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The 2021 awards-season revolving door has swung again. The SAG Awards now will be handed out on Sunday, April 4, three weeks after the March 14 date announced during the summer. The 27th annual awards show originally was set for January 24 but has changed twice — first due to the Covid-19 pandemic and now to move off t…

UPDATED with new SAG Awards date: If you are an awards pundit looking to past habits to predict the trajectory of this awards season, think again. All bets are off as we are clearly, and rather obviously, in uncharted territory when trying to assess how voters, particularly the early ones at SAG and the Golden Globes…

Today, the Recording Academy and CBS announced that, due to the current surge of coronavirus cases, the 63rd Grammy Awards, which had been scheduled for January 31, will move to Sunday, March 14. That happens to be the date previously set for the 27th SAG Awards, and SAG-AFTRA was not happy having both televised…

The 2021 SAG Awards will take place on March 14, a month and a half later than expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 27th annual awards show had been set for Jan. 24, 2021. Eligibility requirements have also been modified, with the eligibility period extended by two months. To be eligible, movies, television and…

A letter sent this week by SAG Awards organizers to film studios confirmed that the annual show will join the Oscars and Golden Globes in revising their film-eligibility guidelines this year in the face of the coronavirus shutdown that has closed all movie theaters nationwide. The SAG rules, to be finalized next…

Jennifer Aniston stunned devoted fans in October when she joined Instagram. The actress had been a rare Hollywood holdout when she finally signed up for the social media platform, and quickly set a Guinness World Record for the fastest time to reach one million followers (5 hours and 16 minutes). While the Friends…

Joaquin Phoenix won his first SAG Award on Sunday for starring as Arthur Fleck in Joker, a career-defining role and a movie that have barreled through awards season. Last night, he won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, his first win in five tries at the actors union’s annual showcase of…

An emotional Renée Zellweger thanked her fellow actors following her SAG Awards win Sunday night for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Judy, as she dedicated her prize to the film’s subject, Judy Garland. “I’m just so grateful and for the privilege of reflecting on the life of one of our…

As one Oscar strategist who definitely has a dog in this hunt emailed me Sunday night after the SAG Awards show, “Now we’re having us some fun.” Indeed. What an interesting weekend as far as the Oscar race goes. With three key guilds weighing in, the verdict on momentum is mixed, but it is clear two films — 1917 and Pa…

UPDATED with video: Brad Pitt picked up the best supporting actor SAG Award Sunday night for his performance as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he left the audience in stitches with his acceptance speech. Watch it above and his backstage comments below. The actor joked about working with director Quen…

UPDATED with video: Jennifer Aniston put Apple TV+ on the awards map by picking up the SAG Awards trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for the streamer’s debut drama The Morning Show. This marks the second major Hollywood award for Apple TV+ following a Critics’ Choice Award win for Th…

UPDATED with video: Parasite might have pulled off the biggest surprise of the night Sunday, taking home the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, beating out Bombshell, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Jojo Rabbit. This is the first time a foreign-language film has won…