Damn You, SAG
The winners of the SAG awards become the favorites in their Oscar categories, which suggests most of the guesses I made are wrong.
Sure, I expected Heath Ledger to win Supporting Actor, and Slumdog Millionaire for Best Picture, but the closer calls I got wrong. Instead of Viola Davis for Supporting Actress, Kate Winslet won (did Amy Adams split the vote?). Sean Penn, alas, beat Mickey Rourke. Finally, Meryl Streep, Lord help us, won best Actress over Anne Hathaway. The Oscars rarely track completely with the SAGs, but I can't imagine they're all wrong.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:44 AM
3 Comments:
Not to say that certain politics creep into awards, but Sean Penn portrayed a more admired figure to the guild than Mickey Rourke- don't know if the academy differs enough.
Anne Hathaway dated a scumbag and presumably has years ahead of her when she can rake in the awards and Meryl is a beloved figure
Kate Winslet isn't in the supporting category for the Oscars, so the meaning of her SAG win is surely ambiguous... :-)
She won two awards at the Golden Globes. Perhaps SAG felt she needed something here, and since she wasn't nominated for lead actress, though she was, it was an easy call.
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