Its a battle between two Stones! Lily Gladstone triumphed over frontrunner Emma Stone on the Screen Actors Guild Awards, profitable for her efficiency because the anguished Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon. Emma Stone, nominated for Poor Things, appeared probably the most ecstatic when Lily’s title was introduced, cheering enthusiastically from her seat. So, will Oscars observe subsequent? A SAG report card to throw mild on this case. (Also learn: SAG Awards 2024 nominations: From Leonardo DiCaprio to Penélope Cruz, the biggest snubs and surprises)

Déjà vu?

Lily Gladstone now has the Golden Globe for Drama and the SAG. Emma Stone is maintaining with the Golden Globe for Musical, Critics Choice and BAFTA. A little bit déjà vu? It appears identical to how the Best Actress race spanned out final yr, when Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh have been neck-to-neck moving into for the Oscars. Cate Blanchett scored early on with a Volpi Cup, Golden Globe for Drama, Critics Choice and BAFTA; whereas Michelle Yeoh gained the Golden Globe for Comedy and SAG. Ultimately, Michelle Yeoh took the gold statuette for Everything Everywhere All At Once, turning into the primary Asian girl to win the Academy Award for finest actress. This yr if Lily wins, she’s going to create historical past by turning into the primary Native American winner within the class.

Emma Stone has the showier role- her Bella Baxter is a modern-Frankenstein creation who proceeds to find life in vicarious methods, and Poor Things has been receiving an amazing increase in its technical classes, together with Costume Design and Production Design. The movie additionally handed $100M on the international box-office final week, turning into Yorgos Lanthimos’ highest-grossing movie ever. That may very effectively increase the possibilities for Emma Stone, who’s already an Oscar winner for Best Actress for La La Land. A attainable double Oscar winner on the age of 35? Now, that is historic too!

In comparability, final yr’s launch Killers of the Flower Moon is relying closely on Lily Gladstone for a standalone win for the Martin Scorsese movie, as Oppenheimer continues to dominate in the remainder of the classes, the place it’s nominated. That contains Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. Just a couple of extra weeks, and we may have a solution to this thrilling build-up to the Oscars.

Succession upsets

The different shock(s) of the night final evening, got here in from the Television classes. The Bear lead the comedy class, nevertheless it was Pedro Pascal of The Last of Us and Elizabeth Debicki of The Crown, who triumphed within the particular person performing classes, profitable over Succession stars Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook respectively. Both Kieran and Sarah have been award season-favourites, contemporary off an Emmy win final month. A shocked Pedro Pascal admitted that he was a ‘little drunk’ whereas accepting the honour, whereas Elizabeth Debicki additionally had related phrases upon listening to her title being referred to as out. She needed to kick her footwear off with the intention to make it to the stage, and mentioned: “I’m not wearing shoes right now. I don’t really know what to say, so I’m just gonna wing it.”

Still, it was an necessary yr for the Screen Actors Guild, the place the group which assembled on the Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall for the ceremony took word of the 118-day lengthy SAG-AFTRA strike, which resulted in November. Kenneth Branagh, who spoke on behalf of the forged of Oppenheimer after it gained the Best Ensemble award, summed it up finest. He recalled how on the movie’s London premiere- the very day the strike started, the forged and crew walked out off the purple carpet in help of the strike. “We went from the red carpet and we didn’t see the film that night. We happily went in the direction of solidarity with your good selves. So this, this is a full circle moment for us,” he mentioned, incomes a loud applause.

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