Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 2014 nominees list (film)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern for Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club
Forest Whitaker for Lee Daniel's The Butler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock for Gravity
Judi Dench for Philomena
Meryl Streep for August: Osage County
Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi for Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl for Rush
Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini for Enough Said
Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts for August: Osage County
June Squibb for Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey for Lee Daniel's The Butler

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 YEARS A SLAVE (Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams and Alfre Woodard)
AMERICAN HUSTLE (Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Paul Herman, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm and Shea Whigham)
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Meryl Streep and Misty Upham)
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Danis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts and Steve Zahn)
LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams and Oprah Winfrey)

COMMENT: The strangest thing about this SAG Awards nominations is the absence of Robert Redford, who was set as a lock for an Oscar nomination in the Best Actor category for his performance in All Is Lost, having the SAG nominated Forest Whitaker instead of him. What pleases me more is the love around Dallas Buyers Club (good movie, excellent performances, but I was afraid it would be all about the two male stars of the movie) and the nomination of Daniel Brühl for his fantastic turn in Rush. I can see both McConaughey and Leto winning in their categories (with both Ejiofor and Fassbender as runner-ups in the respective categories), Nyong'o or Oprah Winfrey will take Best Supporting Actress (I know Oprah is missing some key nods like the Golden Globes, but SAG seems to love Lee Daniel's The Butler), Blanchett for Leading Female Actor and 12 Years a Slave will likely win Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. I must to admit the nomination of Gandolfini makes me rethinking about his Oscar chances... maybe he's a stronger contender than I thought!

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