‘Trial’ takes top SAG Award honor
The cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors of color, for the first time, swept the individual film awards.
The perceived Academy Awards frontrunner — Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” — wasn’t nominated for best ensemble — making the 27th SAG Awards, presented by the Hollywood actors’ guild SAG-AFTRA, less of an Oscar preview than most years.
Still, the win for Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” marked the first time a film from any streaming service won the guild’s ensemble award. The win came over two other Netflix releases — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Da 5 Bloods” — as well as Amazon’s “One Night in Miami” and A24’s “Minari.”
The individual SAG winners were Chadwick Boseman, best male actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Viola Davis, best female actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Yuh-Jung Youn, best female supporting actor for “Minari”; and Daniel Kaluuya, best male supporting actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
In television categories, the ensembles of “Schitt’s Creek” (comedy series) and “The Crown” (drama series) added to their string of awards. Other winners included Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”), Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”), Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) and Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”).
Questlove’s doc lands summer release: “Summer of Soul,” an acclaimed documentary
Actor Michael Keaton speaks Thursday following the SAG Award win for the cast of“The Trial of The Chicago 7.” AP about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, will fittingly debut over the summer.
The film will be released in theaters July 2 and available to stream on Hulu the same day.
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, “Summer Of Soul (… Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival.
After winning both the grand jury prize and audience award, “Summer of Soul” sold for more than $12 million, the biggest price tag for a documentary in the festival’s history.
‘Grey’s’ casts Mesa as first indigenous doctor: Robert I. Mesa, who made his debut as intern James Chee on “Grey’s Anatomy” in the third episode of this season, has been bumped up to be a recurring cast member on the
ABC medical drama. Chee is the first indigenous doctor on “Grey’s Anatomy” in its 17 seasons, and he will next appear in an episode airing April 15. Mesa is a Navajo/Soboba actor.
‘Bridgerton’ adds to cast: Four new cast members are joining the second season of “Bridgerton” at Netflix. Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, Calam Lynch as Theo Sharpe and Rupert Young as Jack will all star in the next season of the Shondaland series.
April 6 birthdays: Actor Billy Dee Williams is 84. Actor Roy Thinnes is 83. Actor John Ratzenberger is 74. Actor Patrika Darbo is 73. Actor Marilu Henner is 69. Actor Paul Rudd is
52. Actor Jason Hervey is
49. Actor Zach Braff is 46. Actor Candace Cameron Bure is 45. Musician Robert Glasper is 43.