SAG & DGA

Directors Guild of America:

From Variety:
"The Directors Guild of America has selected Martin Scorsese as winner of its top feature trophy for his work on the gangster thriller "The Departed."
It was first victory in seven DGA nominations for Scorsese, who topped Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for "Babel," Bill Condon for "Dreamgirls," Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris for "Little Miss Sunshine" and Stephen Frears for "The Queen."

The award, announced Saturday night in ceremonies at the Century Plaza Hotel, places Scorsese as a front-runner for the Best Director Oscar. The DGA winner, based on voting by 13,400 Guild members, has matched the Oscar winner in 52 of its 58 awards, including last year when Ang Lee won both for "Brokeback Mountain."

Scorsese now faces Frears and Inarritu for the Oscar along with Clint Eastwood for "Letters From Iwo Jima" and Paul Greengrass for "United 93." It's his sixth Oscar directing nomination along with "Raging Bull," "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Good Fellas" "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator."

"The Departed" has taken in the highest gross among the nominated films with $127 million domestically and nearly $270 million worldwide. Scorsese won the Golden Globe for Best director three weeks ago; since then, "Little Miss Sunshine" won both the top feature film awards from the PGA and SAG.

Scorsese's previous DGA nominations were for "The Aviator," "Gangs of New York," "The Age of Innocence," "Goodfellas," "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver." He won the DGA's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003."





Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Ensemble (Film) - Little Miss Sunshine
Male Actor - Forest Whitaker
Female Actor - Helen Mirren
Supporting Male Actor - Eddie Murphy
Supporting Female Actor - Jennifer Hudson

(Ugh, this is going to be the Worst Oscars ever if that lineup sticks, given none of them can make a great speech and they all seem slightly bored - or far too intimidated - with the awards.)

Ensemble (TV/Drama) - Grey's Anatomy
Ensemble (TV/Comedy) - THE OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Male Actor (TV/Drama) - Hugh Laurie
Female Actor (TV/Drama) - Chandra Wilson (BEST SPEECH OF THE NIGHT!)
Male Actor (TV/Comedy) - Alec Baldwin ("What am I? A farmer?")
Female Actor (TV/Comedy) - America Ferrera (so adorable!)
Male Actor (Minseries/TV Movie) - Jeremy Irons
Female Actor (Miniseries/TV Movie) - Helen Mirren

BEST DRESSED:

#1 - MARISKA HARGITAY - So if you know me, you probably know I don't care much for Mariska. But I love her here. She's wearing Carolina Herrera, cuz Renee couldn't?


#2 - ANNE HATHAWAY - Okay, get her to present an Oscar. Seriously. The girl can speak in public very eloquently and she looks like the best of movie stars here.


#3 - FELICITY HUFFMAN - Apparently lots of people don't like this as they say it makes her look like she's coming from a funeral? But I LOOOVE it. The shoes, too. Such a nice alternate to all the pedestrian white dresses at the Globes. But I love my Huffman!


Oh, and while Rachel McAdams' rather short dress was questionable, she's still one of the most gorgeous women on the planet. And I totally love the pink streaks.