I’m a just bit underwhelmed after watching last night’s SAG Awards. From the collective "Who let those guys back in?" groan (re: The Sopranos winning everything), to the part in the middle where something meaningful was taking place but I fell asleep, to a Tom Cruise sighting during which he barely raised his voice, let alone sounded wacko… it all evoked a big "meh" from me. Better make that a big "blërg," in honor of SAG winner and lover of lunch Liz Lemon (and, of course, our own Dawnie Walton). The ceremony wasn’t bad. It just wasn’t awesome, aside from Daniel Day-Lewis’ speech and Angelina’s boob almost falling out on the red carpet. We’re sorry to those (two) of you who wanted a live blog; instead, here are PopWatch’s highly subjective Best and Worst moments of the evening…
BEST MOMENTS
• Jane Krakowski’s dress (pictured). It looked like Dippin’ Dots.
• Quote of the night, from Tina Fey: "You’ve just given an award to a hat rack."
• Lifetime-achievement-award recipient Charles Durning redeeming himself (and Burt Reynolds’ pushiness) by greeting his microphone: "Hello, mic!" Then, during his standing O, Durning’s wheelchair-bound wife apologetically mouthing, "I can’t get up!" It was pretty sweet.
• Daniel Day-Lewis’ speech was just perfect. He talked about daring to "go back into the arena one more time, with longing and self-doubt jostling in the balance," and then somehow easily segued his way into a tribute to Heath Ledger, citing him as one actor whose work inspired a sense of regeneration in him. "In Monster’s Ball, that character that he created seemed to be almost like an unformed being, retreating from himself, his father, this life — even us, and yet we wanted to follow him." Powerful stuff, and so classy.
• Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer, and Julie Christie all alluded to the WGA strike in support of writers and out-of-work production crews during their acceptance speeches.
• Javier Bardem looked — and sounded — so hot.
Honorable Mention: Ruby Dee’s glasses
Check out the evening’s worst moments after the jump.
WORST MOMENTS
• "My name is ____, and I am an actor." What is this, AA?
• A digital image of Alec Baldwin won Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Ditto Queen Latifah, Kevin Kline.
• Justin Chambers’ future is so bright he needs shades indoors.
• Josh Brolin, your team just won! There’s no need to bully us.
• Having to do a double-take each time the announcer said "Welcome back to the SAG Awards. Here’s Blair Underwood!" got tiring.
• Debbie Matenopoulos called Jenna Fischer "Julie" on the redcarpet. (FYI: Jenna was a complete doll about it, but should havesaid something like "Thanks, Daria" while walking away.)
• The Debster also made a vaguely unintelligible and definitelyoffensive comment to Judith Light and Michael Urie. Something like "Soyou’d rather be a nanny than a nurse?" What? (The dumbfounded looks ontheir faces almost made this a Best Moment.)
Honorable Mention: Nikki Blonsky screaming "OUR MOVIE! EVERYBODY LIKE IT?" Yikes.
List your own favorite-and-not moments, below.
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Dude, Josh Brolin got so ignored by everyone, he friggin deserved his moment. God bless him.
Haha — love the list, Annie. You’re working late. I also noticed Justin’s sunglasses and was generally bewildered by the Blair Underwood history lessons. Congrats to 30 Rockers! Weird to see Tony and the gang back in action.
Why couldn’t Charles Durning’s wife get up? Was she also having chest pains? http://youtube.com/watch?v=8kxBfrXp7mQ
What about Emile Hirsch while presenting Into the Wild? He looked like he was about to break down into hysterics.
And what was Casey Affleck mouthing to Amy Ryan when Ruby Dee won?
Best trying-not-to-watch-my-own-clip faces: Casey Affleck, Steve Carrell.
Best facial hair: Tommy Lee Jones, Viggo Mortensen.
Best and most hilarious rambling: Josh Brolin.
Hottest accent: Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard.
Most uncomfortable teleprompter reading: Tommy Lee Jones, Emile Hirsch.
RightNextToMarsDotCom I think Casey Affleck was telling Amy Ryan to stand up and clap.
Angelina is so totally preggers . . . she was doing the whole billowy, JLo disguise and her “girls” were quite a bit larger than normal (we almost got a real peek at them). Congrats to her and Brad–they both look gorgeous AND happy!
Daniel Day-Lewis’ speech made me cry(again). Every time I think I’m getting a grip on Heath’s passing something like this just hits me all over again. Thank you Daniel Day-Lewis. Thank you for careing.
