Jul 12, 2010
Submissions
of performances for consideration for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® nominations
opened today and will close on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. (PST), it was
announced today by SAG Awards® Committee Chair JoBeth Williams.
The Screen Actors Guild Award—The Actor®—is presented for outstanding
performances in motion pictures and primetime television. Actors may
submit their own performances from 2010 for consideration in categories of the
actor’s choosing. With the actor’s permission, producers, studios/networks,
agents, managers, or publicists may also submit performances for consideration
in the category designated by the actor. Nominations for the 17th Annual Screen
Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at the Pacific
Design Center in West Hollywood.
Submissions can be made online at www.sagawards.org. In
keeping with the SAG Awards commitment to the environment, online submissions
are encouraged. The accompanying high-resolution jpg photos of potential
nominees may be emailed to awardsphotos@sagawards.org or
mailed to the SAG Awards office on CD or DVD.
For those for whom submitting online is impossible, submission forms can be
obtained by calling the Screen Actors Guild Awards office at (323) 549-6707.
Early submission is recommended.
Of the top industry honors presented to performers, only the Screen Actors
Guild Awards are selected entirely by actors’ peers. The nominees for
performances in 2010, including the distinctive ensemble awards and SAG stunt
ensemble honors, will be chosen by two separate film and television nominating
panels, each comprised of 2,100 SAG members from across the United States, who
were randomly selected in April. Nomination ballots will be mailed on
Wednesday, Nov. 24 and voting closes on Monday, Dec. 13.
After nominations are announced, final SAG Awards ballot information will be
mailed Tuesday, Dec. 30 to all active members of Screen Actors Guild, to be
returned by Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 to the Guild’s election firm, where results
will be sealed until they are opened onstage at the 17th Annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The ceremony will be simulcast from the
Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT
and 6 p.m. MT.
Complete rules and regulations for the 17th Annual SAG Awards are posted
at www.sagawards.org/rules.
Categories for submission are as follows:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Motion Picture
Primetime Broadcast and Cable Television Programs
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Stunt Ensemble Honors (recipients to be announced from the
SAG Awards® red carpet on Sunday, Jan. 30)
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Upcoming 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 Ballot Information 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®
The "17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®," will be produced by
Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC.
Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and director. Kathy Connell is the
producer. JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Scott Bakula, Shelley Fabares and
Paul Napier are producers for SAG. Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough
are supervising producers. Benn Fleishman is executive in charge of
production. More information is available online at www.sagawards.org.
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.
TNT, one of cable's top-rated networks, is television's destination for drama.
Seen in 99.6 million households, the network is home to such original series as
"The Closer," starring Kyra Sedgwick; "Leverage," starring
Timothy Hutton; “Memphis Beat,” with Jason Lee; “Rizzoli & Isles,” starring
Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; “Men of a Certain Age,” with Ray Romano,
Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula; “Dark Blue,” starring Dylan McDermott; and
“Southland,” from Emmy®-winning producer John Wells (“ER”). TNT also presents
such powerful dramas as "Bones," “Supernatural,” “Las Vegas,”
"Law & Order," “CSI: NY” "Cold Case" and “Numb3rs;”
broadcast premiere movies; compelling primetime specials, such as the “Screen
Actors Guild Awards®”; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR and
the NBA. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament will appear on TNT beginning in
2011. TNT is available in high-definition.
TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television's top-rated
comedy network and is available in 100.1 million households. It
serves as home to such original comedy series as "My Boys,"
“Neighbors from Hell,” "Are We There Yet?” and Tyler Perry's “House of
Payne" and “Meet the Browns;” the late-night hit “Lopez Tonight,” starring
George Lopez, and the upcoming late-night series starring Conan O’Brien; hot
contemporary comedies like "Family Guy” and "The Office;" "
specials like "Funniest Commercials of the Year"; special
events, including star-studded comedy festivals in Chicago; blockbuster
movies; hosted movie showcases and championship sports.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs
branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on
television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
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