Call this the two big shockers of awards season thus far.
Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” was almost completely snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild today. The film didn’t receive a Best Ensemble nomination and Rachel Zegler didn’t make Best Actress. The only nomination was for Ariana DeBose in Best Supporting Actress.
Spielberg’s movie might be in trouble.
Kristin Stewart as Princess Diana in “Spencer” was also snubbed, replaced by Jennifer Hudson for “Respect.” We can now safely state that K-Stew is not the Oscar frontrunner. Yikes. Her whole campaign was designed by Film Twitter from the start. That’s now how you win Oscars.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” one of the best ensembles of the last year, only got one nomination, for Bradley Cooper’s 6-minute cameo in the Supporting Actor category.
What else?
SAG loved “House of Gucci.” Lady Gaga a Leading Actress nom. Ditto Jared Leto for his gonzo performance.
Actor-wise, there was no Peter Dinklage (Cyrano), but Javier Bardem got in for “Being the Ricardos”? WTF! The rest of the field was not that surprising, although it seems as though the nominated Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick .. BOOM!”) will now certainly be within reach of Oscar.
Ben Affleck getting a Supporting Actor nod for “The Tender Bar” instead of the far-superior “The Last Duel” is … something.
Here is your full list of film and television nominations:
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Caitríona Balfe (“Belfast”)
Cate Blanchett (“Nightmare Alley”)
Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)
Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”)
Ruth Negga (“Passing)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”)
Bradley Cooper (“Licorice Pizza”)
Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)
Jared Leto (“House of Gucci”)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)
Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”)
Jennifer Hudson (“Respect”)
Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”)
Will Smith (“King Richard”)
Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
“CODA” (Apple Original Films)
“Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)
“House of Gucci” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
“King Richard” (Warner Bros)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Black Widow”
“Dune”
“The Matrix Resurrections”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”