14th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 14th ceremony of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2007, took place on January 27, 2008 and, for the 12th consecutive time was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

14th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Awarded forOutstanding motion picture and primetime television performances
DateJanuary 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)
LocationShrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Presented byScreen Actors Guild
First awarded1995
Websitewww.sagawards.org
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTNT and TBS
simultaneous broadcast
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The nominees were announced on December 20, 2007 by Jeanne Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.[1]

Into the Wild received the highest number of nominations among the film categories with four, three for acting and one for ensemble performance.[1] In the television categories The Sopranos, 30 Rock and Ugly Betty had the most nominations with three each.[1]

The 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards was the first to give awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series.[2]

The 2007 ceremony celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Screen Actors Guild with historical background and film clips presented in segments introduced by Blair Underwood throughout the ceremony. Charles Durning was presented with an award for Lifetime Achievement following accolades by Denis Leary and Burt Reynolds.

The ceremony was held in the midst of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. Because the acting community steadfastly had supported the writers during this period, the WGA granted a waiver on December 11, 2007, to SAG for the awards show, allowing members to attend without having to cross picket lines. While talk of the strike was kept to a minimum, Julie Christie openly acknowledged it in her acceptance speech, commenting, "It's lovely to receive an award from your own union, especially at a time when we're being so forcefully reminded how important unions are." In her acceptance speech, Tina Fey thanked the Screen Actors Guild for its support of the WGA.

After acknowledging the recent death of Heath Ledger, Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his award to the actor.

Winners and nominees edit

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[3]

 
Daniel Day-Lewis, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
 
Julie Christie, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
 
Javier Bardem, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
 
Ruby Dee, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
 
Kevin Kline, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
 
Queen Latifah, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
 
James Gandolfini, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner
 
Edie Falco, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner
 
Alec Baldwin, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner
 
Tina Fey, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award edit

The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award was presented to:

Film edit

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Television edit

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

In Memoriam edit

Denis Leary introduced a previously recorded "In Memoriam" segment which honored the life and career of the great actors who died last year:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Bruno, Mike (2007-12-20). "The 14th Annual SAG Award Nominations". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  2. ^ "SAG Awards Nominations Page". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  3. ^ "Final 14th Annual SAG Awards Recipient Press Release". Screen Actors Guild. 2008-01-27. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-27.