'SIDEWAYS,' FOXX ON TOP SAG GIVES ACTOR, WINE TALE 4 NOMINATIONS EACH.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx (born December 13, 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best-known for his performance of musician Ray Charles in Ray, and for his collaborations with director Michael Mann. received four Screen Actors Guild Award nominations Tuesday, including a best-actor nod for his performance as Ray Charles For the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see . Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. in the musical biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] ``Ray.'' Foxx was also nominated in the supporting-actor category for his role in ``Collateral,'' for best actor in a television movie or miniseries for ``Redemption,'' and as part of the cast of ``Ray.'' The SAG Awards will be handed out Feb. 5 in a televised ceremony at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Shrine Exposition Center. Competing with Foxx for best actor in a motion picture will be ``Sideways'' star Paul Giamatti, whose film received four nominations overall, the most of any movie. ``Sideways'' also earned supporting-acting nods for Virginia Madsen and Thomas Haden Church, while those three actors, along with Sandra Oh Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a three-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. She is known to American audiences for her role as Dr. , were nominated as a cast. Hilary Swank received three SAG nominations, including best actress for ``Million Dollar Baby,'' best movie cast and a nod for the television film ``Iron Jawed jawed adj. Having a jaw or jaws, especially of a specified kind. Often used in combination: slack-jawed; the jawed fishes. Adj. 1. Angels.'' ``This recognition from my peers is overwhelming,'' Swank said in a statement Tuesday. Instead of a best-picture prize, the SAG Awards has the category of outstanding performance by a cast. Joining the performers in ``Sideways,'' ``Million,'' and ``Ray'' in that category are the casts of ``The Aviator'' and ``Finding Neverland.'' ``Personally, I've never been part of a project where every single actor committed 150 percent,'' said ``Ray'' cast member Regina King. ``It really was a true ensemble, and there was not a weak link. We all felt like we owed it to Ray Charles and his family to tell a great story.'' C.J. Sanders, who plays Ray Charles as a child in the film, said he enjoyed his film debut and working with Foxx, his real-life godfather. ``When I see myself up there on the screen, I want to smile,'' said the 8-year-old Sanders. ``It feels great.'' Actress Cloris Leachman, a surprise best-supporting-actress nominee for her role as the alcoholic mother in the comedy-drama ``Spanglish,'' described herself as ``tickled to pieces, utterly surprised and shocked.'' Leachman, nominated for her first SAG award, won the supporting-actress Oscar in 1972 for ``The Last Picture Show.'' ``I didn't even know (the nominations) were coming out today; nobody tells me anything,'' the eight-time Emmy winner said, laughing. ``It's the most fun, I can't even tell you how marvelous it is. It's such an affirmation.'' Fellow Oscar winner Jon Voight Jon Vincent Voight (born December 29 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Voight, an Oscar-winner and four-time nominee, has had a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. (``Coming Home'') also received his first SAG nod Tuesday for ABC's ``Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven.'' ``It's very, very nice, and I'm so glad,'' Voight said. ``I like this (film) very much, and I'm so glad that it's gotten this kind of attention. It's a wonderful thing.'' In other television categories, Patricia Heaton Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing lead character and Ray Barone's wife Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. was a triple nominee, with two of the nods coming for CBS' ``Everybody Loves Raymond'' and a third for the telefilm tel·e·film n. A film produced for television broadcasting. Noun 1. telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television ``The Goodbye Girl.'' Heaton will compete for the best-comedy-actress prize with ``Raymond'' co-star Doris Roberts Doris May Roberts (b. November 4 1930, St. Louis, Missouri) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. Biography Early life Doris Roberts was born in St. , ``Sex and the City'' star Sarah Jessica Parker, ``Will & Grace'' cast member Megan Mullally Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a three-time SAG and two-time Emmy Award-winning Irish-American actress, talk show host and singer, best known for her role as Karen Walker on Will & Grace. and ``Desperate Housewives'' star Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series co-starring with