Final SAG Predictions

With the announcement of the Critics’ Choice nominations today, we’re well into Oscar season. The Screen Actors Guild, announcing unusually before the Golden Globes (by one day), will provide the first certifiably semi-accurate look at what the Oscar list could shape up to be. I’m wondering whether Glenn Close will in fact get in, and this is going to be an important moment for “The Artist” and “Drive” and several other films that may waver in the acting categories. I’m still banking on “The Ides of March” doing very well here, but we’ll see. “Young Adult” may make a showing in several categories. Nominees will be announced in the morning, and I’ll be here with reactions by category.

No guts, no glory (just one):
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” for Best Ensemble Cast

Best Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Jodie Foster (Carnage)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Albert Brooks (Drive)
John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Carey Mulligan (Shame)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris