Kidman in “The Paperboy.”
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The Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. And among those nominees stands a suggestively-dressed, sexually charged Nicole Kidman.
Kidman was nominated as best female actor in a supporting role in a motion picture for her work in “The Paperboy.” Yes, that is the movie in which she urinates on Zac Efron. And yes, that nomination may have been the one true surprise among a field of contenders most saw coming several Hollywood blocks away.
The movies that landed the most nominations — “Lincoln,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Les Miserables,” each with four out of the six film-related categories — have been widely praised for their performances, which is the guild awards’ focus. That's why “Zero Dark Thirty” walked away Wednesday with just one nod, for Jessica Chastain as lead female actor. That film is being celebrated more as a triumph of filmmaking than across-the-board ensemble acting even though the cast is uniformly strong.
But back to that Kidman/“Paperboy” nomination, which was, at least in this writer’s view, an unexpected but not an undeserved one.
Related: SAG Award TV nominations
“The Paperboy”may have been, as previously established, a nonstop parade of retro-noir, breaded-and-fried weirdness. But it was a movie in which Kidman demonstrated full, compelling commitment to her role as an insecure, screwed-up seductress who has unashamed telepathic sex with John Cusack. The fact that her colleagues chose to salute her for doing so allowed the Aussie star to join the very British Dame Maggie Smith as one of this year’s dual film/television SAG nominees. Kidman also was nominated for best actress in a TV movie for “Hemingway & Gellhorn,” while Smith received nods for her convincingly judgmental work on “Downton Abbey” and in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” Both “Downton” and “Marigold” were recognized in their respective ensemble categories as well.
Before sharing the complete list of nominations, a few snubs also must be noted.
— Joaquin Phoenix was not nominated for “The Master.” It appears he was edged out by Denzel Washington in “Flight” and/or Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Whether this snub occurred because of Phoenix’s candid comments about awards season we may never know. Either way, everyone is probably going to lose to Daniel Day-Lewis in ”Lincoln,” so it’s all sort of moot.
— On the TV side, the comedy ensemble category swelled from five to six nominees due to a nomination tie. But “Parks and Recreation” still wasn’t in the mix. Both “Glee” and “The Office,” however, were.
— No McConaughey?!?!
Here’s the full list of SAG Award nominees. The awards will be presented Jan. 27, in a ceremony that airs live on TNT and TBS.
FILM
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Rober De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture
The Amazing Spiderman
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Miserables
Skyfall
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis CK, Louie
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway and Gellhorn
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Charlotte Rampling, Restless
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Alfre Woodard, Steel Magnolias
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries
Kevin Costner, Hatfields and McCoys
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Ed Harris, Game Change
Clive Owen, Hemingway and Gellhorn
Bill Paxton, Hatfields and McCoys
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
Mad Men
Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Sons of Anarchy
The Walking Dead
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