Award Season Results: The SAG Awards and BAFTAs

Combining two award show results... because I forgot want to. And squeezing this in yet again, as it is the Oscars on Sunday and I kinda need to get the predictions one for that done and out. Oops...

Anywhooooo.

So let's go back in time to the SAG awards!

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Prediction: 12 Years a Slave – Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams and Alfre Woodard

Result: American Hustle – Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm and Shea Whigham

Oops...

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Prediction: Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Result: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Oops...

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Prediction: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Result: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Nailed it!

Outstanding Performace by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Prediction: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Result: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Nailed it!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Result: Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

Oops...

Well... didn't do so well with the SAG awards did I. However I'm actually quite glad I got the Best Supporting Actress wrong.

On with the show! Now for the BAFTAs.

Best Picture

Prediction: 12 Years a Slave

Result: 12 Years a Slave

Nailed it!

Best British film

Prediction: Gravity

Result: Gravity

Nailed it!

Best Director

Prediction: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Result: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Nailed it!

Best Actor

Prediction: Leonardo Dicaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street

Result: Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave

Oops...

Best Actress

Prediction: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

Result: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

Nailed it!

Best Supporting Actor

Prediction: Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave

Result: Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips

Oops...

Best Supporting Actress

Prediction: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave

Result: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle

Oops...

Best Animation

Prediction: Frozen

Result: Frozen

Nailed it!

The EE Rising Star award (voted for by public)

Prediction: Will Poulter

Result: Will Poulter

Nailed it!

Ah, that's a bit of a better result for my predicting abilities! Maybe it's because it's a British affair that I was a smidge more able to guess the winners... ;)

As I mentioned above, the Oscars are on Sunday! The big one! Also the last major one. Can't wait to see the dresses! See you then!

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Award Season Prophecies: The Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013

Oops, getting this in just under the wire. This time it is the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

The SAG awards is quite an interesting one as it is voted by those in the guild i.e. actors vote for them themselves. It is also entirely about the actors with no awards given for technical film-making skill.

Well, let's get on with it. As usual I don't pretend to actually know what I'm talking about. This is all in the name of a bit of fun.

I'll be using a key to indicate my choices:

• Green for Most Likeliest Winner
• Purple for My Personal Choice
• Orange for Both

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 Years a Slave – Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams and Alfre Woodard

American Hustle – Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm and Shea Whigham

August: Osage County – Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Meryl Streep and Misty Upham

Dallas Buyers Club – Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey, Denis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts and Steve Zahn

Lee Daniels' The Butler – Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams and Oprah Winfrey

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern – Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Forest Whitaker – Lee Daniels' The Butler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Judi Dench – Philomena

Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Outstanding Performace by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips

Daniel Brühl – Rush

Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

James Gandolfini – Enough Said

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts – August: Osage County

June Squibb – Nebraska

Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels' The Butler

Not many awards this time around but it'll still be interesting to see who wins from the actors' points of views. Just a side thought, can nominees vote? And if so, can they vote for themselves? Answers on a postcard please...

See you on the other side!

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Award Season Prophecies: SAG Awards 2013 Results

Good morning! It's been 2 days since the SAG Awards and now I can compare my predictions to the actual results!

Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Prediction: Les Misérables

Winner: Argo

Oops.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Prediction: Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Oops.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Prediction: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Winner: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Oops.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Prediction: Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Winner: Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Oops.

Failing miserably here...

Outstanding Performace by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Prediction: Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables

Winner: Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables

Yes! (Finally)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Prediction: The Dark Knight Rises

Winner: Skyfall

Oops.

Well... apparently, what do I know about this award-giving malarkey?? Not a lot... 1/6 for the SAG Awards. At least, good ol' Anne is a shoe-in for everything.

So the next award show I will "predict" (this term now being used loosely) is the BAFTAs, which will be held on 10th Feb. See you next time for that!

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Award Season Prophecies: Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013

Another weekend, another award show! This time, the Screen Actors Guild Awards. While the SAG awards are relatively new to the Award Season calendar (it's only the 19th year), it is, I think, important to the Award Season because the awards are voted for by members of the Guild itself. That's to say, the actors themselves are voting for which actor they think has done the best job.

Again, I haven't seen all the films up for awards, but I've seen the trailers and heard the buzz so I'm going for an educated guess. I'm not guessing the TV awards because I don't watch enough telly to really be able to make a decent guess. But just so you know, I want Glee to win Best TV ensemble in a Comedy Series ;).

Key:
Film I think will win
Film(s) I want to win
Both

Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Argo

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Misérables

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

John Hawkes - The Sessions

Denzel Washington - Flight

Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Mirren - Hitchcock

Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Sally Field - Lincoln

Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables

Helen Hunt - The Sessions

Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy

Maggie Smith - Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

The Dark Knight Rises

Skyfall

The Bourne Legacy

The Amazing Spider-Man

Les Misérables

So those are my predictions! Hopefully I've guessed better than I did for the Golden Globes...

So who do you think will win? Who do you want to win?

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