"Into the Wild" leads surprising SAG nominees
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Wilderness drama "Into the Wild," directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch, topped a surprising list of Screen Actors Guild nominees on Thursday with four nods overall, including best ensemble cast.
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Modest wine country comedy  "Sideways" staged a surprise knockout over favorites "Million  Dollar Baby" and "The Aviator" by winning the top prize for  best ensemble acting at the Screen Actors Guild awards on  Saturday, an important pre-Oscar test.
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&quot;By the book&quot; took on a  whole new meaning for Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch and the makers of  &quot;Into the Wild,&quot; which opens September 21 via Paramount  Vantage.
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A group of actors go into ego-overdrive when they buy into Oscar buzz in 'For Your Consideration.'
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The Screen Actors Guild, which  represents film and television actors, on Thursday nominated  the performers in grim crime thriller "No Country for Old Men"  and western "3:10 to Yuma" for best ensemble cast in a movie.
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"No Country for Old Men," a gritty  thriller about a killer who cuts a path of destruction across  Texas, was named best film at the Critics Choice Awards on  Monday, leaving contenders such as "Into the Wild" and "Juno"  by the wayside.
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Also prominent on the list of this yearâs Emmy nominees were âHeroes,â â30 Rockâ and âUgly Betty.â
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Much praised road comedy "Sideways" led the nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Tuesday with four nominations, including one for best cast in a movie, putting it on a clear path toward Oscar contention.
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Moviegoers got their motors running  and drove the all-star comedy "Wild Hogs" to the top spot at  the weekend box office in North America.
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Reactions from some of the Golden Globe Award nominees Thursday:
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New stars such as Ellen Page of "Juno" and veterans like Hal Holbrook from "Into the Wild" bathed in the Oscar spotlight on Monday with little difference between generations when it came to being nominated for the world's top film honors.
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The road-trip comedy "Sideways" led contenders Tuesday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations, including honors for lead performer Paul Giamatti and the ensemble cast.
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards provided a warmup bout for "The Aviator" and "Million Dollar Baby," before they duke it out for best-picture title at the Academy Awards. The Howard Hughes biography and the boxing drama were among nominees for best performance by a movie's cast, considered the guild's equivalent of a best-picture prize, going into SAG's awards presentations Saturday night.
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A cartoon bear and deer talked their way to the top of the box office as Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher's animated comedy "Open Season" debuted with $23 million. Kutcher also finished in second place with Disney's "The Guardian," in which he co-stars with Kevin Costner as Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The action drama opened with $17.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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The biker buddy comedy "Wild Hogs" and its ensemble cast of John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy and Tim Allen was the weekend box office champ with a $38 million take, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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"No Country for Old Men," a gritty drama about a killer who cuts a path of destruction across Texas, was named best film at the Critics Choice Awards on Monday, leaving contenders such as "Into the Wild" and "Juno" by the wayside.
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"The Incredibles," an animated film  about a family of superheroes, was a surprise pick on Wednesday  when the Producers Guild of America announced its nominations  for its best movie of the year award.