SAG nominations

The Screen Actors Guild - SAG - nominations come out today. They are usually my favorite nominations of the year, as they are voted solely by actors. No producers, critics, etc: This is who the actors of the US find to have performed the best all year long. And its only about acting. Instead of Best Picture they have the Best Ensemble acting award. Its the actors show!! And the nominees are great! Here they are:




BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins as Walter Vale in The Visitor
Frank Langella as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk
Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke as Randy in the Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway as Kym in Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins in Changeling
Melissa Leo as Ray Eddy in Frozen River
Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt
Kate Winslet as April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin as Dan White in Milk
Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymore Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn in Doubt
Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Dev Patel as Older Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams as Sister James in Doubt
Penelope Cruz as Maria Elena in Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller in Doubt
Taraj P. Henson as Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz in the Reader

BEST ENSEMBLE
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button