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‘A Star Is Born' Tops SAG Awards Nominations, Snubs Abound

The SAG Awards will be held on Jan. 27

A Star Is Born" led nominations for the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nods including best ensemble on Wednesday, firmly establishing Bradley Cooper's romantic revival as this year's Academy Awards front runner.

In nominations announced Wednesday morning in West Hollywood, Calif., the actors guild — on of the most predictive bellwethers of the Oscars — threw cold water on the awards campaigns of numerous contenders while elevating others. But "A Star Is Born" fared the best of all, landing nominations for Cooper (best male actor), Lady Gaga (best female actor) and Sam Elliott (best supporting male actor).

The other nominees for the group's top award, best ensemble, were: "Black Panther," ''Bohemian Rhapsody," ''BlacKkKlansman" and "Crazy Rich Asians."

That category is the most closely watched of the SAG Awards because only once in the last decades has the eventual Oscars best picture winner not been nominated for best ensemble at the SAG Awards. The one aberration, though, was last year, when Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" overcame the SAG omission on its way to winning best picture.

Unless a new trend is forming, that's bad news for Oscar hopefuls like "Vice," Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic (which led last week's Golden Globe nominations); Alfonso Cuaron's Netflix drama "Roma" (the overwhelming choice of critics groups); and the 1962 road trip "Green Book."

"Vice" still scored SAG nods for Christian Bale and Amy Adams, just as "Green Book" won nominations for Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.

But "Roma" was shut out entirely, as was Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong drama "First Man" and Barry Jenkins' Harlem love story "If Beale Street Could Talk." Most expected Regina King of "Beale Street" to be among the supporting female actor nominees.

Instead, Wednesday's nominations gave a boost to "Bohemian Rhapsody," the Freddie Mercury biopic that has been a hit with audiences but was slammed by critics. Its star, Rami Malek, was also nominated for best actor.

Yorgos Lanthimos' period romp "The Favourite" failed to crack best ensemble, but its three leads — Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone — were all nominated.

Emily Blunt scored two nominations herself: one for her lead performance in "Mary Poppins Returns" and one for her supporting role in "A Quiet Place."

In television categories, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Ozark" led with four nominations each. "Barry," ''GLOW," ''The Handmaid's Tale," and "The Kominsky Method" trailed close behind with three nominations each.

The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27 and broadcast live by TNT and TBS. This year's show will honor Alan Alda with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

The complete list of nominees are:

MOVIES

Actor: Christian Bale, "Vice"; Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"; Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"; Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"; John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman."

Actress: Emily Blunt, "Mary Poppins Returns"; Glenn Close, "The Wife"; Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"; Lady Gaga, "A Star is Born"; Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

Supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, "Green Book"; Timothee Chalamet, "Beautiful Boy"; Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman"; Sam Elliott Driver, "A Star Is Born"; Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

Supporting actress: Amy Adams, "Vice"; Emily Blunt, "A Quiet Place"; Margot Robbie, "Mary, Queen of Scots"; Emma Stone, "The Favourite"; Rachel Weisz, "The Favourite"

Cast: "A Star is Born," ''Black Panther," ''BlacKkKlansman," ''Bohemian Rhapsody," ''Crazy Rich Asians."

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TELEVISION

Actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Antonio Banderas, "Genius: Picasso"; Darren Criss, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"; Hugh Grant, "A Very English Scandal"; Anthony Hopkins, "King Lear"; Bill Pullman, "The Sinner."

Actress in a TV movie or miniseries: Amy Adams, "Sharp "Objects"; Patricia Arquette, "Escape From Dannemora"; Patricia Clarkson, "Sharp Objects"; Penelope Cruz, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"; Emma Stone, "Maniac."

Actor in a drama series: Jason Bateman, "Ozark"; Sterling K. Brown, "This Is Us"; Joseph Fiennes, "The Handmaid's Tale"; John Krasinski, "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan"; Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul."

Actress in a drama series: Julia Garner, "Ozark"; Laura Linney, "Ozark"; Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"; Sandra Oh, "Killing Eve"; Robin Wright, "House of Cards."

Actor in a comedy series: Alan Arkin, "The Kominsky Method"; Michael Douglas, "The Kominsky Method"; Bill Hader, "Barry"; Tony Shalhoub, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"; Henry Winkler, "Barry."

Actress in a comedy series: Alex Borstein, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"; Alison Brie, "GLOW"; Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"; Jane Fonda, "Grace and Frankie"; Lily Tomlin, "Grace and Frankie."

Ensemble in a drama series: "The Americans," ''Better Call Saul," ''The Handmaid's Tale," ''Ozark," ''This Is Us."

Ensemble in a comedy series: "Atlanta," ''Barry," ''GLOW," ''The Kominsky Method," ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27 and broadcast live by TNT and TBS.

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