ROTTEN TOMATOES: Sean Penn, Meryl Streep win at SAG awards

Sean Penn, Meryl Streep win at SAG awards

The Guild also awards Slumdog Millionaire as the Best Ensemble Cast

by RT Staff | January 25, 2009

For the 15th year running, the Screen Actors Guild has gotten together to honor excellence among its members -- and we've reproduced the complete list of winners for the 2008 SAG Awards below.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boston Legal
The Closer
Dexter
House
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Weeds

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
William Shatner - Boston Legal
James Spader - Boston Legal

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
David Duchovny - Californication
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
Tracy Ullman - Tracy Ullman's State of the Union

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
Paul Giamatti - John Adams
Kevin Spacey - Recount
Kiefer Sutherland - 24:Redemption
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Laura Dern - Recount
Laura Linney - John Adams
Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Wanted

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
The Closer
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
Prison Break
The Unit

Source: SAG Awards

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jan 25 2009 07:15 PM

How incredibly safe.

And PENN better not win over Rourke! The idiotic academy gave an award to him he didn't deserve for MYSTIC RIVER, so now must make it right by not giving it to him this year, even if he deserves it.

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jeimsvasquez writes:
on Jan 25 2009 07:35 PM

well i felt good, with the award for meryl streep even when i was wishing that the award went to angelina jolie whatever, and how she is, her personality is just extraordinary and how she was running to recieve the award.

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ZiGyStRdUsT writes:
on Jan 25 2009 08:42 PM

I think Streep earned this one, the acting in doubt is ridiculously good.

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JoeBerg writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:04 PM

ENOUGH

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JoeBerg writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:06 PM

ENOUGH with this 30 rock crap! that shows sucks,its not good and its not funny! the show nor the actors deserve to win any awards over the office,monk and weeds! the awards shows are just giving them to them just to hope that someone will watch that crapfest.

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JoeBerg writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:07 PM

ENOUGH with this 30 rock crap! that shows sucks,its not good and its not funny! the show nor the actors deserve to win any awards over the office,monk and weeds! the awards shows are just giving them to them just to hope that someone will watch that crapfest.

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ZiGyStRdUsT writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:12 PM

I like 30 rock... though I do thought that Mary Louise Parker should have gotten best actress and Duchovny best actor over Baldwin.....

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Chance N. writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:13 PM

If there is one clear winner this year, it's Mickey Rourke.

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Robert R. writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:32 PM

Mickey Rourke deserved the Best Actor Award as he received at the Golden Globes.
But, I have never in all the years that I've watched the Big-3, Golden Globes, 15 years now of SAG, and all my life the Acadamy Awards-OSCAR's, watched a more BORING, Politically Correct, Drab, Icy-Cold, Dreary Pile of Manure as the SAGGY Awards tonigt!
I just could not watch anymore of it and went from TNT, over to Nick to wait for Adult Swim.
When I saw Susan Sarandon sitting there, gloating like the Queen of PC Snobbery and then she went up and started her M-O-U-T-H, I could not take anymore, it was like someone left the Bathroom door open after someone drank some Mexican sink water!
YICK!
At one time, these Celebrities, unless Born n' Breed into the Business were NORMAL and REGULAR People, excluding Alec BaldSpin.
They are now, FREAKS. Plastic faces. Bloated Lips. Gloppy false eyelashes.
FAKE-FREAKS.
At least Rourke is funky faced and used it to his advantage.
I liked, 'Grand Torino', but the Hmong people complained it was too Racist because "there's no Hmong people in Gangs" Sheesh....OK, and I attend Snake Charmer Church on Sunday.
"Milk", Sean Penn really knew what he was doing. He knew he would get the Best Actor because the Timing is Perfect.
Prop Flop, Sean Got The Milk.
Used to be, when things were wrong with the World, you could always, always use the movies and tv to keep your mind from splitting.
But Hollywood is Hollywierd and beyond Gagging Sickeningly PC now.
I am glad I did not waste much money on the movies this past year.
Just saw the one's I thought I would like instead of all of them, and especially the one's I KNEW would Win Awards.
I get enough Politically Correctness from the stinkin' MSM Media news that the very same people that gave the awards out tonight and were present RUN.
I did not to have to watch 20 freakin' minutes of drivel PC again!
I want to see, 'Taken'. So, I only liked 'The Wrestler' and 'Grand Torino' and Eastwood made a Non-PC movie so he gets Das Boot.
Don't think he cares, I don't.
Except I value the minutes of my life and I wasted 20 minutes and had to look at that Jane Fonda wanabee-> Susan Sarandon..YICK.
Thanks SAG-A-GAG

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Robert R. writes:
on Jan 25 2009 09:36 PM

