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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 13 december 2018

‘A Star Is Born’ tops SAG Awards nominations, snubs abound

By JAKE COYLE of critics groups); and the also nominated for best ac-
Associated Press 1962 road trip “Green tor. The screen actors ap-
NEW YORK (AP) — “A Star Book.” peared to favor big ticket
Is Born” led nominations “Vice” still scored SAG sellers over smaller inde-
for the 25th Screen Actors nods for Christian Bale and pendent ensembles.
Guild Awards with four nods Amy Adams, just as “Green Ryan Coogler’s comic-
including best ensemble on Book” won nominations for book sensation “Black Pan-
Wednesday, firmly estab- Viggo Mortensen and Ma- ther” also landed a nomi-
lishing Bradley Cooper’s ro- hershala Ali. nation for its stunt ensemble
mantic revival as this year’s But “Roma” was shut out team. Spike Lee’s “BlacK-
Academy Awards front entirely, as was Damien kKlansman” scored nods
runner. Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong for both John David Wash-
In nominations announced drama “First Man” and ington and Adam Driver.
in West Hollywood, Calif., Barry Jenkins’ Harlem love “Crazy Rich Asians” co-star
the actors guild — one of story “If Beale Street Could Awkwafina, a presenter
the most predictive bell- Presenters Laverne Cox, left, and Awkwafina announce Talk.” Most expected Re- Wednesday morning, has
wethers of the Oscars — nominations for the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at gina King of “Beale Street” the unusual pleasure of an-
threw cold water on the the Pacific Design Center on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in West to be among the support- nouncing the hit romantic
awards campaigns of nu- Hollywood, Calif. ing female actor nominees. comedy’s ensemble nomi-
merous contenders while Associated Press Instead, Wednesday’s nation. “It was all me,” she
elevating others. But “A Star and “Crazy Rich Asians.” came the SAG omission on nominations gave an un- joked.
Is Born” fared the best of That category is the most its way to winning best pic- likely boost to “Bohemian Yorgos Lanthimos’ period
all, landing nominations for closely watched because ture. Rhapsody,” the Freddie romp “The Favourite” failed
Cooper (best male actor), only once in the last two Unless a new trend is form- Mercury biopic that has to crack best ensemble,
Lady Gaga (best female decades has the eventual ing, that’s bad news for been a hit with audiences but its three leads — Olivia
actor) and Sam Elliott (best Oscars best picture winner Oscar hopefuls like “Vice,” but was slammed by crit- Colman, Rachel Weisz and
supporting male actor). not been nominated for Adam McKay’s Dick ics. Despite being widely Emma Stone — were all
The other nominees for the best ensemble at the SAG Cheney biopic (which led viewed as a riveting one- nominated, as expected.
group’s top award, best en- Awards. The one aberra- last week’s Golden Globe man show by Rami Malek Stone added a second
semble, were: “Black Pan- tion, though, was last year, nominations); Alfonso Cua- as Mercury, the film ended nod for her performance
ther,” ‘’Bohemian Rhap- when Guillermo del Toro’s ron’s Netflix drama “Roma” up nominated for its en- in the Netflix miniseries
sody,” ‘’BlacKkKlansman” “The Shape of Water” over- (the overwhelming choice semble cast. Malek was “Maniac.”q