The Screen
Actors Guild Awards are always a fun stop on the road to the Oscars during
awards season, and this year's was certainly no exception.
Stars far and wide gathered at Los Angeles' historic Shrine
Auditorium for the 21st Annual SAGs, which paid tribute to the year's best work
in both television and movies.
Tonight's awards are particularly tight given that films aren't
divided up between drama and musical/comedy categories, like the Golden Globes.
So it was definitely a tough race!
The first award of the night went to Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba for Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
The shocked star choked back tears and graciously thanked the
guild, her cast and crew for helping her win the SAG honor.
The award for Male Actor in a Comedy Series went to none other
than William H.
Macy for his performance on Showtime's Shameless.
Orange
Is the New Black won for Outstanding
Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series tonight, and the show's biggest
names and faces (including the aforementioned winning actress!) graced the
stage to accept their Actors.
The evening continued onto honoring film stars when it
awarded Patricia
Arquette withFemale Actor in a Supporting
Role for her work
in Boyhood.
The night's winner for Male Actor in a Supporting Role went
to J.K. Simmons,
who also won the Golden Globe, for his crowd-pleasing performance in Whiplash.
It's hard to believe that this many trophies were handed out and
the night wasn't even remotely halfway over! Carrying on...
Mark
Ruffalo wasn't in attendance this
evening, but his staggering work in Foxcatcher made
him the big winner of the evening.
Jared
Leto and Lupita
Nyong'o accepted the award on his behalf, and did so both
stylishly and eloquently.
Frances
McDormand won for her acting in the lead role of
HBO's Olive Kitteridge and nearly stole the show with her acceptance speech.
"This is really swell and everything but I wish we could all
just get cozy slippers, a box of See's nuts and chews, hang out and watch more
of our work," she explained. "Because every little snippet that I see
I just want to see more and more!"
About midway through the evening's festivities, Debbie Reynolds became
the latest star to receive the Screen Actors Guild's Life
Achievement Award for her decades-long body of work.
The legendary actress' daughter, Carrie Fisher, was on
hand to present the night's top honor and stood alongside her throughout her
entire acceptance speech.
Reynolds credited The
Unsinkable Molly Brown as one of her favorite films, and
"I Ain't Down Yet" as one of the most fun songs she's ever had to
sing.
Kevin
Spacey came
out on top this year after winning Male Actor in a Drama Series for the
Netflix hit House of
Cards. Eric
Dane and Emmy Rossum accepted on
his behalf as Spacey was not at the awards show.
Female Actor in a Drama Series was such a jam-packed category that
a whopping six stars
were nominated for their performances.
But, alas, there could only be one winner of the year and the
actress who earned the praisewas Viola Davis for How to Get Away With Murder.
Joan
Rivers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin
Williams, Jan Hooks and more stars were paid
tribute during the night's emotional In Memoriam segment. It's hard to believe
how many of Tinsletown's finest we've lost over the past year, but their work
won't soon be forgotten.
After
a brief break, the show was back to handing out the award in the category for
Ensemble Drama Series for Television.
Downton Abbey was
named the winning ensemble (for their mega-popular drama series, obvs.) of the
night and proudly accepted the title center stage at the Shrine.
Few were surprised when Eddie Redmayne's name was called as the
winner for his astounding portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
The newlywed thanked all of his fellow nominees and got
understandably flustered during his acceptance speech.
Seriously, could he be any more adorable?!
He
dedicated the award to those living with ALS, and those who sadly have lost
their lives to the terrible disease.
Matthew
McConaughey presented the award for
Female Actor in a Leading Role, which went to (drumroll!) Still Alice's Julianne
Moore.
And the big winner of the night for best Cast in a Motion Picture?
Well, it went to Birdman!
The Screen
Actors Guild Awards were held in Los Angeles Sunday night. The SAG awards focus on both the work of
individual performers and entire casts. Here's a look at winners for 2015:
IN FILM:
Outstanding Performance By A Cast in a Motion Picture
Birdman
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor in a Leading Role
Eddie
Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Leading Role
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Patricia
Arquette, Boyhood
IN TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance By A Cast in a Drama Series
Downton Abbey
Outstanding Performance By A
Cast in a Comedy Series
Orange is the New Black
Outstanding Performance By A
Male Actor in a Drama Series
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance By A
Female Actor in a Drama Series
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Outstanding Performance By A
Male Actor in a Comedy Series
William H. Macy, Shameless
Outstanding Performance By A
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Outstanding Performance By A
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Outstanding Performance By A
Female Actor in Television
Movie or Miniseries
Frances
McDormand, Olive Kitteridge.
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