SAG Award Nominees

Saturday January 24, 2010 is a night when Actors honor Actors.

This is awards show season & some people think it's all a waste of time but I've always found it to be exciting and rewarding.

Let's be honest though, this year did not show us so many wonderful performances or film that it was hard to choose. There are a few great ones but of course they will rise far above the mediocre films and make it seem as though we were all just given a gift by the studios. When in actuality, the studios should be thanking the consumers for actually leaving their houses this year to see anything!

The Golden Globes just solidified that beginning of the Film awards shows. But, all of Hollywood is aware the Globes are just an excuse to get dressed up and get press. It's not entirely about the films or TV shows. Since the Globes are only voted on by, at most, 100 members. Which I truly believe does not speak for the masses. But I'll leave it alone for now.

As far as the Screen Actor's Guild Awards goes, this is pretty wonderful in that Only the Acting Community can vote on these winners. I believe that if you win one of these guys, you've really done your job spectacularly.

This year's crop of actors nominated are among some of the best performances I have ever seen in my life. So I'm happy to watch the show this year & excited to see who takes on home.

The list of Nominee's are:

The * indicates the Actors I am choosing to win.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

*JEFF BRIDGES /Bad Blake - "CRAZY HEART" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

GEORGE CLOONEY /Ryan Bingham - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)

COLIN FIRTH / George Falconer - "A SINGLE MAN" (The Weinstein Company)

MORGAN FREEMAN /Nelson Mandela - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

JEREMY RENNER /Staff Sgt. William James - "THE HURT LOCKER" (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

*SANDRA BULLOCK /Leigh Anne Tuohy - "THE BLIND SIDE" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

HELEN MIRREN /Sofya - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)

CAREY MULLIGAN /Jenny - "AN EDUCATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)

*GABOUREY SIDIBE /Precious - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE"(Lionsgate)

MERYL STREEP /Julia Child - "JULIE & JULIA" (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

MATT DAMON /Francois Pienaar - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

WOODY HARRELSON /Captain Tony Stone - "THE MESSENGER" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Tolstoy - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)

STANLEY TUCCI /George Harvey - "THE LOVELY BONES" (Paramount Pictures)

*CHRISTOPH WALTZ /COL. Hans Landa - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

PENÉLOPE CRUZ /Carla - "NINE" (The Weinstein Company)

VERA FARMIGA /Alex Goran - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)

ANNA KENDRICK /Natalie Keener - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)

DIANE KRUGER /Bridget von Hammersmark - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

*MO'NIQUE / Mary - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

AN EDUCATION (Sony Pictures Classics)

DOMINIC COOPER /Danny

ALFRED MOLINA /Jack

CAREY MULLIGAN /Jenny

ROSAMUND PIKE /Helen

PETER SARSGAARD /David

EMMA THOMPSON /Headmistress

OLIVIA WILLIAMS/Miss Stubbs

*THE HURT LOCKER (Summit Entertainment)

CHRISTIAN CAMARGO/ Col. John Cambridge

BRIAN GERAGHTY /Specialist Owen Eldridge

EVANGELINE LILLY/ Connie James

ANTHONY MACKIE /Sgt. J.T. Sanborn

JEREMY RENNER /Staff Sgt. William James

*INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

DANIEL BRÜHL /Fredrick Zoller

AUGUST DIEHL /Major Hellstrom

JULIE DREYFUS /Francesca Mondino

MICHAELFASSBENDER / LT. Archie Hicox

SYLVESTER GROTH /Joseph Goebbels

JACKY IDO /Marcel

DIANE KRUGER / Bridget von Hammersmark

MÉLANIE LAURENT /Shosanna

DENIS MENOCHET /Perrier LaPadite

MIKE MYERS /General Ed French

BRAD PITT / LT. Aldo Raine

ELI ROTH / SGT. Donny Donowitz

TIL SCHWEIGER /SGT. Hugo Stiglitz

ROD TAYLOR /Winston Churchill

CHRISTOPH WALTZ /COL. Hans Landa

MARTIN WUTTKE /Hitler

NINE (The Weinstein Company)

MARION COTILLARD/ Luisa Contini

PENÉLOPE CRUZ /Carla

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS/ Guido Contini

JUDI DENCH /Lillian

FERGIE /Saraghina

KATE HUDSON /Stephanie

NICOLE KIDMAN /Claudia

SOPHIA LOREN /Mamma

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE (Lionsgate)

MARIAH CAREY /Ms. Weiss

LENNY KRAVITZ /Nurse John

MO'NIQUE / Mary

PAULA PATTON /Ms. Rain

SHERRI SHEPHERD /Cornrows

GABOUREY SIDIBE /Precious

TO SEE THE ENTIRE NOMINEE LIST CLICK HERE including the categories for Television.

WHAT DID YOU ENJOY THIS YEAR? IS YOUR FAVORITE HERE?