SAG Awards 2019: Emily Blunt, Mahershala Ali win supporting actor honors
With just under a month to go before the Academy Awards, the thespians are getting their chance to choose the best of the best.
Hosted by Megan Mullally, the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards let Hollywood actors – the largest voting bloc for the Oscars – honor each other, and the musical drama "A Star Is Born" is hoping to get some awards-season momentum going.
Here's a minute-by-minute (ET) breakdown of the highlights:
9:26: Sandra Oh of "Killing Eve" takes female actor in a drama. "i just so want to tahnk my fellow actors. i have felt your support over these years." She calls out supportive fellow actors over the years like Alfre Woodard (who told Oh, "We fight the same fight") and Jamie Foxx (who said to her, "Keep going").
9:20: "Ozark" star Jason Bateman wins for best male actor in a TV drama. "This is reassuring," he deadpans. Bateman says he feels lucky to be at the show: "You wonder if you got it, you wonder if we're any good. We're liars up there."
9:03: Tom Hanks hits the stage to honor Alan Alda with a lifetime-achievement award, a man who "has shown us who we are and who we can be." Alda gets a standing ovation and says it's hard to describe what it feels like "for his colleagues and heroes to welcome me up here." His wish for the crowd: "Let's stay playful, let's have fun and let's keep searching. It couldn't hurt."
8:53: Patricia Arquette wins for female actor in a limited series for "Escape at Dannemora." "I thought you were saying (fellow nominee) Patricia Clarkson and I was like, 'Yes!' " Arquette says. "I'd like to take her acting class." She also thanks special counsel Robert Mueller "and everyone making sure we have sovereignty in the United States of America."
8:43: Darren Criss is named best male actor in a TV limited series for "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story." "Boys, we got nominated with Anthony Hopkins," Criss says to his fellow nominees. "That's a feather in my cap I never could have imagined."
8:34: Oscar-nominated Mahersala Ali of "Green Book" follows up Golden Globe honors by snagging male actor in a supporting role. "The more I'm fortunate and blessed enough to do this work, the more I need the rest of you in this room," Ali says, thanking co-star Viggo Mortensen "for making me better."
8:28: The first movie trophy of the night - for female actor in a supporting role - goes to "A Quiet Place" star Emily Blunt, a minor surprise. "Oh my goodness me. Guys, that truly has blown my slicked hair back," Blunt says, adding she's sharing the honor with director (and husband) John Krasinski. "You are a stunning artist. ... Thank you for giving me the part. You would have been in trouble if you hadn't."
8:20: And "Mrs. Maisel" gets the hat trick, also winning for best TV comedy ensemble. "You cannot imagine the incredibly wonderful feeling it is to work alongside these people," Shalhoub says.
8:14: "Mrs. Maisel" gets its second, with Rachel Brosnahan taking female actor in a TV comedy. "I have wanted to be an actor forever," she says, loving the fact she's in a room with all her peers.
8:09: The first award of the evening, lead actor in a TV comedy, goes to Tony Shalhoub in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." "I have nothing prepared tonight, for obvious reasons," he says, pointing out his fellow nominees including Alan Arkin, his idol and friend.
8:04: Mullally riffs on Hollywood diversity: "They cast black people in 'Black Panther,' which was good. Asian people in 'Crazy Rich Asians.' There's even a green book in 'Green Book.' You know there was some executive saying, 'Can the book be white? " When the laughs are few, she says, "Not my favorite joke."
8:00: The annual actors-telling-everyone-how-they-became-actors opening kicks off with Mike Myers talking about filling out a Canadian vocational test at 17 and the government deciding he should be "a movie star." Geoffrey Owens mentions his famous stint at Trader Joe's "to see if I could hang in there with my career and it's actually worked out pretty well," he quips, and host Megan Mullally jokes she's been working since 1942.
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