The SAG Awards of the Screen Actors Guild will leave their mark on Sunday on the road to the Oscars, but the women's affairs will be the protagonists of the ceremony.
The show will include a lineup of mostly female presenters, will feature Kristen Bell as their first host and will start with a group of actresses talking about their craft.
Producers have said that the approach was inspired by last year's Women's March, but the gala comes at a time when the biggest names in the industry lead the Time's Up and Me Too movements to address gender equality, sexual violence, wage disparity and other problems.
It also comes two weeks after a protest at the Golden Globes, where women dressed in black and stars like Meryl Streep, Emma Stone and Michelle Williams brought activists as chaperones.
While many prominent men in Hollywood face accusations of harassment or sexual abuse, virtually every aspect of the awards season has been impacted by the scandal and the SAG Awards are no exception. The nominee for best actor James Franco has been denounced for sexual misconduct since he won the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy film.
Franco has described some of the allegations as vague, but after two days facing questions on the night television programs, the star of The Disaster Artist has kept a low profile. Last week he did not attend the Critic's Choice Awards , where he also won recognition.
The comedian Aziz Ansari was denounced by an anonymous woman of aggressive sexual behavior in a case that has generated some questions about whether the encounter described constitutes sexual misconduct or just a bad date. Ansari is nominated for a SAG best actor in a TV comedy series for Master of None of Netflix.
Ansari, who like Franco received a Golden Globe two weeks ago while wearing a Time's Up pin, has said he apologized immediately after the woman expressed his discomfort during a meeting that he thought was consensual.
The Globes were the first major awards ceremony forced to confront the sexual violence scandal since it exploded in October, when dozens of women denounced Harvey Weinstein for harassment and, in some cases, rape. (Weinstein has denied all accusations of non-consensual sex). Host of the Globes Seth Meyers made several jokes about the scandal in his opening monologue, but the night was Oprah Winfrey , who declared: "I want the girls who are seeing this now to know that there is a new day on the horizon".
n previous installments of the SAG Awards, any comment on current events has fallen on presenters and winners. The show never had a host in its previous 23 years. Tonight it remains to be seen how Bell handles the situation.
And there are also, of course, the awards themselves. The SAGs are a reliable indicator of who will win the Oscars in the acting categories, and this year they are delivered two days before the Academy Awards nominations are announced.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri tops the list of candidates with four mentions: cast, actress (Frances McDormand), actor (Woody Harrelson) and supporting actor (Sam Rockwell).
The SAG Awards do not have a category of best film, but one of the best cast that recognizes the entire cast of a film or television program. Three Billboards will be measured for this honor with The Big Sick, Get Out , Lady Bird and Mudbound.
In the television section, the nominees for best cast in a drama series are The Crown, Game of Thrones, The Handmaid's Tale, Stranger Things and This Is Us. And the black-ish comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, GLOW, Orange is the New Black and Veep.
The main contender of the small screen is the series Big Little Lies of HBO, with the actresses Nicole Kidman , Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon all nominated for best actress in a miniseries or movie made for television.
One of the highlights of the night will be the presentation of the prize for the career for Morgan Freeman .
The ceremony will be broadcast live on the TBS and TNT networks beginning at 8 pm ET (0100 GMT on Monday). You can also check YouTube.
The show will include a lineup of mostly female presenters, will feature Kristen Bell as their first host and will start with a group of actresses talking about their craft.
Producers have said that the approach was inspired by last year's Women's March, but the gala comes at a time when the biggest names in the industry lead the Time's Up and Me Too movements to address gender equality, sexual violence, wage disparity and other problems.
It also comes two weeks after a protest at the Golden Globes, where women dressed in black and stars like Meryl Streep, Emma Stone and Michelle Williams brought activists as chaperones.
While many prominent men in Hollywood face accusations of harassment or sexual abuse, virtually every aspect of the awards season has been impacted by the scandal and the SAG Awards are no exception. The nominee for best actor James Franco has been denounced for sexual misconduct since he won the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy film.
Franco has described some of the allegations as vague, but after two days facing questions on the night television programs, the star of The Disaster Artist has kept a low profile. Last week he did not attend the Critic's Choice Awards , where he also won recognition.
The comedian Aziz Ansari was denounced by an anonymous woman of aggressive sexual behavior in a case that has generated some questions about whether the encounter described constitutes sexual misconduct or just a bad date. Ansari is nominated for a SAG best actor in a TV comedy series for Master of None of Netflix.
Ansari, who like Franco received a Golden Globe two weeks ago while wearing a Time's Up pin, has said he apologized immediately after the woman expressed his discomfort during a meeting that he thought was consensual.
The Globes were the first major awards ceremony forced to confront the sexual violence scandal since it exploded in October, when dozens of women denounced Harvey Weinstein for harassment and, in some cases, rape. (Weinstein has denied all accusations of non-consensual sex). Host of the Globes Seth Meyers made several jokes about the scandal in his opening monologue, but the night was Oprah Winfrey , who declared: "I want the girls who are seeing this now to know that there is a new day on the horizon".
n previous installments of the SAG Awards, any comment on current events has fallen on presenters and winners. The show never had a host in its previous 23 years. Tonight it remains to be seen how Bell handles the situation.
And there are also, of course, the awards themselves. The SAGs are a reliable indicator of who will win the Oscars in the acting categories, and this year they are delivered two days before the Academy Awards nominations are announced.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri tops the list of candidates with four mentions: cast, actress (Frances McDormand), actor (Woody Harrelson) and supporting actor (Sam Rockwell).
The SAG Awards do not have a category of best film, but one of the best cast that recognizes the entire cast of a film or television program. Three Billboards will be measured for this honor with The Big Sick, Get Out , Lady Bird and Mudbound.
In the television section, the nominees for best cast in a drama series are The Crown, Game of Thrones, The Handmaid's Tale, Stranger Things and This Is Us. And the black-ish comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, GLOW, Orange is the New Black and Veep.
The main contender of the small screen is the series Big Little Lies of HBO, with the actresses Nicole Kidman , Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon all nominated for best actress in a miniseries or movie made for television.
One of the highlights of the night will be the presentation of the prize for the career for Morgan Freeman .
The ceremony will be broadcast live on the TBS and TNT networks beginning at 8 pm ET (0100 GMT on Monday). You can also check YouTube.