The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) presented its annual awards last night, some winners were expected, and there were also surprises.
The thriller "Conclave" won the top award from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) on Sunday, and Timothy Chalamet in the role Bob Dylan he became the surprise winner in the Best Actor category.
The cast of "Conclave" consists of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow i Isabella Rossellini It won the award for best ensemble in a motion picture at the SAG Awards, a ceremony that was broadcast live on Netflix.
The film tells the story of secret intrigues in the Vatican during the election of a fictitious pope.
Fiennes spoke on behalf of the cast about the need to support communities, both in filmmaking and in life, as he accepted the SAG statuette on stage in downtown Los Angeles.
"We recognize the utmost importance of (community) in our work and in the world," Fiennes said. "That's what we're celebrating tonight."
The "Conclave" received the award at a time when the actual Roman pontiff, the 88-year-old Pope Francis, in critical condition with double pneumonia.
Isabella Rossellini wished him all the best during and after the ceremony.
"We are very concerned about our pope," she told reporters after the SAG Awards. "We love this pope."
The victory of "Conclave" hinted that the film could win the prestigious award for best picture at the Oscars on March 2nd.
Members of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA choose the SAG winners, and actors make up the largest voting body for the Oscars.
The race for best picture at this year's Oscars is extremely uncertain.
While "Conclave" also won the top prize at the British BAFTA awards, the big trophies from Hollywood producers and directors went to "Anora," a drama about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch.
Chalamet won the SAG Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as a young Dylan who comes to New York to try to make it in music in the film "A Complete Stranger."
The outcome is a blow to Adrian Brody, who won several acting trophies earlier in the season for his role as an immigrant architect in the film “Brutalist.”
Chalamet, 29, said he "put everything he had" into the role of Dylan.
Demi Moore won the award for best actress for her role as a fading celebrity searching for the fountain of youth in the film "Substance."
The awards for supporting actor and actress went to Kieran Culkin za „Real Pain“ i Zoe saldana for "Emilio Perez".
The cast of FKS's "Shogun," a story of political intrigue in imperial Japan, was named best television ensemble in a drama.
The film "Homicide Squad" won the award for best ensemble in a comedy series for its stars, including Selena Gomez, Martin Short i Steve Martin.
Jane Fonda honored for lifetime achievement
Actress Jane Fonda, a two-time Oscar winner and activist with a career spanning six decades, was honored with a lifetime achievement award.
"Your enthusiasm makes this feel less like the twilight of my life and more like, 'Come on, girl, rock it because I'm not done,'" Fonda said.
She called on Hollywood to deal with difficult times with empathy.
"What we, actors, create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so deeply that we can touch their souls," she said in her speech to the Fund.
"And make no mistake, empathy is not a weakness, it just means you care about other people."
Her career spans film, television and theatre, ranging from "Detective Klute," "Coming Home," "9 to 5," "Monster-Law," "Grace & Frankie," "Book Club" and "80 for Brady," for which the 87-year-old actress has won two Oscars, an Emmy and seven Golden Globe nominations - as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's De FIlle Award.
"I've had a really weird career - completely unstrategic," Fonda said. "I retired for 15 years and came back at 65, which is unusual. I made one of my most successful films in the '80s, and I'll probably do my own stunts in an action movie in the '90s."
Fonda, who describes herself as a late bloomer, said she became an actress because she grew up in the 1940s and 1950s when "women weren't supposed to have opinions and get angry."
"Acting has given me the opportunity to play angry, willful women, which, you know, is a lot for me," she said.
In addition to her achievements on stage and screen, Fonda is known for her activism for civil rights, gender equality, and the anti-war movement.
She has also been vocal in raising awareness about the global climate crisis.
In October 2019, Fonda was arrested five times, and she brought other famous friends with her, such as Teda Denson, Ketrin Kiner i Rozane Arket to protest in front of the Capitol in Washington to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
The Fund is the 60th recipient, and in previous years the award was also received by Barbra Streisand, Sally Field i Helen Mirren.
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