We have ourselves an Oscar race! The feeling that The Big Short could have the Best Picture category locked down after its PGA award a week ago was upset tonight by closest rival Spotlight's Ensemble Cast prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards. SAG rarely gives this award to a film that doesn't win one of its four individual acting categories, but this was far from the biggest surprise of the evening: Idris Elba's Supporting Actor win for Beasts of No Nation (one of two for Elba, including a TV award for Luther) makes him the first person in history to win a SAG award for film without a corresponding Oscar nomination. Pair that with the fact that only one TV award for which no POC were nominated went to a white person, and you have quite the statement to the Academy... Check out SAG's film nominations here, and their film awards below:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Brie Larson (Room)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Mad Max: Fury Road
