Actor Alec Baldwin had tough competition in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards, however he managed to emerge victorious. 30 Rock is ending this season and Baldwin’s fellow actors recognized his work on the series one final time with this year’s comedy award.
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The Screen Actors Guild is one of the only groups to honor stunt performers – why no one else recognizes the work of these individuals is beyond me. And as is the tradition, the first awards at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild awards show on January 27th were given to stunt performers. Members of SAG voted on the winners and Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula had the honor of revealing the stunt teams who won in the Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles categories.
The film and television stunt ensemble awards nominees were selected by committees of 2,100 SAG-AFTRA members randomly selected to represent the SAG membership. More than 100,000 SAG members were then eligible to vote on the winners. And the winners are…
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
SKYFALL (COLUMBIA PICTURES)
Hussain Adbullah
Arsha Aghdasi
Mahsa Ahmadi
Gillian Aldam
Lucy Allen
Scott Armstrong
Gary Arthurs
Amir Badri
Lee Bagley
Cody Banta
Carly Barnes
Lloyd Bass
Nikki Berwick
Mustafa Beyter
Dani Biernat
Nellie Burroughes
Michael Byrch
Annabel Canaven
Justo Usin Carrera
Boris Martinez Casel
Tracy Caudle
Cha-Lee
Nick Chopping
Ben Collins
Ben Cooke
Rob Cooper
James Cox
Talila Craig
David Cronnelly
Eugenio Jiminez Cubillo
Clive Curtis
Zarene Dallas
Inci Demirbas
Ümit Demirbas
Rick English
Bradley Farmer
Elaine Ford
David Forman
Vladimir Furdik
Halil Ibrahim Gezer
Saied Gholamie
Andy Godbold
Oliver Gough
Jean-Pierre Goy
Evangelos Grecos
Richard Hansen
Bobby Holland Hanton
Dee Harrop
Elliot Hawkes
Rob Herring
Mark Higgins
Jason Hunjan
Rob Hunt
Dusan Hyska
Rowley Irlam
Martin Ivanov
Cressida Jade
Tolga Kenan
Paul Kennington
Géza Kovács
Görkem Kün
Maurice Lee
Andy Lister
Jan Loukota
Kevin Lyons
Robbie Maddison
Marc Mailley
Kai Martin
Tina Maskell
Belinda McGinley
Morteza Megdizadeh
Angela Meryl
Casey Michaels
Peter Miles
Gareth Milne
Sian Milne
Mark Mottram
Alim Muzaffer
Brian Nickels
James O’Dee
Justin Pearson
Ian Peed
Heather Philips
Gary Powell
Greg Powell
Tilly Powell
Dominic Preece
Charles Ramsay
David Rea
Gino Rea
Kai Fung Rieck
Tom Rodgers
Yunus Emre Sagukkanli
Diz Sharpe
Mark Slaughter
Curtis Small
Andy Smart
Mark Southworth
Marvin Stewart-Campbell
Roy Street
Gabor Szeman
Mens-Sana Tamakloe
Rocky Taylor
Arran Topham
Vi-Dan Tran
Sam Trimming
Emre Ugantas
Fatih Ugurlu
Cuco Usin
Tony Van Silva
Ami Verge
Rudolf Vrba
Damien Walters
Vincent Wang
David Ware
Calvin Warrington-Heasman
Marlow Warrington-Mattei
Reg Wayment
Paul Weston
Alistair Whitton
Martin Wilde
Belle Williams
Donna C. Williams
Sarah Lochlan Williams
Annabel Wood
Ben Wright
Liang Yang
Roger Yuan
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
Rob Cooper
Jamie Edgell
Dave Fisher
Dave Forman
Paul Herbert
Michelle McKeown
Sian Miline
Jimmy O’Dee
Domonkos Pardanyi
Marcus Shakesheff
CC Smiff
Mark Southworth
—Complete list of 2013 SAG Awards nominees
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Affleck wasn’t even nominated for a Best Director Oscar and with each win he collects, that decision by Academy voters looks more and more ridiculous.
In addition to presenting awards in film, television, and digital media categories, members of the Producers Guild of America also recognized Bob and Harvey Weinstein with the Milestone Award, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, J.J. Abrams with the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, Russell Simmons with a Visionary Award, and Bully received the Stanley Kramer Award.
The Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
ARGO (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
WRECK-IT RALPH (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Producer: Clark Spencer
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
Game Change (HBO)
Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Jay Roach, Amy Sayres, Steven Shareshian, Danny Strong
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
Modern Family (ABC)
Producers: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
Homeland (Showtime)
Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Producers: Meredith Bennett, Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Matt Lappin, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
American Masters (PBS)
Producers: Prudence Glass, Susan Lacy, Julie Sacks
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program:
Sesame Street (PBS)
The Award for Outstanding Digital Series:
30 Rock: The Webisodes (www.nbc.com)
– Complete List of Nominees
Source: Producers Guild of America
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“The films at our Festival this year truly reflect the unbridled passion, immense talent and diverse stories coming from the independent filmmaking community,” stated John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival. “I am confident that the awards presented this evening will fuel those films with special promise and that audiences will continue to champion the films they have discovered here.”