Dean Cain. . James Deaton, who plays Hatcher's love interest on the hit ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. show, announced the SAG nominations along with actress Rosario Dawson during a live telecast Tuesday morning at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Deaton himself received a nod as part of a nominated comedy ensemble. ``Being an old theater guy from Chicago, being nominated as an ensemble is something actors really appreciate,'' Denton said after completing his announcing duties. The cast of ``Housewives'' will compete with the casts of ``Arrested Development,'' ``Raymond,'' ``Sex and the City'' and ``Will & Grace.'' ``We are just very, very excited and grateful,'' said ``Arrested Development'' co-star Tony Hale. ``With the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. (of the Fox show's first season) coming out, and with things like (SAG nominations), it raises awareness and brings people to the show.'' The late Jerry Orbach, who died earlier this month, received a posthumous nod for his long-running role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in NBC's ``Law & Order.'' ``I couldn't be more thrilled about this recognition for the superb work that Jerry has done for 12 seasons on 'Law & Order,'' the show's creator Dick Wolf said in a statement Tuesday. ``I know that on Feb. 5, he will be there in spirit with his peers.'' Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com Nominees for the 11th 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. : TELEVISION Actress in a TV movie or miniseries: Glenn Close, ``Lion in Winter''; Patricia Heaton, ``The Goodbye Girl''; Keke Palmer, ``The Wool Cap''; Hilary Swank, ``Iron Jawed Angels''; Charlize Theron, ``The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'' Actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Jamie Foxx, ``Redemption''; William H. Macy, ``The Wool Cap''; Barry Pepper, ``The Dale Earnhardt Story''; Geoffrey Rush, ``The Life and Death of Peter Sellers; Jon Voight, ``The Five People You Meet in Heaven'' Actress in a comedy series: Terri Hatcher, ``Desperate Housewives''; Patricia Heaton, ``Everyone Loves Raymond''; Megan Mullaly, ``Will & Grace''; Sarah Jessica Parker, ``Sex and the City''; Doris Roberts, ``Everyone Loves Raymond'' Actor in a comedy series: Jason Bateman, ``Arrested Development''; Sean Hayes, ``Will & Grace''; Ray Romano, ``Everyone Loves Raymond''; Tony Shalhoub, ``Monk''; Charlie Sheen, ``Two and a Half Men'' Ensemble in a comedy series: ``Arrested Development,'' ``Desperate Housewives,'' ``Everyone Loves Raymond,'' ``Sex and the City,'' ``Will & Grace'' Actor in a drama series: Hank Azaria, ``Huff''; James Gandolfini, ``The Sopranos''; Anthony LaPaglia, ``Without a Trace''; Jerry Orbach, ``Law & Order''; Kiefer Sutherland, ``24 Hours'' Actress in a drama series: Drea de Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972[1]) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. , ``Sopranos''; Edie Falco, ``Sopranos''; Jennifer Garner, ``Alias''; Allison Janney, ``The West Wing''; Christine Lahti, ``Jacket Body'' Ensemble in a drama series: ``24,'' ``CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. 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MOVIES Actress in a supporting role: Cate Blanchett, ``The Aviator''; Cloris Leachman, ``Spanglish''; Laura Linney, ``Kinsey''; Virginia Madsen, ``Sideways'' Actor in a supporting role: Thomas Hayden Church, ``Sideways''; Jamie Foxx, ``Collateral''; Morgan Freeman, ``Million Dollar Baby''; James Garner, ``The Notebook''; Freddie Highmore, ``Finding Neverland'' Actress in a leading role: Annette Bening, ``Being Julia''; Catalina Sandino Moreno Catalina Sandino Moreno (born April 19 1981) is an Academy Award-nominated Colombian actress. Sandino was born in Bogotá, Colombia to a pathologist mother. Before becoming an actress, she studied advertising at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. , ``Maria Full of Grace''; Imelda Staunton, ``Vera Drake''; Hilary Swank, ``Million Dollar Baby''; Kate Winslet, ``Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' Actor in a leading role: Don Cheadle, ``Hotel Rwanda''; Johnny Depp, ``Finding Neverland''; Leonardo DiCaprio, ``The Aviator''; Jamie Foxx, ``Ray''; Paul Giamatti, ``Sideways'' Cast performance: (six nominees, due to a tie): ``The Aviator,'' ``Finding Neverland,'' ``Hotel Rwanda,'' ``Million Dollar Baby,'' ``Ray,'' ``Sideways'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Jamie Foxx continues his awards-season dominance with four SAG nominations for three different projects. (2) With four nods, ``Sideways'' is the top movie in the Screen Actors Guild competition. Box: Nominees for the 11th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (see text) |
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