Screen Actors' Guild Awards: The King's Speech Takes Top Honour

A day after copping the top prize at the Directors’ Guild Award (DGA), The King’s Speech went on to take the top honour (Outstanding Ensemble Cast) at the two-hour Screen Actors Guild’s ceremony, tilting awards season in its favour as Hollywood enters the final stretch in the race to the Oscars, set for Feb 27. The acting frontrunners (Firth, Portman, Bale, and Leo) all obliged in their respective categories. Most notable on the television side, one of the industry’s most gifted and likeable stars, The Good Wife’s Julianna Margulies, won the trophy for Outstanding Drama Series Actress for the second year in a row. And Betty White won her first SAG statuette (Comedy actress) for her latest TV role, as a star on Hot In Cleveland. In case you missed last night’s show, here’s a quick recap of the winners.

FILM:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The King’s Speech
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

TELEVISION:
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Modern Family
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Screen Actors Guild Awards 47th Annual Life Achievement Award
Ernest Borgnine

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