'Parasite' Nominated for SAG Ensemble

Wow! Parasite getting nominated for the big SAG ensemble award is awesome. I never thought that would happen, as foreign-language films rarely make it in here (in fact, the only one that ever did was Life is Beautiful twenty years ago, so this is finally the second), and that means Parasite is strong enough with the guilds to possibly win Best Picture at the Oscars. So cool. Bombshell also did surprisingly well today, with four nominations, even for Nicole Kidman, despite its actual reviews turning out to be pretty middling. And Taron Egerton made it into Best Actor (the actors snubbed Robert DeNiro though, lowering his Oscar nomination chances for The Irishman, despite its three nods otherwise- is the role too subtle?) The SAG nominees match the Oscar acting nominees about 90% most of the time, so there’s room for maybe one miss in each category. Lupita Nyong’o getting in for Us is pretty cool, but I wonder if Saoirse Ronan can still make it at the Oscars (once again, Little Women snubbed entirely by a major guild). Scarlett Johansson gets two nominations, as Jojo Rabbit is strong here, and it looks like J-Lo is indeed on her way to that Oscar nomination for Hustlers.

2019 SAG NOMINEES

Best Ensemble

• Bombshell

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Parasite

Lead Actor

• Christian Bale, Ford v. Ferrari

• Leonardo Dicaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Adam Driver, Marriage Story

• Taron Egerton, Rocketman

• Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Lead Actress

• Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

• Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

• Lupita Nyong’o, Us

• Charlize Theron, Bombshell

• Renee Zellweger, Judy

Supporting Actor

• Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy

• Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

• Al Pacino, The Irishman

• Joe Pesci, The Irishman

• Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Supporting Actress

• Laura Dern, Marriage Story

• Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

• Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

• Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

• Margot Robbie, Bombshell

This is kind of my favorite nomination because I loved the movie- I keep hoping Egerton sneaks in for Best Actor at the Oscars too, but this category is sooo crowded