closely watched because actors form the largest group of voters for the Oscars, the film industry’s top prizes that will be bestowed in March. Oppenheimer, about the making of the atomic bomb, is coming off a dominating night this week at the Golden Globes, where the Christopher Nolan film took home five trophies, including best movie drama.
Poor Things, the surprise Globe winner for best movie musical or comedy, was left out of SAG’s cast nominees, though star Emma Stone was nominated for best actress and Willem Dafoe for supporting actor. Stone will compete against Barbie star Margot Robbie, Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone of Killers Of The Flower Moon, Annette Bening of Nyad and Carey Mulligan of Maestro.
Cillian Murphy, who played scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was nominated for best actor. His competition will be Bradley Cooper of Maestro, The Holdovers star Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction and Colman Domingo for Rustin.
SAG voters passed over Flower Moon star Leonardo DiCaprio.
For Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt were nominated for their supporting roles. The other nods for Barbie came for supporting actor Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, and for the movie’s stunt performers.
Succession, about a cutthroat media mogul and his family, led TV categories with five nominations, including best drama series cast. Ted Lasso, The Bear and The Last Of Us each received four nods.
For its final season, Succession won the Golden Globe for best TV drama, while season two of restaurant dramedy The Bear prevailed in the TV comedy series category.
Winners of the SAG awards will be handed out at a red-carpet ceremony held in Los Angeles on Feb 24 and streamed live on Netflix.
At the event, SAG will award a lifetime achievement honour to singer, actor and director Barbra Streisand, the star of Funny Girl, A Star Is Born and other classic films. REUTERS
Full list of nominations
Movies
Best movie cast
Barbie
Oppenheimer
American Fiction
The Color Purple
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Best male actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best female actor in a leading role
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers Of The Flower Moon
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best male actor in a supporting role
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert De Niro, Killers Of The Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Best female actor in a supporting role
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Penelope Cruz, Ferrari
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Television
Best ensemble in a drama series
The Crown
The Gilded Age
The Last Of Us
The Morning Show
Succession
Best ensemble in a comedy series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Only Murders In The Building
Ted Lasso
Best male actor in a television movie or limited series
Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Jon Hamm, Fargo
David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Tony Shalhoub, Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
Steven Yeun, Beef
Best female actor in a television movie or limited series
Uzo Aduba, Painkiller
Kathryn Hahn, Tiny Beautiful Things
Brie Larson, Lessons In Chemistry
Bel Powley, A Small Light
Ali Wong, Beef
Best male actor in a drama series
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Pedro Pascal, The Last Of Us
Best female actor in a drama series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
Bella Ramsey, The Last Of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Sarah Snook, Succession
Best male actor in a comedy series
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Bill Hader, Barry
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best female actor in a comedy series
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Stunts
Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series
Ahsoka
Barry
Beef
The Last Of Us
The Mandalorian
Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture
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