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: Blood Brother / U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face, or the love he would find.
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: Fruitvale / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ryan Coogler) — The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers on the last day of 2008. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O’Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray.
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: A River Changes Course / Cambodia, U.S.A. (Director: Kalyanee Mam) — Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastatingly beautiful story of a country reeling from the tragedies of war and rushing to keep pace with a rapidly expanding world.
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: Jiseul / South Korea (Director and screenwriter: Muel O) — In 1948, as the Korean government ordered the Communists’ eviction to Jeju Island, the military invaded a calm and peaceful village. Townsfolk took
sanctuary in a cave and debated moving to a higher mountain. Cast: Min-chul SUNG, Jung-won YANG,
Young-soon OH, Soon-dong PARK, Suk-bum MOON, Kyung-sub JANG.
The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary: Blood Brother / U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face, or the love he would find.
The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic: Fruitvale / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ryan Coogler) — The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers on the last day of 2008. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O’Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray.
The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary: The Square (Al Midan) / Egypt, U.S.A. (Director: Jehane Noujaim) — What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation?
The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Metro Manila / United Kingdom, Philippines (Director: Sean Ellis, Screenwriters: Sean Ellis, Frank E. Flowers) — Seeking a better life, Oscar and his family move from the poverty-stricken rice fields to the big city of Manila, where they fall victim to various inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival. Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega.
The Audience Award: Best of NEXT: This is Martin Bonner / U.S.A.(Director and screenwriter: Chad Hartigan) — Martin Bonner has just moved to Reno for a new job in prison rehabilitation. Starting over at age 58, he struggles to adapt until an unlikely friendship with an ex-con blossoms, helping him confront the problems he left behind. Cast: Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, Demetrius Grosse.
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary: Cutie and the Boxer / U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling) — This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role of assistant to her overbearing husband, Noriko seeks an identity of her own.
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic: Afternoon Delight / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jill Soloway) — In this sexy, dark comedy, a lost L.A. housewife puts her idyllic life in jeopardy when she tries to rescue a stripper by taking her in as a live-in nanny. Cast: Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Jane Lynch.
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary: The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear / Georgia, Germany (Director: Tinatin Gurchiani) — A film director casting a 15-23-year-old protagonist visits villages and cities to meet people who answer her call. She follows those who prove to be interesting enough through various dramatic and funny situations.
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Crystal Fairy / Chile (Director and screenwriter: Sebastián Silva) — Jamie invites a stranger to join a road trip to Chile. The woman’s free and esoteric nature clashes with Jamie’s acidic, self-absorbed personality as they head into the desert for a Mescaline-fueled psychedelic trip. Cast: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, Agustín Silva.
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic: In a World… / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Lake Bell) — An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a
voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation. Cast: Lake Bell, Demetri Martin, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino, Fred Melamed.
The Screenwriting Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) / Afghanistan (Director and screenwriter: Barmak Akram) — A young man in Kabul seduces a girl. When she tells him she’s pregnant, he questions having taken her virginity. Then her father arrives, and a timeless, archaic violence erupts – possibly leading to a crime, and even a sacrifice. Cast: Wajma Bahar, Mustafa Habibi, Haji Gul, Breshna Bahar.
The Editing Award: U.S. Documentary: Gideon’s Army / U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter) — Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
The Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary: The Summit / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Nick Ryan) — Twenty-four climbers converged at the last stop before summiting the most dangerous mountain on Earth. Forty-eight hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished. Had one, Ger McDonnell, stuck to the climbers’ code, he might still be alive.
The Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary: Dirty Wars / U.S.A. (Director: Richard Rowley) — Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.
The Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic: Bradford Young for Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Mother of George:
– Ain’t Them Bodies Saints / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Lowery) — The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. Cast: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker, Keith Carradine.
– Mother of George / U.S.A. (Director: Andrew Dosunmu, Screenwriter: Darci Picoult) — A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage. Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Danai Gurira, Tony Okungbowa, Yaya Alafia, Bukky Ajayi.
The Cinematography Award: World Cinema Documentary: Who is Dayani Cristal? / United Kingdom (Director: Marc Silver) — An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for its identity leads us across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.
The Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Lasting / Poland, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch) — An emotional love story about two Polish students who fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare interrupts their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos. Cast: Jakub Gierszal, Magdalena Berus, Angela Molina.
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking: Inequality for All / U.S.A. (Director: Jacob Kornbluth) — In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills the topic of widening income inequality, and addresses the question of what effects this increasing gap has on our economy and our democracy.
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking: American Promise / U.S.A. (Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson) — This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting: Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now / U.S.A. (Director: James Ponsoldt, Screenwriters: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber) — Sutter is a high school senior who lives for the moment; Aimee is the introvert he attempts to “save.” As their relationship deepens, the lines between right and wrong, friendship and love, and “saving” and corrupting become inextricably blurred. Cast: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler.
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design: Shane Carruth and Johnny Marshall for Upstream Color / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Shane Carruth) — A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. Cast: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins.
