The 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 30, 2011.http://www.sagawards.org/about The awards honor the best performances in film and television during 2010 by individual actors and ensembles.http://www.sagawards.org/about The awards show also honors the work of stunt personnel who work in film and television production.http://www.sagawards.org/about Variety has called the SAG Awards a “strong indicator” of possible Academy Awards nominations and victories.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118029715/ In 2010, 19 of the 20 SAG Awards nominees in the four major individual film acting categories received Oscar nods, and all four SAG Award winners went on to win Academy Awards.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118029715/
Selection Process and Ceremony
2,100 members of the Screen Actors Guild were randomly selected to serve on the two panels which voted on nominees for the 2011 SAG Awards.http://www.sagawards.org/about The deadline for submissions to be made for consideration for the 2011 SAG Awards was October 28, 2010.http://www.sagawards.org/files/sagawards/SAG_17th_Rules_Book.pdf After the selection of nominees, the entire union membership of 100,000 union were able to vote for winners in all categories.http://www.sagawards.org/about The post-show gala for winners and nominees will be hosted by People Magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation.http://www.sagawards.org/about
Recent Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
- 2010: Ernest Borgnine
- 2009: Betty White
- 2008: James Earl Jones
- 2007: Charles Durning
- 2006: Julie Andrews
- 2005: Shirley Temple Black
- 2004: James Garner
- 2003: Karl Malden
- 2002: Clint Eastwood
- 2001: Edward Asner
2011 SAG Award Nominations
The Screen Actors Guild announced the nominations for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on December 16, 2010. The list of nominees was read by actresses Angie Harmon and Rosario Dawson. Special thanks was given to TV networks TBS and TNT as well as People Magazine for their support of the awards.