'Oppenheimer' steamrolls toward Oscars with SAG Award wins
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[February 26, 2024]
By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Historical epic "Oppenheimer" picked up more
prizes on Saturday at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards,
bolstering the movie's chances to score the best picture trophy at next
month's Oscars.
The film about the race to build the first atomic bomb took the top
honor - best movie cast - handed out by members of the SAG-AFTRA actors
union at a red-carpet ceremony in Los Angeles.
Cillian Murphy, who played scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, won best
movie actor, and co-star Robert Downey Jr. best supporting actor.
Irish actor Murphy said he took up the profession after trying to make a
career as a musician and often felt like an "interloper."
"This is extremely special to me because it comes from you guys," Murphy
told his fellow actors as he accepted his award.
SAG-AFTRA's choices are closely watched because actors form the largest
group of voters for the Academy Awards, the film industry's top prizes.
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At the moment "Oppenheimer" appears unstoppable. Director Christopher
Nolan's drama already has claimed trophies at the Golden Globes, the
British Academy Film Awards and other ceremonies. Honors from Producers
Guild of America, another key predictor of Oscars success, will be
announced on Sunday.
In other SAG accolades, the best actress trophy went to Lily Gladstone,
star of "Killers of the Flower Moon." Gladstone played a member of the
Osage Native American community that suffered a string of murders in
1920s Oklahoma over their oil-rich land.
"My friends, fellow actors, I feel the good in what you have done,"
Gladstone said. "We bring empathy into a world that so much needs it."
Da'Vine Joy Randolph won supporting actress for playing a grieving
mother in "The Holdovers." "How lucky are we to get to do what we do. I
wake up every day overwhelmed with gratitude to be a working actor,"
Randolph said.
The awards streamed live on Netflix for the first time, part of the
company's efforts to expand its live programming.
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Cillian Murphy is embraced by Emily Blunt after winning Best Male
Actor in a Leading Role for Oppenheimer during the 30th Screen
Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24,
2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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against Hollywood studios last year to fight for higher pay and
protections from artificial intelligence.
"It is especially meaningful to be here with us all together again,
for this occasion, after going though a very difficult time with the
strike," actor Idris Elba said in opening remarks.
In television categories, FX restaurant dramedy "The Bear" claimed
best cast in a TV comedy and acting honors for stars Jeremy Allen
White and Ayo Edebiri.
"I am so honored to be in this community," White said. "I wanted to
be part of this my whole life. I had no backup plan."
HBO's "Succession" secured best TV drama cast for its final season
about the battle for control of a family's media dynasty.
Elizabeth Debicki, who played Princess Diana in Netflix series "The
Crown," won best TV drama actress. "The Last of Us" star Pedro
Pascal was named best actor in a TV drama and appeared stunned when
he walked on stage.
"I’m a little drunk," Pascal said as he held his trophy. "I thought
I could get drunk... I’m making a fool of myself. Thank you so
much!"
SAG-AFTRA also handed out a lifetime achievement honor to Barbra
Streisand, the award-winning actor, producer, director, singer and
writer.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway in Los Angeles;
Editing by Mary Milliken, Bill Berkrot and William Mallard)
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