SAG awards bring out starstruck stars
LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt made a crack about his marriages, Robert De Niro got political, and Jennifer Aniston talked about appearing in a commercial for Bob’s Big Boy — those were just some of things that happened on stage Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which also honored actors Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Peter Dinklage, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Tony Shalhoub, But off-camera, the stars mingled. Here are some of the memorable moments:
■ Leonardo DiCaprio beamed when his 10-yearold “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” co-star Julia Butters brought three young friends to meet him. He also received a thankyou from a fan for his environmental activism. “I love what you’re doing and speaking up,” the young man said. “I’m a surfer so it means a lot.”
■ Long before “Parasite” won the night’s biggest award for ensemble acting, director Bong Joon Ho and the film’s stars savored their moment in the Hollywood spotlight, taking group selfies during every commercial break.
■ Director Quentin Tarantino gushed over Charlize Theron’s work in “Mad Max: Fury Road.” He told the “Bombshell” star that he watched the George Miller-directed movie at least three times over a weekend. “Have you told George that?” Theron asked. “He would love that.”
■ Many stars came to pay tribute to lifetime achievement winner De Niro, but when Meryl Streep — his co-star in “The Deer Hunter” more than 40 years ago — stopped by, photographers descended in droves and phone cameras came out on all sides to capture the meet-up of the pair many regard as the greatest actors of their generation.