‘A Star Is Born’ leads SAG nominations
award, which wins her an intership and A Star Is Born led the pack in the movies category Wednesday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, seen as a bellwether in the run-up to the Oscars.
The music romance reboot earned Bradley Cooper a nod for best actor, Lady Gaga for best actress and Sam Elliott for best supporting actor. The fourth nomination was for best cast.
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, the true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white partner, came in second with three nominations for best actor (John David Washington), best supporting actor (Adam Driver) and best cast.
Other films nominated for best cast — the SAG’s top award — are superhero movie Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, and summer romcom hit Crazy Rich Asians.
On the television side, Amazon’s breakout comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the Netflix drama Ozark led the pack with four nominations each.
Other shows nominated include FX’s Cold War spy thriller The Americans, NBC’s This Is Us and The Handmaid’s Tale, the runaway hit series based on the dystopian 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood.
The 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place on January 27 in Los Angeles.