SAG Winners
Film:

Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator!
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Ensemble: Sideways

Television:
Ensemble in a Drama Seris - CSI
Actor in a Drama Series - Jerry Orbach, Law and Order
Actress in a Drama Series - Jennifer Garner, Alias
Best Actress in a Miniseries TV - Glenn Close, Lion in Winter
Actor in a Miniseries TV - Geoffrey Rush, Life and Death of Peter Sellars
Best Actor - comedy series - Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Best Actress - comedy series - Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives
Ensemble - comedy series - Desperate Housewives





The SAG Awards will be televised from 7-9 CST this Saturday on TNT.

There is no Best Picture category but there is an "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture." And don't forget the SAG guild is the largest voting block of the AMPAS.

A list of past winners in that category.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - won Oscar
CHICAGO - won Oscar
GOSFORD PARK -A Beautiful Mind won Oscar
TRAFFIC - Gladiator won Oscar
AMERICAN BEAUTY - won Oscar
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - won Oscar
THE FULL MONTY - Titanic
THE BIRDCAGE - The English Patient won Oscar
APOLLO 13 - Braveheart won Oscar


THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Don Cheadle / HOTEL RWANDA - Paul Rusesabagina - United Artists
Johnny Depp / FINDING NEVERLAND - Sir James Matthew Barrie - Miramax Films
Leonardo DiCaprio / THE AVIATOR - Howard Hughes - Miramax Films
Jamie Foxx / RAY - Ray Charles - Universal Pictures
Paul Giamatti / SIDEWAYS - Miles - Fox Searchlight Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Annette Bening / BEING JULIA - Julia Lambert - Sony Pictures Classics
Catalina Sandino Moreno / MARIA FULL OF GRACE - Maria - Fine Line Features
Imelda Staunton / VERA DRAKE - Vera - Fine Line Features
Hilary Swank / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Maggie - Warner Bros.
Kate Winslet / ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - Clementine Kruczynski - Focus Features

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Thomas Haden Church / SIDEWAYS - Jack - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jamie Foxx / COLLATERAL - Max - DreamWorks SKG
Morgan Freeman / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Scrap - Warner Bros.
James Garner / THE NOTEBOOK - Duke - New Line Cinema
Freddie Highmore / FINDING NEVERLAND - Peter Llewelyn Davies - Miramax Films

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett / THE AVIATOR - Katharine Hepburn - Miramax Films
Cloris Leachman / SPANGLISH - Evelyn - Columbia Pictures
Laura Linney / KINSEY - Clara McMillen - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Virginia Madsen / SIDEWAYS - Maya - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Sophie Okonedo / HOTEL RWANDA - Tatiana Rusesabagina - United Artists

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

THE AVIATOR - Miramax Films
Alan Alda - Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Alec Baldwin - Julian Trippe
Kate Beckinsale - Ava Gardner
Cate Blanchett - Katharine Hepburn
Leonardo DiCaprio - Howard Hughes
Ian Holm - Professor Fitz
Danny Huston - Jack Frye
Jude Law - Errol Flynn
John C. Reilly - Noah Dietrich
Gwen Stefani - Jean Harlow

FINDING NEVERLAND - Miramax Films
Julie Christie - Mrs. Emma Du Maurier
Johnny Depp - Sir James Matthew Barrie
Freddie Highmore - Peter Llewelyn Davies
Dustin Hoffman - Charles Frohman
Radha Mitchell - Mary Ansell Barrie
Joe Prospero - Jack Llewelyn Davies
Nick Roud - George Llewelyn Davies
Luke Spill - Michael Llewelyn Davies
Kate Winslet - Sylvia Llewelyn Davies

HOTEL RWANDA - United Artists
Don Cheadle - Paul Rusesabagina
Nick Nolte - Colonel Oliver
Sophie Okonedo - Tatiana Rusesabagina
Joaquin Phoenix - Jack Daglish

MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Warner Bros.
Clint Eastwood - Frankie
Morgan Freeman - Scrap
Hilary Swank - Maggie

RAY - Universal Pictures
Aunjanue Ellis - Mary Ann Fisher
Jamie Foxx - Ray Charles
Terrence Dashon Howard - Gossie McGee
Regina King - Margie Hendricks
Harry Lennix - Joe Adams
Clifton Powell - Jeff Brown
Larenz Tate - Quincy Jones
Kerry Washington - Della Bea Robinson

SIDEWAYS - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Thomas Haden Church - Jack
Paul Giamatti - Miles
Virginia Madsen - Maya
Sandra Oh - Stephanie

A rundown of SAG/Oscar match ups.

2003- Depp was the only person last year not to go on to win an Oscar. 4/5 match up.

2002- Day Lewis, Zellweger, and Walken all won the SAG and lost the Oscar. 2/5

2001- Crowe, McKellan, Mirren and Gosford Park all won the SAG and lost the Oscar. 1/5

2000 - Del Toro (nominated in lead category for Traffic but won Oscar for Traffic in supporting category), Finney, Dench and Traffic all won the SAG and lost the Oscar. 1/5

1999- Benning won the SAG and lost the Oscar (to Swank). 4/5

1998- Duvall and Bates won SAGs and lost the Oscar. 3/5

1997- Full Monty won the SAG and lost the Oscar. 4/5

1996- Bacall and Birdcage won SAGs and lost the Oscar. 3/5

1995- Harris, Winslet, and Apollo 13 won SAGs and lost the Oscar. 2/5

1994- Foster won the SAG and lost the Oscar. 3/4 (No award for cast)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jamie Foxx / RAY - Ray Charles - Universal Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Maggie - Warner Bros.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Morgan Freeman / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Scrap - Warner Bros.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett / THE AVIATOR - Katharine Hepburn - Miramax Films

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
SIDEWAYS - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Thomas Haden Church - Jack
Paul Giamatti - Miles
Virginia Madsen - Maya
Sandra Oh - Stephanie

I'm incredibly excited to see who will win. Their choices will certainly stir up things for the Oscars, for me personally, depending on their choices.

