INDIE FILMS LOOMING LARGE IN NOMS FOR SAG AWARDS.Byline: Janet Weeks Daily News Staff Writer In further solidification of 1996 as the year of the independent film, the lion's share of Screen Actor Guild Award nominations announced Thursday went to performers in small pictures made outside the major studios. Nods went to the casts of ``The English Patient,'' ``Marvin's Room,'' ``Shine,'' ``Sling Blade'' and ``The Birdcage'' and to many of the actors who starred in those films. Of the eight films given multiple nominations, only two (``The Birdcage'' and ``Jerry Maguire'') were the products of major studios (MGM/UA and Columbia/TriStar, respectively). In all, Miramax films captured 11 nominations, the most of any production company. Columbia/TriStar came in a distant second with five nods. The four other majors - Disney, Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . - came up empty-handed. Actors honored for individual performances include Tom Cruise (``Jerry Maguire''), Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning Australian actor. He is the first Australian-born person to win an Academy Award for acting. (``Shine''), Woody Harrelson (``The People vs. Larry Flynt''), Brenda Blethyn (``Secrets & Lies''), Frances McDormand (``Fargo'') and Gena Rowlands Gena Rowlands (born June 19 1930) is an American actress who has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, and has won three Emmy Awards for her performances. Biography Early life Rowlands was born Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin, (``Unhook the Stars''). Billy Bob Thornton Robert George (Bob) Thornton (born July 10 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward. He holds career averages of 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 283 total games. , nominated for best acting performance by a male lead for ``Sling Blade,'' said he was honored to be recognized in a category with Cruise, Harrelson and the others. ``I feel like the guy in `Wayne's World' that says `I'm not worthy!' '' he said. ``To be in the company of people like this ... I think I'm going to cut my tongue so I can just make noise, because 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 to say.'' Blethyn, Rush and Cruise were also awarded Golden Globes on Sunday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Their recognition by SAG could indicate Oscar nominations next month. Both Madonna and Courtney Love, whose names have been bandied about as Oscar contenders, were missing from the list of guild nominees. In television, guild voters honored the casts of the dramas ``Chicago Hope,'' ``ER,'' ``Law & Order,'' ``NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA) NYPD New York Play Development Blue'' and ``The X-Files.'' In the comedy category, nods went to ``3rd Rock From the Sun,'' ``Frasier,'' ``Mad About You,'' ``Remember WENN'' and ``Seinfeld.'' 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. gathered the most nominations - 16. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. and 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. both garnered five; Fox and HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy each grabbed three. The guild will also honor Angela Lansbury with a lifetime achievement award at its Feb. 22 ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium downtown. The show will be televised on NBC. The following is a list of Screen Actors Guild Award nominees. FILM Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Cruise in ``Jerry Maguire'' (Columbia/TriStar); Ralph Fiennes in ``The English Patient'' (Miramax); Woody Harrelson in ``The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (Columbia/TriStar); Geoffrey Rush in ``Shine'' (Fine Line); Billy Bob Thornton in ``Sling Blade'' (Miramax). Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Brenda Blethyn in ``Secrets & Lies'' (October Films); Diane Keaton in ``Marvin's Room'' (Miramax); Frances McDormand in ``Fargo'' (Gramercy); Gena Rowlands in ``Unhook the Stars'' (Miramax); Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas OBE (born 24 May 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated English actress. Biography Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her father was a pilot for the Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964, and she is the older sister of the in ``The English Patient'' (Miramax). Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Hank Azaria in ``The Birdcage'' (MGM/UA); Cuba Gooding Jr. in ``Jerry Maguire'' (Columbia/TriStar); Nathan Lane in ``The Birdcage'' (MGM/UA); William H. Macy in ``Fargo'' (Gramercy); Noah Taylor in ``Shine'' (Fine Line). Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Lauren Bacall in ``The Mirror Has Two Faces'' (Columbia/TriStar); Juliette Binoche in ``The English Patient'' (Miramax); Marisa Tomei in ``Unhook the Stars'' (Miramax); Gwen Verdon in ``Marvin's Room'' (Miramax); Renee Zellweger in ``Jerry Maguire'' (Columbia/TriStar). Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture: ``The Birdcage,'' ``The English Patient,'' ``Marvin's Room,'' ``Shine,'' ``Sling Blade.'' TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Armand Assante in ``Gotti'' (HBO); Beau Bridges in ``Hidden in America'' (Showtime); Robert Duvall in ``The Man Who Captured Eichmann'' (Turner Network TV); Ed Harris in ``Riders of the Purple Sage'' (Turner Network TV); Alan Rickman in ``Rasputin'' (HBO). Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Anne Bancroft in ``Homecoming'' (Showtime); Kathy Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. in ``The Late Shift'' (HBO); Stockard Channing in ``An Unexpected Family'' (USA Network); Jena Malone in ``Bastard Out of Carolina'' (Showtime); Cicely Tyson in ``The Road to Galveston'' (USA Network). Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: George Clooney in ``ER'' (NBC); David Duchovny in ``The X-Files'' (Fox); Anthony Edwards in ``ER'' (NBC); Dennis Franz in ``NYPD Blue'' (ABC); Jimmy Smits in ``NYPD Blue'' (ABC). Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Gillian Anderson in ``The X-Files'' (Fox); Kim Delaney in ``NYPD Blue'' (ABC); Christine Lahti in ``Chicago Hope'' (CBS); Della Reese in ``Touched by an Angel'' (CBS); Jane Seymour in ``Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' (CBS). Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Jason Alexander in ``Seinfeld'' (NBC); Kelsey Grammer in ``Frasier'' (NBC); John Lithgow in ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' (NBC); 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. in ``Frasier'' (NBC); Michael Richards in ``Seinfeld'' (NBC). Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Christine Baranski in ``Cybill'' (CBS); Ellen DeGeneres in ``Ellen'' (ABC); Helen Hunt in ``Mad About You'' (NBC); Kristen Johnston in ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' (NBC); Julia Louis-Dreyfus in ``Seinfeld'' (NBC). Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: ``Chicago Hope'' (CBS); ``ER'' (NBC); ``Law & Order'' (NBC); ``NYPD Blue'' (ABC); ``The X-Files'' (Fox). Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' (NBC); ``Seinfeld'' (NBC); ``Frasier'' (NBC); ``Mad About You'' (NBC); ``Remember WENN'' (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ). The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award The Screen Actors Guild's National Honors and Tributes Committee bestows an annual Life Achievement Award "for outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession." The award was not given in 1964 or 1981. : Angela Lansbury. |
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