Kicking off award season with the SAGs

by Hanna Souhail and Steph Kerrigan

            In the midst of winter and the bitter temperatures, television fanatics at least have award shows to look forward to.  Kicking off the award season, only eight days before the Grammy’s, were the SAG (Screen Actors Guilds) Awards.  The 20^th annual SAG Awards episode was aired January 18, 2014 on television stations such as TNT and TBS.

The three major categories of the SAG Awards are Theatrical Motion Pictures, Television and Honors for Stunt Ensembles.  Each category is then divided into subcategories consisting of five nominees and one recipient.

            American Hustle, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper, actually contains scenes filmed in Woburn.  The film took home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.  The recipient for the Outstanding Male Role award went to Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyer’s Club while the Outstanding Female Role went to Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine.  Supporting role awards went to Jared Leto in Dallas Buyer’s Club and Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave.

            As for television shows, the two major winning series were Breaking Bad and Modern Family.  Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad actually took home one of the Outstanding Male Role award for a television series while Ty Burrell took one home for Modern Family.  As for the female recipient, the award went to Maggie Smith of Downton Abbey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Veep.  Television miniseries awards for outstanding actor and actress went to Michael Douglas of Behind the Candelabra and Helen Mirren of Phil Spector.  Lone Survivor and Game of Thrones each took home an award sub-categorized in Honors for Stunt Ensembles.

            As for fashion on the SAG Awards red carpet, among the Best Dressed list was Lupita Nyon’g in a turquoise Gucci gown and Sofia Vergara in a strapless, sparkling silver Donna Karan Atelier gown.  Unlike the women on the Best Dressed list was actress Gabourey Sidibe, who was criticized for her unconventional body image.  However, Gabby did not let the criticism ruin her mindset.  Instead, the famous actress only used the words to her advantage and used the harsh words to empower her.  (For more on body image, stay tuned for The Bull’s Eye February edition.)

            For more on the SAG Awards, head over to www.sagawards.org were you can find plenty information regarding the 2014 Awards as well as years’ past.