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On Saturday night, the actors looked great as they lived their best lives and presented each other with trophies at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Viewers put aside their usual Netflix binge-watching for one night to watch their favorite actors tell their “I’m an Actor” story at the SAG Awards. Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic Oppenheimer continues to garner hardware attention ahead of the Academy Awards on March 10th, while The Bear and Succession were heavily featured on TV. , streaming brought him a coveted award at the SAG Awards. It becomes lighter. Instead of commercials, winners talked to interviewers between awards, no one was teased by an itchy orchestra conductor looking at the clock, and swearing was OK. After all, it’s Netflix. And things could be much worse than making Idris Elba the surprise de facto host.
Here are some important moments you may have missed.
Pedro Pascal, Ali Wong and Idris Elba drop bombs
Having the SAG Awards on Netflix meant that it was different from a typical network broadcast in many ways, including no one pressing the beep button. Elba, who was assigned to deliver the opening monologue for the hostless ceremony, used an f-bomb while giving a lesson on the use of foul language. “Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say in front of Oprah,” Elba advised as the camera showed a smiling Oprah Winfrey. “(Expletive). That was Oprah.”
After winning the SAG Award for “Beef,” Ali Wong thanked his 83-year-old mother in the audience and a slightly drunk Pedro Pascal, who said, “I’m here with my pearls and Tevas on because I don’t say (expletive).” expressed his intention. “This is an incredible (expletive) honor,” said the actor, who won the trophy for lead drama actor for “The Last of Us,” having been part of SAG-AFTRA since 1999. he recalled. (Somewhat ironically, all the show and movie clips used at the ceremony had their expletives erased.)
Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway reunite for ‘The Devil Wears Prada’
We were all wondering why Meryl Streep almost brought out her mic stand and pretended to forget her glasses. It was all part of a fun and quick reunion with his The Devil Wears Prada co-stars Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway. “That’s the age-old question: Where does the actor end and the character begin?” Streep said. “Meryl and Miranda Priestly are like twins,” Blunt replied, referring to Streep’s domineering fashion style. Referring to Nista, Streep said she didn’t think she looked like her character, but Hathaway interrupted, saying, “No, no, that’s not it.” “I have a question,” and Blunt finally shrugged off Streep’s slowness in winning the award, saying, “Just keep going at a glacial pace. Do you know how excited that excites me?”
It was a little short because he wore a sash around his waist, but it was a great moment for movie fans.
Davin Joy Randolph and Lily Gladstone inspire with acceptance speeches
The night’s winners had some sweet moments. Elizabeth Debicki, who stands 6 feet 3 inches tall, was shocked to win for The Crown and kicked off her shoes before accepting her award, while Robert Downey Jr. won for Best Supporting Actor. I continued to feel joy. season. “Why me? Why now? Why do things seem to be going my way? Unlike the other candidates, I never get tired of my voice,” says Oppenheimer. Star quipped.
But some speeches really touched my heart. DaVine Joy Randolph, who won Best Supporting Actress, talked about her character’s journey through grief in “The Holdover” (“Grief is a slippery emotion”) and said that being congratulated by other actors “makes me feel better.” “It’s the greatest honor of my career.” Waiting for their chance here, your life can change in a day. It’s not a question of if, but when.” And after slapping the trophy on the head, she broke out in Killers of the Flower Moon, winning the SAG Award for Best Actress. Lily Gladstone, who made history as the first indigenous performer, offered: He made similar remarks after a “difficult road” during the strike-affected year. “Being able to go on set and tell stories is a win. We bring empathy to a world that desperately needs empathy,” she said, adding, “We continue to tell the truth and stand up for each other. Please continue.”
Billie Eilish is thrilled to sign Melissa McCarthy’s forehead
This was an amazing dynamic duo. Grammy-winning pop star Billie Eilish and Oscar-nominated comedian Melissa McCarthy were responsible for one of the funniest moments of the night.They awarded the award for Best Female Actor in a Television Comedy, and McCarthy very I’m excited to be joining Eilish. “We met twice. You met my daughters, you met my dogs,” McCarthy said, noting that Eilish’s mother was her first improv teacher. “That’s too much,” Eilish deadpanned.
Wanting to remember this moment, McCarthy first asked Eilish to sign the dress, but Eilish responded, “I don’t want to ruin it.” Ms. Eilish agreed to sign Ms. McCarthy’s face and struggled to hold his Sharpie to her forehead while smiling. “That was unexpected. I’ll take this too,” Mr. McCarthy said, slipping a pen into his sleeve.
Barbra Streisand holds court on why she loves movies while accepting Lifetime Achievement Award
It shows how iconic Streisand is. No one looked away during her long speech when she accepted the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, and everyone listened intently. And she nailed not one but two A-list presenters, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Aniston. Aniston said of Streisand, “That face, that voice, that talent. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime talent, and how lucky we are to have it in our lifetimes.” “Barbra didn’t just pave the way for us. She bulldozed it.”
Ms. Streisand, 81, a SAG-AFTRA member for more than 60 years, brought the audience back to her teenage years growing up in Brooklyn, tearing up coffee ice cream and movie magazines, and finding movies gave her an escape. “I didn’t do that.” I don’t like the reality. ” One day, she bought a 25-cent ticket to “Guys and Dolls” and found “my first love,” Marlon Brando. “He was so genuine, so believable. I wanted to be the person he fell in love with, not Gene Simmons.”
Streisand praised the “Funny Girl” filmmakers for “making no problem with young women with opinions” and expressed her “dream of a world where bigotry is a thing of the past” and was delighted with the “amazing” honor. is. “To my fellow actors and directors, I loved working with you, playing with you, and living with you in the magical world of cinema,” she said. “And most of all, I wanted to thank everyone for the great joy they gave me watching them on screen.”
