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Apr 18, 2010
The Screen Actors Guild members who will select
the nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® have
been selected by random sample from the entire pool of active SAG members
nationwide, SAG Awards® Committee Chair JoBeth Williams announced today. Williams
also announced the key deadlines and events leading up to the 17th Annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, when actors will present
the coveted Actor® statuettes for outstanding performances of 2010 in motion
pictures and primetime television, including the distinctive ensemble awards
which commend the collaborative performance by a cast in a motion picture and
by the ensemble casts of both comedy and dramatic television series.
Actor® nominees are selected by separate film
and television nominating committees, each consisting of 2,100 SAG members from
around the country, randomly selected anew each year.
To enable as many SAG members to participate in
the nominating process as possible, actors may not serve on a nominating committee
if they have done so in the past five years (up from a gap of three years for
previous nominating committee random drawings). All active members of SAG will
receive ballots to determine who will receive Actors® for the outstanding
performances of 2010.
Submissions for the 17th Annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards will open Monday, July 12, 2010 at www.sagawards.org/submissions. Nominations for the 17th Annual SAG Awards will be
announced Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at the Pacific Design Center in West
Hollywood.
The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild
Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The Screen Actors Guild
Awards are anticipated by audiences as an emotional, memorable evening of live
television and are watched closely by the industry as a precursor of possible
Oscar® and Emmy® recognition. Of the top accolades presented to performers,
only the Screen Actors Guild Awards are conferred solely by members of Screen
Actors Guild. The SAG Awards
was the first televised awards show to acknowledge the work of
union members and the first to annually present ensemble and cast awards.
Key deadlines and events leading to the 17th Annual Screen
Actors Guild Awards are:
Monday,
July 12, 2010
Submissions for Nomination Consideration Open
Tuesday,
Sep. 14, 2010
Deadline for Nominating Committee Members to Make Address Changes
Friday,
Oct. 1, 2010
Media Nomination and Ceremony Credential Applications Open
Publicists Nomination Announcement Credential Applications Open
Thursday,
Oct. 28, 2010
Submissions for Nomination Consideration Close (Due at SAG by 5 p.m. PT)
Friday,
Oct. 29, 2010
Media Nomination and Ceremony Credential Applications Close
Friday,
Nov. 5, 2010
Publicists Nomination Announcement Credential Applications Close
Wednesday,
Nov. 24, 2010
Nominations Ballots Mailed
Monday Dec. 13, 2010
Nomination Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by 5 p.m. PT
Thursday,
Dec. 16, 2010
Deadline for Paying November 2010 Dues and/or Changing Address with SAG to
be Eligible for Final Balloting
Thursday,
Dec. 16, 2010
Nominations Announced
Thursday,
Dec. 16, 2010
Publicists Ceremony Credential Applications Open
Tuesday,
Dec. 21, 2010
Records Pulled for Final Balloting
Thursday,
Dec. 30, 2010
Final Ballots Mailed to Members
Tuesday,
Jan. 4, 2011
Publicists Ceremony Credential Applications Close
Friday,
Jan. 28, 2011
Final Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by 12 Noon PT
Sunday,
Jan. 30, 2011
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest
labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich
history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break
long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights
amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st
century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents more than 125,000 actors
who work in film and digital theatrical motion pictures and television
programs, commercials, video games, industrials, Internet and all new media
formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions,
compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of
artists’ rights. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SAG is a proud affiliate of the
AFL-CIO. More information is available online at www.sag.org.
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