Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, Argo
Javeir Bardem, Skyfall
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Phil Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Maggie Smith, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Ensemble

Argo
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

Stunt Ensemble

Les Miserables
Skyfall
The Dark Knight Rises
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bourne Legacy

It's time to see rather or not Django's off the chain.

My prediction:

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Joaquin Pheonix (The Master)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Hugg Jackman (Les Misérables)

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin (Argo)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Javier Bardem (Skyfall)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams (The Master)
Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Sally Field (Lincon)

Best Ensemble

Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Les Misérables
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty should get in here, considering The Hurt Locker did with just an actor nom. It's the actor/actress idea of best picture instead of the actual best ensembles, so I expect Argo to show up as well.

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, The Master
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Best Ensemble

Argo
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Plus, it has a diverse ensemble. Not A-list movie stars, but actors who have long pounded the pavement and earned respect. There is Kyle Chandler, for instance, who is a television veteran. Then there are Jason Clarke and Joel Edgerton, who can win the Australian vote. And so on and so forth.

On another note, I would love to see Keira Knightley pop up in Best Actress here.

I'm going with Argo, Lincoln, Les Mis, Silver Linings and Zero Dark Thirty in Ensemble.

Just remember, Inglourious Basterds WON back a few years back. Actors and actresses respect Tarantino.

As a heads up, Beasts of the Southern Wild was not eligible for this so Wallis missing out on Actress is not a snub.

Pretty standard stuff, but a few notes:
-Nothing for The Master other than Hoffman
-Nothing for Django Unchained either
-No ensemble nod for Zero Dark Thirty, which may mean it won't be quite as strong a contender as The Hurt Locker was
-Javier Bardem, again...first acting nod for a Bond movie?
-Ann Dowd really needed SAG to stay in the game, I think
-Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy, LOL, interesting choice

That is, in fact, pretty BAD for The Master.

Zero Dark Thirty is expected. I mean c'mon...I haven't read a SINGLE thing about any member of the cast except for Chastain.

Random Nicole Kidman nom.

Terrific for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (and absolutely well-deserved!!).

I also firmly believe that Bardem is in now.

Big winners: Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook. The latter is still a Top 5 contender.

Also, I'm really glad Bradley Cooper isn't being ignored so far despite the competitiveness of his category, which I feared might happen.

Again - Jacki Weaver.

Yes! Nicole Kidman is great in The Paperboy. Fantastic, unexpected nomination.

Maybe the membership didn't have enough time to see Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty? Or am I reaching?

Well, they nominated Chastain for ZDT.

Also, no Matthew McConaughey. Hrm. I still think he can pull off an Oscar nod.

I already said this yesterday but Jacki Weaver had a less challenging film that was also likely helped by a significant portion of the Australian and British contingents. Ann Dowd doesn't have this.

As always, I am fascinated by who they choose to recognize as part of each ensemble. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Hal Holbrook, for example, are nominated for Lincoln, but not Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Gloria Reuben, etc.

Honestly, I am shocked by Phoenix' omission. I am pretty sure his attitude played a large role in this outcome.

Still both are tiny tiny films. Then again, I don't predict Dowd to be nominated.

Interesting Les Misérables even scored a nomination for its stunt cast. A spot they easily could have just given to, say, The Avengers or The Hobbit or Safe House.

I certainly don't think it helped. SAG might just not have liked The Master much, though, considering Adams wasn't nominated either. And that should've been an easy nomination for her considering how blank Supporting Actress is and how well-liked she is.

I predict SAG's Actor roster (Cooper, Day-Lewis, Hawkes, Jackman, Washington) will line up with Oscar.

Django and ZDT did not get their screeners in before the deadline. Hence why they are missing.

The fact Cooper and Jackman will be in another category at the Globes is a blessing for Phoenix.

It's too bad Ann Dowd didn't get in.