Snubs and Shocks with SAG and DGA Noms

This award season is getting more volatile. With the announcement for the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations on Jan. 8, Wicked is gaining ground with the most noms (five) after having won only one award (for Box Office Achievement, meaning making the most money) at Sunday night's Golden Globes. There were also major snubs in several categories with previous front-runners such as Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) not being mentioned. Golden Globe winners Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here) and Sebastian Stan (A Different Man) also failed to make the cut. Comeback kids Demi Moore (GG winner for The Substance) and Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) earned noms. 

Demi Moore in The Substance.

The SAG announcement was to have been made live by actors Cooper Koch and Joey King, but the information was disseminated by press release instead due to dangers posed by the Los Angeles wild fires. The Awards will be presented on Netflix on Feb. 23 and Kristin Bell will host for the second year in a row. F/X's Shogun which did well at the GGs with four awards, led the SAG TV pack with five nods. I'm most upset that Jean-Baptiste is not nominated because it's not good news for her Oscar prospects even though she has won the three top critics awards (NY, LA and National Society of Film Critics). She will most probably get a BAFTA nom and even the award itself since she is a Brit, but she could miss making the Oscar list since Hollywood loves a comeback story and Moore and Anderson could knock her off. 

The Directors Guild of America also announced their nominations today, and had their share of snubs. While Wicked triumphed at the SAGs, its auteur John M. Chu was left out of the DGAs as was Denis Villenueve for Dune Part 2. (Winners will be announced on Feb. 8.) The five motion picture nominees for the DGA (all first-time nominees) are 

• Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
• Sean Baker for “Anora”
• Edward Berger for “Conclave”
• Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist”
• James Mangold for “A Complete Unknown”

A complete list of SAG nominees follows:

SAG NOMINATIONS

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Jonathan Bailey, “Wicked”
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Last Showgirl”
Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Pérez"

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

“Anora”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story”
Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”
Andrew Scott, “Ripley”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Kathy Bates, “The Great Lillian Hall”
Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
Lily Gladstone, “Under The Bridge”
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”
Jeff Bridges, “The Old Man”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Day Of The Jackal”
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Nicola Coughlan, “Bridgerton”
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Ted Danson, “A Man On The Inside”
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders In The Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

“Bridgerton”
“The Day Of The Jackal”
“The Diplomat”
“Shōgun”
“Slow Horses"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

“Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Only Murders In The Building”
“Shrinking”

STUNT ENSEMBLE HONORS

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“The Fall Guy”
“Gladiator II”
“Wicked”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

“The Boys”
“Fallout”
“House Of The Dragon”
“The Penguin”
“Shōgun”