Screen Actors Guild Awards: And The Nominees Are …

‘Tis the season! Awards season, that is. While we are all preparing for the hustle, bustle, jolly and joy of the holiday season, Hollywood is busily preparing away for the upcoming awards season, which kicks off with the Golden Globes on January 13. The Golden Globe nominees will be revealed Thursday at 8am ET, but today is all about the Screen Actors Guild. Early Wednesday morning (5:45am PT, to be precise), the Guild – joined by Taye Diggs (Private Practice) and Busy Philipps (Cougar Town) – announced the nominees in television and music from West Hollywood, CA. While the Academy Awards are what the season builds towards, the nominees between the SAGs and the Globes should start to shape what the Oscars elite list will be looking like. So who was nominated for a SAG? Homeland and Modern Family lead the TV drama and comedy nods, with four nominations each.

Check out the full list of nominees below. The Screen Actors Guild Awards air LIVE January 27, 2013 at 8/7c on TNT & TBS.

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And the nominees are …

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE
“Argo”
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
“Les Misérables”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”

OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR, LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
John Hawkes, “The Sessions”
Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR, LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Helen Mirren, “Hitchcock”
Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”
Marion Cotillard, “Rust and Bone”

OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR, SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, “Argo”
Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR, SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
Nicole Kidman, “The Paperboy”
Maggie Smith, “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE, DRAMA
Homeland
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Asylum

OUTSTANDING ACTOR, DRAMA
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE, COMEDY
Modern Family
30 Rock
Nurse Jackie
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
The Office

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Betty White, Hot, CLeveland

OUTSTANDING ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis CK, Louie
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

OUTSTANDING ACTOR, TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Kevin Costner, “Hatfield and McCoys”
Woody Harrelson, “Game Change”
Ed Harris, “Game Change”
Clive Owen, “Hemingway and Gellhorn”
Bill Paxton, “Hatfield and McCoys”

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS, TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Nicole Kidman, “Hemingway and Gellhorn”
Julianne Moore, “Game Change”
Charlotte Rambling, “Restless”
Sigourney Weaver, “Political Animals”
Alfre Woodard, “Steel Magnolias”

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE
“The Dark Knight Rises”
“Skyfall”
“The Bourne Legacy”
“The Amazing Spider-Man”
“Les Miserables”

OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE, TELEVISION
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
“Breaking Bad”
“Sons of Anarchy”
“Walking Dead”
“Boardwalk Empire”

2013 Writer’s Guild Award: And The Nominees Are…

This year, a couple newcomers made their way into the nomination list, while a few seasoned favorites regained top dog status. Breaking Bad garnered the highest number of nominations from the Writer’s Guild earlier today – a total of five. Modern Family comes a close second with four. Girls, Veep, The Newsroom, Nashville, and The Mindy Project are among the newbies to join the ranks.

The awards will be handed out at simultaneous awards in both LA and New York on February 17, 2013. Check out a list of the major category nominees below. A full list can be seen at WGA.org.

DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men

DRAMA, EPISODIC
Breaking Bad, “Buyout”
Breaking Bad, “Dead Freight”
Breaking Bad, “Fifty-One”
Homeland, “New Car Smell”
Mad Men, “The Other Woman”
Breaking Bad, “Say My Name”

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation

COMEDY, EPISODIC
Parks and Recreation, “The Debate”
Episodes, “Episode 9″
30 Rock, “Leap Day”
Modern Family, “Little Bo Bleep”
Modern Family, “Mistery Date”
Modern Family, “Virgin Territory”

NEW SERIES
Girls, HBO
The Mindy Project, Fox
Nashville, ABC
The Newsroom, HBO
Veep, HBO

COMEDY/VARIETY
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

LONG FORM (ORIGINAL)
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
Political Animals

DAYTIME DRAMA
Days of Our Lives
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless

And The Best Of 2011 Are …

Other sites have been making lists based on their preference, telling you who they believe was the best of 2011. We here at the Yak like to do it another way … put you in command. You nominated, you voted, and now it’s time to reveal who YOU chose as the Best of 2011. As 2011 comes to a close in just a few days, we figured it’s time to take you down memory lane as we reminisce about what made these people, TV shows, songs, albums, and celebrities the best (or in some cases the worst) of 2011. There were some EXTREMELY tight races this year, but fans came out in full force to make sure their favorites got to the top. No more yakking, let’s just get right to it. Click on a pic below to see what they won – or just click on the first pic and scroll through to see who and what made YOUR list of favorites in television, music, movies and more in 2011.

 

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Song of the Year:

Favorite Live Performance of the Year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLMzr3PFgk

Most Viral Video of the Year:

Speak Up! YakkityYak’s Best (and Worst) of 2010


Mike & Molly. The Walking Dead. Jon Stewart. Bret Michaels. Miley Cyrus. Sarah Palin. Modern Family. Glee. Cee-Lo. Eminem. Chilean Miner Rescue. Inception. Tina Fey. Mad Men. Ellen Degeneres. Survivor. The Amazing Race.

So many names and words to throw around to take you on a journey of the events of 2010. What stood out the most for you? We here at the Yak want to give you the chance to vote for the best and worst moments of 2010. Who better to determine this than YOU?! Member voices were already heard with nominations. What made the cut? Be sure to check out our VOTING BOOTH for the official polls of 2010. We’re still a month away from 2011, but let’s take a trip down memory lane and re-live some of your favorite moments of 2010! We’ve got everything covered from movies to music to TV to reality TV and more! You can join our forums for free to make your voice heard. So what’re you waiting for?? Get on in!

Special thanks to our very own member sas0327 for her graphic expertise in everything Best of 2010!