Oscar-nomics: Screen Actors Guild Predictions

So tomorrow the Screen Actor's Guild will reveal their choices for best in acting, both individually and as an ensemble. They also have this for tv, but I think I will stick with the film side for now. Supporting Actor is pretty well set, Plummer should have no problem. However, I am not 100% on Spencer, and if she were to lose momentum it would be here. This award is pretty much the other nominee's last shot at an upset, as this award is the last major one before the Oscars, and it aligns pretty well most of the time. The lead categories are where most of the action will be, as the Clooney/Pitt and Davis/Streep competition will probably be settled. Clooney and Streep are the safe bets. However, I am pulling for Pitt and Davis because I think they are due and I think they deserve it (Fassbender deserves it more, honestly, but sadly was ignored). I would be happy with any of them winning, so we'll just have to wait and see. Ensemble is between the Help and the Artist. I think the Artist will take it cause it has the momentum, I just see the Help as a possible spoiler, so again we'll have to wait and see. Here is the list below:

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer The Help
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer Beginners
Best Actress: Meryl Streep The Iron Lady
Best Actor: George Clooney The Descendants
Best Ensemble: The Artist

Oscar-nomics: Screen Actors Guild Nominations

Well, the Screen Actors Guild nominations have been announced, and I am more disappointed in the nominations. whether they be snubs (Albert Brooks for Drive) or a nomination for the wrong film (while she was good in the Help, Jessica Chastain was better in Tree of Life). The Best Actor Category is the only real strong race, in my opinion, and they even left out Michael Fassbender for Shame, which again is dissapointing, as well as Michael Shannon for Take Shelter. I guess I was just hopeful that SAG would think to keep an open mind for these performances, guess I was a little too hopeful. If there was one nomination I was ecstatic about, it has to be Midnight in Paris for Best Cast, very well deserved in my opinion. Still, one can't think this only makes The Artist and the Descendants the clear frontrunners now.
The list to me seems a bit too safe, even with the inclusion of Bridesmaids for cast and Melissa McCarthy (the main reason I somewhat liked the film). I can't say I very much agree with Bridesmaids being up for Best Cast really, but I am happy something unconventional got in. Here is the list below:

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures)
The Descendents (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
The Help (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir / Carlos Galindo - “A Better Life” (Summit Entertainment)
George Clooney / Matt King - "The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Leonardo Dicaprio / J. Edgar Hoover - "J. Edgar" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jean Dujardin / George - "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Brad Pitt / Billy Beane - "Moneyball" (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Glenn Close  / Albert Nobbs - "Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis / Aibileen Clark - “The Help” (Dreamworks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
Meryl Streep / Margaret Thatcher - “The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company)
Tilda Swinton / Eva - “We Need To Talk About Kevin” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Michelle Williams / Marilyn Monroe - “My Week With Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh / Sir Laurence Olivier - “My Week With Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)
Armie Hammer / Clyde Tolson - "J. Edgar" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jonah Hill / Peter Brand - "Moneyball" (Columbia Pictures)
Nick Nolte / Paddy Conlon - “Warrior” (Lionsgate)
Christopher Plummer / Hal - “Beginners” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo / Peppy - "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Jessica Chastain / Celia Foote - “The Help” (Dreamworks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
Melissa Mccarthy / Megan - “Bridesmaids” (Universal Pictures)
Janet Mcteer / Hubert Page - "Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
Octavia Spencer / Minny Jackson - “The Help” (Dreamworks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)


Tomorrow, the Golden Globes will be announced, fingers crossed I don't get any more upset...