Julie Christie looks smokin hot. Wow!
This will sound bad, and it’s not so muc about Ms. Ruby but after Soprano after Soprano et al.; but when Ruby Dee won, I muttered, “This is why actors should not be unified voting blocks about anything.” Always the sentimental/statement choices.
“Miss Latifah couldn’t be here tonight.”
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They do that “I am an actor” speech every year. Where have you been?
I thought Josh Brolin’s speech was quite funny, actually. He has had one heck of a year, and it was nice to see him actually accept an award for a change!
Also, would Javier Bardem just hurry up and marry me? Thanks.
Tom Cruise looked totally pissed off! You could tell he wanted to say something to the crowd about this recent Scientology fiasco but instead, he kept it in check. He so didn’t want to be there.
There’s a reason she won and it wasn’t because of a lifetime of work — she was good. If you saw AG (and I don’t think you did), that last scene where she confronts her son was so powerful baby, and then when she slapped Denzel, I was like “whoa!” That’s acting baby….forget those other babes they will have their time, but she is the epitome of what a good and decent actress should be.
Randdom thoughts:
**Jane K’s dress made me want a margarita.
**Angie’s breasts are DEFINITELY producing milk right now.
**I don’t think Emile was close to tears, I think he was high as a kite.
**One good thing about the writer’s strike – a lot of actresses looked like they have a had a sandwich while not working – Ellen P, Eva LP, etc. NICE to not be able to count the ribs!
**Where was new bride Katie Hiegl? Was counting on her for some ab fab on the red carpet.
I liked Josh Brolin’s speech too. Besides Javier was standing nearby so my guess is most people were staring at him and not even listening! Otherwise the night was pretty predictable. I just watched to finally see the pretty people all dressed up.
Definitely thought DDL’s speech was the highlight. It made me cry, too. What an honorable man.
I’m still trying to figure out Mickey Rooney’s confusing presentation. Was there a tie in the category of Best Actress in a Mini-Series/Television Movie, or was Queen Latifah the only winner?
Javier Bardem and Jeffrey Dean Morgan – twins separated at birth? And oh, so hot!
congrats to all the winners special mention to miss christie your grace and style at the sag awards is what all aspiring actresses should strive to achieve welcome back to hollywood
I’m just so happy that DDL FINALLY got the recognition he deserved for his work in There Will Be Blood. He’s been ignored for too long…
Happy to see him win, even though it’s not much of a surprise. He was breath-taking in TWBB. And the comments he made about Heath Ledger were so moving, glad someone actually brought it up.
And I too have now converted to Javier-dom. Good lord that man is smokin’ hot!
Oh, and re: Debbie Whats-her-big-fat-greek-name? She was atrocious. She should never be let near stars again, not even D-listers. The sass she was bringing can only be brought by either Joan Rivers or Isaac Mizrahi. And even Joan is pushin’ it.
I always love the “I am an actor” quips and found this year’s to be particularly funny. And I loved Tina Fey’s speech.
hey Jakeem, i think what Mr. Rooney meant was that there was a tie for the nominations (there were 6 and there are usually 5 nominees). I was confused myself. His ramblings was the strangest moment of the evening. i think he and Charles Durning would make great roommates in a retirement home…that sounds like a great sitcom, huh??
krikky, though I agree Danei Day-Lewis highly deserves his praise for There Will Be Blood, I would hardly say he hasn’t received recognition. He’s won numerous awards, including Oscar nominations and two Academy Awards wins.
I loved the “I am an actor.” intro. Jane and Rebecca were hilarious! As was Tina during her speech.
It was nice to see Ruby Dee and Queen Latifah win SAG awards. I was also pulling for Viggo until I saw that god-awful suit he was wearing. Hopefully he’ll look a lot better at the Oscars….
Oh, and DAMN! Julie Christie looks insanely good for 66. I hope I look that good when I’m her age.
Mickey Rooney making sure he got a standing ovation, then blabbing on like he was accepting award. And then he ended up getting an award at the end (cause Ms. Latifah wasn’t there). I was laughing just about as hard as Debra Messing was.
WORST:
Ruby Dee’s win. I think her speech was longer than her entire screentime in American Gangster.
I’m still pissed about no Juno ensemble nom.
Noticed a few comments about Charles Durning’s wife not being able to stand up. I just barely caught it myself, but she was in a wheelchair.