Best of all, it's being aired on TNT so I can watch them live!

PEACE, Mike

There's no doubt about Foxx winning the SAG.

But if Bening takes the win from Swank and I don't know who from Freeman, it will mix things up quite a bit.

I don't see how Hillary Swank can lose this.
Annette already won for American Beauty and her performance in Being Julia di=oes not top that of her win 5 years ago.

On the other hand, they haven't given Swank one AND her performance in this is at least on par and arguably better than her turn in 99's Boys Don't Cry.

Annette Benning is simply in the race because the academy wants to give it to her. Otherwise this race would have Hillary Swank as the clear leader but with more of a surprise factor from both Staunton and Kate Winslet

But is Annette loses the SAG award she pretty much stands no chance at the Oscar. She HAS to ahve that support from the actors, cause none of the other academy branches (not the writers...) will support her the way actors could.

I actually...just can't see Annette winning this year.

What are your picks for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture?

Is anyone predicting Million Dollar Baby?

Million Dollar Baby can win, but it's only a 3-character piece. The Aviator is much more of an ensemble, with a lot more stars doing small or cameo roles. I still think The Aviator will win. I'm going with Swank and Freeman winning for Million Dollar Baby, and Cate and The Aviator winning in their respective categories, and we're still left with a dead heat going to the finish.

Ray, Hotel Rwanda and Finding Neverland probably won't win, but I wouldn't be surprised to see any of the other 3 winnning it.

1. The Aviator
2. SSideways (a CLOSE second)
3. Million Dollar Baby

The Aviator is the kind of movie that easily seems to win in this category. Umm...wel, I don't really have to say anything...just look at the cast.

Sideways probably DESERVES to win this award. And could.

Million Dollar Baby...3 nominees? Is that enough to get you a best ensemble? If the movie wins I think there is NO way it will lose out on the best picture Oscar. And I think it's a strong possibility...

You mean individual nominees? Only two for Million Dollar Baby, as Eastwood isn't nominated here. Instead, Sideways has three with Paul.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jamie Foxx / RAY - Ray Charles - Universal Pictures
2nd-Leonardo DiCaprio

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Maggie - Warner Bros.
2nd-Imelda Staunton

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Thomas Haden Church / SIDEWAYS - Jack - Fox Searchlight Pictures
2nd-Morgan Freeman

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett / THE AVIATOR - Katharine Hepburn - Miramax Films
2nd-Virginia Madsen

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE AVIATOR
2nd-SIDEWAYS

Million Dollar Baby is basically a three actor piece, with only two actors nominated. The same could be said for Sideways, though it managed to get three actors nominated.

I'm still going with Sideways, though The Aviator is a close second. Ray and Hotel Rwanda have no chance. Finding Neverland could be a dark horse.

No, I meant that by getting a best ensemble nomination, the cast is nominated. But the cast consists of 3 people...Clint, Hilary, and Morgan. 3 Actors isn't exactly what comes to mind when you think of a best ensemble SAG award (And I just noticed that it's only 4 for Sideways...hmmm...)

Out of all the past ensemble winners, it looks like The Full Monty and The Birdcage had the smallest cast. How many cast members would you consider for American Beauty, 7?

8 were nominated (and won) for emsemble at SAG.

Annette Bening
Wes Bentley
Thora Birch
Chris Cooper
Peter Gallagher
Allison Janney
Kevin Spacey
Mena Suvari

How did I miss Janney? She was great as the creepy mother.

8...

Annette Bening
Wes Bentley
Thora Birch
Chris Cooper
Peter Gallagher
Allison Janney
Kevin Spacey
Mena Suvari

The Full Monty (11):
Mark Addy
Paul Barber
Robert Carlyle
Deirdre Costello
Steve Huison
Bruce Jones
Lesley Sharp
William Snape
Hugo Speer
Tom Wilkinson
Emily Woof

I was thinking you missed Peter, and yes, Janney was great. Creepy, but great.

Peter would have been an easy one to forget for most people. But I love the sex scenes and the drive thru. Buddy Kane.

I'm going with Million Dollar Baby because it just seems to be swinging that way this year. I don't think The Aviator is an ensemble in the sense that people seem to come in and out of Howard's life and it's really DiCaprio that's doing most of the work, whereas things seem pretty balanced out in Million and Sideways... pictures that are truly ensembles.

I'm curious how Eastwood failed to get a nom here, yet got one from the AMPAS.

Since it's being aired on TNT, for anyone without basic cable or outside the country, this thread will be updated tonight as the winners as announced.

To me, ensemble is the most interesting thing as the winners in other categories are more or less pretty certain.

Hopefully, The Aviator wins Ensemble and Sup. Actress and Million Dollar Baby both Actress and Sup. Actor, that'd spice up things even more.

If Cate only had a bit more screen time, Hilary would have been screwed.