The Kardashians SAG Nominations Are Here!

Damn my DVR! TNT was airing Miss Regina King, perpetual best friend, Miss Judy Greer, and <swoon> SAG president, Ken Howard, announcing the nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards and I only got to see the nominees in the TV Miniseries/Movie before it cut off! Oh, well. At least I have the Golden Globe Nominees tomorrow. Don't let me down, DVR! Anywho, enough about my problems. Let's get to the nominees! Surprises are in store:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company)

BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy
JAMES CROMWELL / Clifton
JEAN DUJARDIN / George
JOHN GOODMAN / Al Zimmer

PENELOPE ANN MILLER / Doris

BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)
ROSE BYRNE / Helen
JILL CLAYBURGH / Annie’s Mom
ELLIE KEMPER / Becca
MATT LUCAS  / Gil
MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan
WENDI McLENDON-COVEY / Rita
CHRIS O’DOWD / Rhodes
MAYA RUDOLPH / Lillian
KRISTEN WIIG / Annie

THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BEAU BRIDGES / Cousin Hugh
GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King
ROBERT FORSTER / Scott Thorson
JUDY GREER  / Julie Speer
MATTHEW LILLARD  / Brian Speer

SHAILENE WOODLEY  / Alexandra King

THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote

VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook
ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan
CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth
AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt
SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters
OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson
MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein
EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan
CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson
MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Sony Pictures Classics)
KATHY BATES / Gertrude Stein
ADRIEN BRODY / Salvador Dali
CARLA BRUNI / Museum Guide
MARION COTILLARD / Adriana
RACHEL McADAMS / Inez
MICHAEL SHEEN / PaulOWEN WILSON / Gil

Who's Missing: Well, for one thing, all of the actors from the nominated films. Thanks to Nathaiel over at The Film Experience for pointing this out. Where are all the great actors from the ensemble of Midnight In Paris? Corey Stoll is the only performance from that film that anyone talked about. Yet, somehow French First Lady, Carla Bruni, made the cut? Other great ensemble casts that could have made the cut: Drive, Win Win, Rampart, New Year's Eve...

Thoughts: All in all, a pleasing list. All the films have a good mix of comedy and drama in them. Sometimes I think those actors confuse this category with Best Picture and not what it actually is. The only film I wouldn't exactly consider an ensemble is The Artist. The film is pretty much just Dujardin, Bejo, and, of course, Uggie the dog. But, it's probably my favorite movie that I've seen so far this year. So, I'll let it pass.