SAG nominations announced

Now that it's year-end, SheKnows Entertainment is proud to be reporting about all that glimmers in Tinseltown. It's Awards Season and we begin this year's journey December 15 with the Golden Globe Nominations announcement.

As for the faves for the SAG awards? Up in the Air, Precious and Inglourious Basterds each raked in three nominations. The Hurt Locker and Nine both earned two noms.

There are five motion picture categories such as Outstanding Performance by a Cast and interestingly enough, one single movie did not dominate all five categories.

Films recognized for their casts included An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Nine, and Precious. Although Precious was not recognized in a Best Motion Picture category, the other four flicks were included in this category.

In other news, the highly anticipated James Cameron motion picture, Avatar, was shut out in every single category.

Avatar, however, did snag four nominations for the Golden Globe Awards.

It's no surprise when you look at the category of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: George Clooney leads the pack with Up in the Air. Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeff Bridges and Jeremy Renner were also nominated in this category. As for actresses, Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Gabourey Sidibe earned nominations.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards will air live on TBS on Saturday, January 23. Here is a look at the nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
George Clooney, Up in the Air

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Hellen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Mo'nique, Precious

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Cuba Gooding, Jr, Gifted Hans: The Ben Carson Story
Jeremy Irons, Georgia O'Keeffe
Kevin Kline, Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac
Tom Wilinson, A Number

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keeffe
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Ruby Dee, America
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Closer
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
True Blood

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
The Office

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