Heavies pull weight in actor nominations
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Lead or supporting  actor? That is the question that various awards groups as well  as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are turning  their attention to as "for your consideration" season gets  under way.
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LOS ANGELES  - Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards will be the industry's first red-carpet event in this strike-fractured awards season, and even the prospect of heavy rain hasn't dampened the enthusiasm.
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Hollywood is in a bleak mood this year, and the Oscar nominees announced Tuesday reflected that state of mind.
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It's no secret that the nomination choices for the Golden Globes have helped define the field of Academy Awards contenders. This year, a fairly wide-open awards season has yet to produce clear front-runners.
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Film fans finally will soon learn who's competing for this season's Academy Awards. Now all we need to know is whether any nominees will turn up for the big show amid a writers strike that has thrown the awards season into turmoil.
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A kid nominee and the kid of a nominee nearly stole the show at Sunday's Oscars.
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For most of their first 13 years, the Screen Actors Guild Awards played little more than the role of a seat-filler. This year they might be the biggest star in town.
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The SAGS are in and "Hairspray" and "3:10 to Yuma" both get into into the ensemble category. "There Will Be Blood" and "Sweeney Todd" don't make the cut. More later. 14th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDSÂ® NOMINATIONS THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role GEORGE CLOONEY / Michael Clayton 'Michael [...].
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Several first-time nominees, including J.J. Abrams and Walter Hill, were among the contenders named Wednesday for the Directors Guild of America's annual television awards.
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The films have been shortlisted for the prestigious awards.
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Hollywood's support drive for US Democratic presidential contender John Kerry is moving into top gear, with stars like Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson joining the bid to unseat George W. Bush.
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A slew of A-list actors like Kevin Spacey and Will Smith are vying for a part in Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg's new movie.
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The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took home the major awards
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Reactions to the announcement of this year's Oscar nominees:
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"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem Â but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers' picket lines to attend the ceremony.
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The Oscar winner was injured during the filming of Aeon Flux in Berlin early this week.
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For weeks, Britons Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie have looked like sure bets to win the coveted best actor and actress Academy Awards, but in the days ahead of Sunday's gala ceremony, momentum has shifted.