'American Hustle' won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding
cast over the much-acclaimed historical drama '12 Years a Slave' on
Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. Here, 'Hustle' actress
Jennifer Lawrence poses after the awards.
David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” won the Screen Actors Guild award
for outstanding cast, setting up the con-artist comedy as the film to
beat at the Academy Awards.
“American Hustle” won the 20th annual SAG Awards’ top honor over the much-acclaimed historical drama “12 Years a Slave” on Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. Because actors make up the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the SAG Awards are considered one of the most predictive tea leaves of the Oscars.
Academy Award nominations on Thursday seemed to set up a trio of favorites, heaping 10 nods on “American Hustle” and “Gravity,” and nine on “12 Years a Slave.” But even though no actor was individually honored by SAG for “American Hustle,” the Abscam tale now seems to have an edge over its Oscar rivals.
Emma Thompson, a surprise snub in Thursday’s Oscar nominations for the
“Mary Poppins” making-of tale “Saving Mr. Banks,” was just as much the
witty, winning award-show attendee she’s been all season. As a
presenter, the lead actress nominee noted the show’s cheesy elevator
music soundtrack: “Is this music available on CD?”
SAG’s lifetime achievement award was given to Rita Moreno, the 81-year-old “West Side Story” actress whose career has spanned Broadway, television and music. Introduced by Morgan Freeman, the much-honored Latina legend danced to the podium before a standing ovation and let out a gleeful expletive.
“I hope the man with the button was there,” she said. (He was.)
Moreno serenaded the SAG audience with a few bars from “This Is All I Ask”:
“And let the music play/ As long as there’s a song to sing/ And I will stay younger than spring.”
“American Hustle” won the 20th annual SAG Awards’ top honor over the much-acclaimed historical drama “12 Years a Slave” on Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. Because actors make up the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the SAG Awards are considered one of the most predictive tea leaves of the Oscars.
Academy Award nominations on Thursday seemed to set up a trio of favorites, heaping 10 nods on “American Hustle” and “Gravity,” and nine on “12 Years a Slave.” But even though no actor was individually honored by SAG for “American Hustle,” the Abscam tale now seems to have an edge over its Oscar rivals.
'Modern
Family' actress Sofia Vergara on the red carpet. The ABC sitcom
enjoyed another round of awards, winning for ensemble in a comedy
series.
SAG’s lifetime achievement award was given to Rita Moreno, the 81-year-old “West Side Story” actress whose career has spanned Broadway, television and music. Introduced by Morgan Freeman, the much-honored Latina legend danced to the podium before a standing ovation and let out a gleeful expletive.
“I hope the man with the button was there,” she said. (He was.)
Moreno serenaded the SAG audience with a few bars from “This Is All I Ask”:
“And let the music play/ As long as there’s a song to sing/ And I will stay younger than spring.”
