'APOLLO 13' BLASTS TO TOP AT SCREEN ACTORS GUILD.Byline: Dennis Anderson
Dennis Anderson (born October 10, 1960) is a professional monster truck driver. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The Oscar-nominated movie "Apollo 13" won the best movie cast award Saturday at the second annual Screen Actors Guild Awards The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. , and Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon won best actor and actress honors. Cage got his Actor award for the drunken, suicidal loner loner Psychiatry A single young man estranged from society and family, who suffers from psychogenic pain, and tends to live 'on the edge', vacillating between aggression and depression; loners often have unrealistic goals, but are unable to work towards those goals of "Leaving Las Vegas," and Sarandon won for her performance as a life-affirming crusader in the death penalty drama "Dead Man Walking." Accepting his award, Cage recalled watching James Dean in the film "East of Eden East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, East of Eden " give an anguished performance of a son trying to win his father's love. "It was at that moment I knew I wanted to be a screen actor," Cage said. Sarandon thanked everyone who helped make "Dead Man Walking" an uncompromising examination of the death penalty. In television categories, the casts of two NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. hit series, "Friends" and "E.R.," emerged victorious, winning honors for outstanding ensemble performances. Tom Hanks, star of "Apollo 13," thanked the people who made the movie and the people who took the U.S. space program to the moon and back. He also thanked director Ron Howard. Although "Apollo 13" earned nine Academy Award nominations, including best picture, Howard was passed over for a director nomination. With final ballots for the Academy Awards set to be mailed March 6, the SAG awards join the buildup with the Golden Globes as an indicator of who might be favored for an Oscar. In another acknowledgment of "Apollo 13," Ed Harris won outstanding supporting actor for his role as the harried mission control leader. "I just love to act," Harris said. "I just keep trying to get better." "E.R." cast member Anthony Edwards, who also was honored as best male actor in a television drama series, accepted the outstanding cast award. "When it comes to an ensemble, this is an amazing ensemble," Edwards said, introducing members of the overheated o·ver·heat v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats v.tr. 1. To heat too much. 2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated. v.intr. emergency room cast. Two hot "E.R." cast members, George Clooney and Noah Wyle, were not in attendance but were there "in spirit," Edwards said. "This is truly the award we wanted to win tonight, because this is what we do every week, work together," Edwards said. In getting his award, Edwards joked about reports that fellow "E.R." physician Clooney will likely succeed Val Kilmer as Batman in the blockbuster film series. "Hopefully I'll play 'batboy,' or 'cat boy,' I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what I'll play," Edwards quipped. Accepting his Actor award, Edwards saluted all real doctors and nurses, and said, "It makes me think that we live in a country where we don't provide health care to all our people . . . because we're obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with survival of the fittest." On a more comedic note, Matthew Perry of "Friends" joked, "I always thought the ensemble award was a wardrobe award. We're really honored to be honored by you. Wow, thank you." Robert Redford received the guild's highest honor, the Life Achievement Award. The 32nd recipient of the award, star of films such as "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor Three Days of the Condor is a United States motion picture made in 1975. It was produced by Stanley Schneider and directed by Sydney Pollack. The screenplay, by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, was adapted from the novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady. ," Redford was recognized for his founding the Sundance Institute for independent film and his work for the environment. Alfre Woodard won best performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries for her role in "The Piano Lesson, Hallmark Hall of Fame." "I am so grateful my life has led me to this community of people," she said. "We're vagabonds clowns, queens, crackpots." Gillian Anderson won for outstanding performance by a female actor in a television drama series as the doubting FBI investigator on "The X-Files." David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Screen Actors Guild, Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his co-starring role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier alongside Kelsey Grammer. , the neurotic therapist brother on "Frasier," won the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a television comedy series. He noted the award "has better legs than I do." "This represents my ability to learn and steal from the best," Pierce said, citing his admiration for Kelsey Grammer, who was also nominated. Kate Winslet was honored for best female actor in a supporting role for her part in "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". ," the movie adapted from the classic Jane Austen novel. Gary Sinise won best male actor in a television movie or miniseries for his portrayal of President Harry Truman in "Truman." Christine Baranski, the sometimes tipsy best friend on "Cybill" was honored for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) Tom Hanks, left, and the other stars of "Apollo 13" accept their award for best movie cast. (2) Susan Sarandon gives her acceptance speech after winning the best actress award for her part in "Dead Man Walking." Associated Press |
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