USA: "Lincoln," "Les Mis" lead SAG film nominees

Record ID: 342952

  • Title: USA: "Lincoln," "Les Mis" lead SAG film nominees
  • Date: 12th December 2012
  • Summary: WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 12, 2012) (REUTERS) BUSY PHILIPPS AND TAYE DIGGS WALKING ON STAGE BUSY PHILIPPS ANNOUNCING BEST ENSEMBLE NOMINEES
  • Embargoed: 27th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts
  • Reuters ID: LVAF4IQDQQN80KNN1990LBCX3LSV
  • Story Text: The actors of drama "Lincoln," musical "Les Miserables" and comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" led nominations for the Screen Actors Guild film awards on Wednesday (December 12), winning four nominations apiece, including best ensemble cast.
    Joining them among nominees for best movie cast - the organization's top prize - were the actors of Iranian hostage drama "Argo" and British comedy "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."
    Thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" about the U.S. hunt for Osama bin Laden was left out of the best ensemble cast picks but Jessica Chastain was nominated best actress for her performance as a CIA agent.

    "Lincoln" brought nominations for lead actor Daniel Day-Lewis and supporting actors Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
    Hugh Jackman was nominated for best actor while Anne Hathaway was chosen for her supporting role in the movie adaptation of hit stage musical "Les Miserables."
    Other actors nominated included the stars of quirky comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" - Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert DeNiro - and John Hawkes and Helen Hunt for the independent movie "The Sessions" about a disabled man and his sex therapist.
    One of the biggest surprises was "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," the story of a group of elderly Britons who retire to a ramshackle Indian hotel. The film, which stars Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy, had two nominations - best ensemble and best supporting actress for Maggie Smith.
    The awards from the Screen Actors Guild, or SAG, are among the most-watched honors during Hollywood film awards season leading up to the Academy Awards because actors make up one of the largest voting groups for the Oscars.
    The SAG awards will be given out in Los Angeles on January 27.
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