My Blog Will Be Updated More - SAG Award Nominations

It's award season - and that means my blog becomes active again! I swear I will be publishing more posts over the course of 2014, with actual content. But in the meantime, here we go into award season, and that means it'll all culminate with my liveblog of the Academy Awards in February.

Here we go with the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations! The 20th Annual SAG Awards will be airing January 18. I'm hoping to try to watch them and do a live blog like I do for the Academy Awards, but that will depend on me finding the channel they're on! Check out www.sagawards.org for full information.

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
Chiwetel Ejiofor, as Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, as Capt. Richard Phillips - Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, as Ron Woodrof - Dallas Buyers Club
Forest Whitaker, as Cecil Gaines - Lee Daniels' The Butler
Bruce Dern, as Woody Grant - Nebraska

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep, as Violet Weston - August: Osage County
Cate Blanchett, as Jasmine - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, as Ryan Stone - Gravity
Judi Dench, as Philomena Lee - Philomena
Emma Thompson, as P.L. Travers - Saving Mr. Banks

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michael Fassbender, as Edwin Epps - 12 Years a Slave
Barkhad Abdi, as Muse - Captain Phillips
Jared Leto, as Rayon - Dallas Buyers Club
James Gandolfini, as Albert - Enough Said
Daniel Bruhl, as Niki Lauda - Rush

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lupita Nyong'o, as Patsey - 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence, as Rosalyn Rosenfeld - American Hustle
Julia Roberts, as Barbara Weston - August: Osage County
June Squibb, as Kate Grant - Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, as Gloria Gaines - Lee Daniels' The Butler

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Arrested Development
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Steve Buscemi, as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, as Walter White - Breaking Bad
Peter Dinklage, as Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones
Kevin Spacey, as Francis Underwood - House of Cards
Jeff Daniels, as Will McAvoy - The Newsroom

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jessica Lange, as Fiona Goode - American Horror Story: Coven
Anna Gunn, as Skyler White - Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - Downton Abbey
Claire Danes, as Carrie Mathison - Homeland
Kerry Washington, as Olivia Pope - Scandal

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock
Jason Bateman, as Michael Bluth - Arrested Development
Don Cheadle, as Martin 'Marty' Kaan - House of Lies
Ty Burrell, as Phil Dunphy - Modern Family
Jim Parsons, as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock
Julie Bowen, as Claire Dunphy - Modern Family
Edie Falco, as Jackie Peyton - Nurse Jackie
Mayim Bialik, as Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as Vice President Selina Meyer - Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, as Liberace - Behind the Candelabra
Rob Lowe, as John F. Kennedy - Killing Kennedy
Al Pacino, as Phil Spector - Phil Spector
Jeremy Irons, as King Henry IV - The Hollow Crown

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Angela Bassett, as Coretta Scott King - Betty & Coretta
Helena Bonham Carter, as Elizabeth Taylor - Burton and Taylor
Elisabeth Moss, as Robin Griffin - Top of the Lake
Holly Hunter, as G.J. - Top of the Lake
Helen Mirren, as Linda Kenney Baden - Phil Spector

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
All Is Lost
Fast & Furious 6
Lone Survivor
Rush
The Wolverine

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Homeland
The Walking Dead

This should be fascinating. I am surprised, yet pleasantly so, by James Gandolfini's posthumous nomination. Not sure if that will be a deciding factor, but it's nice to see one of his last pieces being so well received. And as always, I love the inclusion of the stunt performances. Usually there are writing awards, but I haven't seen any mention of those nominations as of yet. I'll update this blog post if I get more information!