There were a few big surprise wins at last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, but politics were on the minds of those attending, as most speeches highlighted the events around the country following an executive order out of the White House.
CONFIRMATION
The complete list of winners from the 74th Golden Globe Awards hosted by Jimmy Fallon. Find out who took home the top prizes in film and television at this year’s ceremony!
Sophia Bush and Common revealed the nominations for the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Award and needless to say, they turned several heads. Current awards frontrunner La La Land failed to land a Best Ensemble nomination, while the television categories are dominated by newcomers Stranger Things, The Crown, and Westworld.
Last night, the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards handed out the top prizes to various categories in film and television, further heating up the awards race. Damien Chazelle’s musical breakout La La Land took top honors for film, while Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley nabbed the highest awards in the television race.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 68th Primtime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday in a swiftly-paced event that saw plenty of perennial favorites take home statues, including Game of Thrones and Veep, as well as some first-time wins for stars Kate McKinnon, Rami Malek, and Tatiana Maslany. See the full list of winners from television’s biggest night.
This year’s nominations included the usual appearances from House Of Cards, Game Of Thrones, and Modern Family as well as attention for newcomers like Mr. Robot, The Night Manager, and Master Of None.
Zoe Lister-Jones steps in as an injured Smulders steps down to play one of the lead interviewers of Anita HIll during Clarence Thomas’ 1991 nomination to the Supreme Court.
Kerry Washington is set to lead as Anita Hill, with Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas. Jeffrey Wright and Allison Wright have also joined the top notch cast.
Stonestreet will play Ken Duberstein, the lobbyist/Washington insider who was assigned by then-President George Bush to secure Thomas’ appointment as Supreme Court Justice.
Wendell Pierce has been tapped to star in the HBO movie Confirmation. The project centers on the radical 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearings which forever altered the perception on sexual harassment, victims’ rights, and current racial relations.
Logline: A young boy and his estranged father spend some time together while the boy’s mother and her new husband go to a religious retreat. When things start to go wrong, the boy and father realize they have more in common than they thought.
