Awards Season - Slumdog Continues its Streak

January 26, 2009

The latest Awards Season ceremony was held last night by the Screen Actors Guild, and yet again Slumdog Millionaire came out a winner. However, it was not the only winner.

The categories and winners are...

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Meryl Streep for Doubt

• Sean Penn for Milk

• Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

• Kate Winslet for The Reader

• Slumdog Millionaire

• No film earned more than one award, although several went into the night with multiple nominations.
• Slumdog Millionaire beat out Doubt, which had four individual nominations. This could be seen as an upset, but more importantly, it has to be seen as a good omen going forward for the Awards Season champion so far.
• Heath Ledger's chances for an Oscar win for playing The Joker in The Dark Knight have increased dramatically over the past week. I would say he is a 90% lock to win at this point.
• On the other hand, Sean Penn winning over Mickey Rourke muddles the water for Best Lead Actor Oscar.
• The same is true for Meryl Streep win over Kate Winslet
• Like she did at the Golden Globes awards, Kate Winslet walked away a winner. This means she's one step closer to finally winner an Oscar after five previous nominations.

- C.S.Strowbridge

Filed under: Awards Season, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Doubt, Milk