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Circles / Serbia, Germany, France, Croatia, Slovenia (Director: Srdan Golubovic, Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic, Melina Pota Koljevic) — Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will confront the past through their own crises. Will they overcome guilt, frustration and their urge for revenge? Will they do the right thing, at all costs? Cast: Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Hristina Popovic, Nikola Rakocevic, Vuk Kostic.
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Punk Spirit: Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer / Russian Federation, United Kingdom (Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin) — Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial: the three young artists or the society they live in?
Short Film Audience Award: Catnip: Egress to Oblivion? / U.S.A.(Director: Jason Willis) — Catnip is all the rage with today’s modern feline, but do we really understand it? This film frankly discusses the facts about this controversial substance.
Source: Sundance Film Festival
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When Andy Samberg put in an appearance during Adam Levine’s opening monologue, hopes were high that his appearance on SNL signaled the release of a new digital short. And it did! Levine joined Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer for a new video: “YOLO.”
What does “YOLO” mean? You Only Live Once. And in this video from The Lonely Island gang, they explain the best ways to keep safe in order to ensure a long life.
Their advice: don’t take the stairs, avoid saunas (because they’re full of piranhas), stay away from kids, the sun, furniture, blankets, and pajamas. Oh, and thoroughly cook your meat. And SNL musical guest Kendrick Lamar even puts in an appearance to offer some financial advice.
Entertainment One has picked up the US rights to We Are What We Are, the horror/thriller from co-writer and director Jim Mickle, following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. eOne’s expecting to release the film later this year.
“We’re so very excited to add We Are What We Are to our US slate,” stated Dylan Wiley, VP Theatrical Marketing and Distribution, eOne Films North America. “Jim Mickle’s talent was obvious in Mulberry Street and Stake Land, but this film fulfills his vision on a whole new level and will put him in his rightful place among the masters of genre filmmaking. It will be our pleasure to introduce him to an even wider fan base and we’re confident that audiences will eat up the film.”
“On behalf of the incredible cast and crew of We Are What We Are, I’m extremely pleased to team up with eOne on a theatrical release and beyond. The response at Sundance has been amazing and we look forward to continuing the journey with our new partners in crime,” said Jim Mickle.
The Plot: A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers) and Rose (Julia Garner) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family.
The film also stars Michael Parks, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russell, and newcomer Jack Gore.
Shameless’ third season kicks things up a bit with Frank telling a huge lie (if it’s huge for Frank, then you know it’s a real doozy). The episode titled “May I Trim Your Hedges” premieres on January 27, 2013 at 9pm.
The Plot:
Frank (William H Macy) tells Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) he has cancer so he can scam a charity foundation. Fiona (Emmy Rossum) is blown away by what she’s asked to do to get a job as a cashier. Lip (Jeremy Allen White) leads a crusade to hunt down pedophiles in the neighborhood – until one of the offenders turns out to be a she.
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Lifetime has landed on a premiere date for the music-filled romantic movie Twist of Faith starring Toni Braxton, David Julian Hirsh, and Mykelti Williamson. The network will debut the movie on February 9, 2013 at 8pm.
Directed by Paul A Kaufman (NCIS: Los Angeles), Twist of Faith was written by Joyce Gittlin, Janet Fattal, and Stephen Tolkin (Brothers & Sisters).
The Plot:
In Twist of Faith, the fictional, cross-cultural, music infused love story tells the tale of Jacob Fisher (Hirsh), an Orthodox Jewish Cantor and amateur songwriter who resides in Brooklyn, New York, witnesses the senseless murder of his wife and three children. Catatonic, Jacob walks out on his Jewish mourning ritual, leaving behind his Jewish garments, wallet and keys. Abandoning his identity, he wanders aimlessly, hoping somehow to understand his tragedy.
Fortuitously, he lands in Brent, Alabama (population 2,500), where he is embraced by Nina (Braxton), a single mother and the lead singer of a small gospel choir (an unlikely finalist in the competition to determine the best gospel choir in Alabama), her Uncle Moe (Williamson) and their gospel community who help his return to life while music brings Nina and Jacob together as they try to make sense of his past and their possible future.
Disney’s showing off this new poster of James Franco, one of the stars of Oz The Great and Powerful. The caption: “Meet Oscar Diggs: A small-time magician with questionable ethics arrives in a land and must decide if he will be a good man or a great one.”
Directed by Sam Raimi and heading to theaters on March 8, 2013, Oz The Great and Powerful also stars Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, and Rachel Weisz.
The Plot: When Oscar Diggs (Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting.
Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity — and even a bit of wizardry — Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well.
Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Ahna O’Reilly, and Matthew Modine premiered as the closing night film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and Red Touch Media hosted the after party for the cast and invited guests. On hand to celebrate the premiere screening were Kutcher, Gad, O’Reilly, director Joshua Michael Stern, and writer Matt Whiteley.
Thus far, the only review from the closing night premiere comes from The Hollywood Reporter’s critic, who says it is “perhaps too respectful of the tech icon’s innovations” but that it “still remains frequently engaging.”