Mickey Rourke deserved the Best Actor Award as he received at the Golden Globes.
But, I have never in all the years that I've watched the Big-3, Golden Globes, 15 years now of SAG, and all my life the Acadamy Awards-OSCAR's, watched a more BORING, Politically Correct, Drab, Icy-Cold, Dreary Pile of Manure as the SAGGY Awards tonigt!
I just could not watch anymore of it and went from TNT, over to Nick to wait for Adult Swim.
When I saw Susan Sarandon sitting there, gloating like the Queen of PC Snobbery and then she went up and started her M-O-U-T-H, I could not take anymore, it was like someone left the Bathroom door open after someone drank some Mexican sink water!
YICK!
At one time, these Celebrities, unless Born n' Breed into the Business were NORMAL and REGULAR People, excluding Alec BaldSpin.
They are now, FREAKS. Plastic faces. Bloated Lips. Gloppy false eyelashes.
FAKE-FREAKS.
At least Rourke is funky faced and used it to his advantage.
I liked, 'Grand Torino', but the Hmong people complained it was too Racist because "there's no Hmong people in Gangs" Sheesh....OK, and I attend Snake Charmer Church on Sunday.
"Milk", Sean Penn really knew what he was doing. He knew he would get the Best Actor because the Timing is Perfect.
Prop Flop, Sean Got The Milk.
Used to be, when things were wrong with the World, you could always, always use the movies and tv to keep your mind from splitting.
But Hollywood is Hollywierd and beyond Gagging Sickeningly PC now.
I am glad I did not waste much money on the movies this past year.
Just saw the one's I thought I would like instead of all of them, and especially the one's I KNEW would Win Awards.
I get enough Politically Correctness from the stinkin' MSM Media news that the very same people that gave the awards out tonight and were present RUN.
I did not to have to watch 20 freakin' minutes of drivel PC again!
I want to see, 'Taken'. So, I only liked 'The Wrestler' and 'Grand Torino' and Eastwood made a Non-PC movie so he gets Das Boot.
Don't think he cares, I don't.
Except I value the minutes of my life and I wasted 20 minutes and had to look at that Jane Fonda wanabee-> Susan Sarandon..YICK.
Thanks SAG-A-GAG

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Floor Man writes:
on Jan 25 2009 11:36 PM

I'm going to get a lot of flak for this, but...I thought Micky Rourke's performance was overrated. Extremely good (obviously), but overrated. I hope Penn wins Actor this year; thought he deserved it. We'll see.

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bluefrogjam writes:
on Jan 26 2009 12:32 AM

I was actually hoping Langella would win...the expressions on his face during the climactic final interview just made the movie for me. But I haven't seen Milk, so I'm in no position to judge whether Penn was the right choice.

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wilkiedriver writes:
on Jan 26 2009 01:07 AM

Sean Penn? Safe bet indeed. A very well known political activist in his own right and played as a real gay man in politics. Wow, have we forgotten that's an automatic nomination and a strong favorite to win?

The Reader is Kate Winslet Holocaust. I guess Hollywood would be mad not to nominate it for major Oscars.

Benjamin Button. A technically superior film compared to the rest of 2008 (not including TDK or some other film I don't know of) but it really was "The Reverse Ageing of Forrest Gump".

Slumdog Millionaire. I hope the movie wins (and has been winning) awards based on how good it is, not because Hollywood wants to keep expanding it's market on foriegn soil. I saw and loved it so I guess that's what matters.

I don't care about peoples "lifestyle choices" and I respect other peoples beliefs, but good grief, could Hollywood be any more obvious when come to personal bias and politics?

F*** the awards. RT regulars know who or what deserves to win or at least be nominated.

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Dachshund96 writes:
on Jan 26 2009 05:18 AM

Thats too bad Ledger won. Overated, average acting job, glorified because of his death.

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martinscorsese25 writes:
on Jan 26 2009 06:05 AM

i'm really glad that Dev Patel didn't win for Slumdog. I still havent seen the movie but i am very certain that he is the LEAD there. If he wins there then we will have many of these kinds of nomination where the LEAD will be push for supporting just so he can be nominated. Glad the oscars didn't nominate him(even though Oscars is a troll nowadays)

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selke99 writes:
on Jan 26 2009 06:15 AM

Just saw the Wrestler and Revolutionary Road. I'm not sure if I would nominate Wrestler for Best Picture (even though it was good), but I think it should have gotten Best Actor and Best Director recognition. Rourke just make the role his own, no one else could have pulled it off.

I was pleasantly surprised with Revolutionary Road since I came in with really low expectiations. I think Leo should have gotten nominated instead of Winslet. He was simply outstanding. And the crazy guy deserved a supporting actor nod.

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John Z. Delorean writes:
on Jan 26 2009 06:39 AM

In reply to this comment (#2282710)
I'm glad to see I'm not crazy in thinking that the Rourke lovefest is insane. Sean Penn should be back on track to winning the Oscar. Benjamin Button was Forrest Gump minus the engaging characters. Revolutionary Road got screwed and Kate Winslet will be a minus an Oscar once again for no good reason. Robert Downey in Tropic Thunder is this years Johnny Depp in Pirates, characters everyone enjoyed but no real threat to win.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Jan 26 2009 07:12 AM

The only horse I'm backing this year is Heath Ledger for 'best supporting' in TDK. I will be perfectly happy if Rourke wins for 'Wrestler' but it was Ledger that put TDK over the top as one of the most hypnotic movies I've seen in years.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Jan 26 2009 07:13 AM

And while I'm at it, why was the kid from 'Slumdog' even up for 'SUPPORTING?' Who the hell was the leading man in that movie, if not him?

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Iceman Cometh writes:
on Jan 26 2009 07:39 AM

In reply to this comment (#2283335)
there is no lead buddy, the characters go from children to young adults over the course of the film. there are main characters, but not lead actors.

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