SAG Award Nominations: "12 Years A Slave" leads with four nominations

I know that the SAG awards are handed out to both movies and TV shows, but since this is a movie blog, I'm only reporting on the movie awards. Yesterday, the SAG award nominations were announced and featured several snubs and surprises. Here they are:

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE


12 YEARS A SLAVE

AMERICAN HUSTLE

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE


Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Tom Hanks, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Forest Whitaker, LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE


Cate Blanchette, BLUE JASMINE

Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY

Judi Dench, PHILOMENA

Meryl Streep, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Emma Thompson, SAVING MR. BANKS


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE



Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Daniel Bruhl, RUSH

Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

James Gandolfini, ENOUGH SAID

Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE



Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Julia Roberts, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

June Squibb, NEBRASKA

Oprah Winfrey, LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER


The SAG awards did not really surprise me at all this year. They picked pretty much everything that was expected, and there were not many surprises. Except for a few. The Wolf of Wall Street was shut out completely due to a lack of screenings. Inside Llewyn Davis got nothing as well. American Hustle came away with only two nominations, which is slightly surprising. And Lee Daniels' The Butler and August: Osage County managed to get multiple nominations. Right now, I'm going with American Hustle as the ensemble front-runner, but 12 Years is not far behind. Also, at this point all of the acting races are way too close to call. We're in for a fun Oscar season.

Image Credits to: Africana-Studies.Williams.edu, The Hollywood Reporter, Gold Derby, The Guardian, Yahoo! Movies

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