Viola Davis, 'Schitt's Creek' among SAG Awards winners

Clayton Davis The final voting for the Academy Awards officially closed at 5 p.m. PT today.

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The last guild award ceremony of this long protracted awards season went to the American Society of Cinematographers and they were in a “Mank” mood for the 2021 ASC Awards. Their premiere honor went to Erik Messerschmidt for his work on David Fincher‘s passion project.

Clayton Davis As accomplished as Academy Award winner Viola Davis is in the industry, she still feels the unfair comparisons and judgments for the roles she chooses. “It’s so hard to get films made that don’t fit a certain box of how they see us,” Davis tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast.

“It’s an honor to be recognized as an innovator,” said music icon Mariah Carey, while accepting the Innovator Award at the 12th Annual African American Film Critics Association Awards, which took place virtually for a private audience.

Also Read: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Hair and Makeup: How Viola Davis Was Inspired by Bette Davis's Classic 'Baby Jane'“Oh, it’s a great category,” he said. “And what’s interesting is that our footprint on ‘Ma Rainey’ is a bit smaller, because it’s mainly just two rooms.

Minari's Youn Yuh-jung may have emerged as the Best Supporting Actress frontrunner after winning a SAG Award, gaining a key advantage despite Borat's Maria Bakalova having a Critics' Choice Award win under her belt. The biggest implication from the SAG Awards, though, may be Viola Davis' lead actress win.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Minari leading the pack regarding the most awards.Held virtually in a pre-recorded, shortened ceremony last night (April 4), the awards also recognised Anya Taylor-Joy for her work in The Queen’s Gambit (for which she also won a Golden Globe last month), and Chadwick Boseman continued his posthumous winning streak for his leading role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.Elsewhere, The Trial Of The Chicago 7 picked up a gong for best ensemble cast in a motion picture while

Viola Davis won best actress in a film for her lead role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the 2021 SAG Awards. In her acceptance speech, Davis thanked the film's cast, including the "beautiful" Chadwick Boseman; director George C.

Gallery: It's showtime! Alec Baldwin's top 10 performances (BANG Showbiz)And Mark Ruffalo scooped Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for 'I Know This Much Is True', while Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture went to 'Wonder Woman 1984'.

The  27th Screen Actors Guild Awards saw the best of onscreen performances, in TV and film, receiving recognition. The one hour pre-taped show awarded actors across 15 various categories with individual as well as ensemble acts being awarded.

The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards honours the year's best achievements in film and television performances. The one-hour, pre-taped show which is being held virtually does not have a host this year, nor the usual banquet or red carpet.

Days before the 2021 SAG Awards were set to air, the winners list allegedly leaked online.

SAG Awards are the first of the major peer groups to hand out statues in the new year, but 2021 is proving to be even more change-inducing than 2020.The 27th Annual SAG Awards were pushed a couple of times, first due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and then when the Grammys decided to have their show on the same night SAG was planning to celebrate.