'Everything Everywhere' dominates SAG Awards, setting stage for Oscars
Dimension-hopping adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once grabbed the top movie honour at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, cementing its status as the front-runner for the prestigious best picture prize at next month's Oscars.
The movie about a Chinese-American laundromat owner struggling to finish her taxes amid family turmoil has claimed a pile of trophies in recent weeks at the Hollywood awards ceremonies leading up to the Academy Awards on March 12.
On Sunday, the cast of Everything Everywhere was named best film ensemble by members of the SAG-AFTRA acting union. SAG's film honourees are closely watched because actors comprise the largest group of Oscar voters.
An overwhelmed Yeoh spoke through tears - and a few expletives - as she accepted her trophy.
Quan - who as a "When I stepped away from acting it was because there were so few opportunities," the Vietnamese-American actor said. "The landscape looks so different now than before. Thank you to everyone in this room who contributed to these changes."
When the cast took the stage for the ensemble award, Yeoh handed the microphone to 94-year-old James Hong, who played her father in the film.
In the early days of his career, Hong recounted, producers said, "Asians were not good enough. And they are not box office. But look at us now."
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<p>An emotional Fraser said his younger self "never would have believed that I would have been offered the role of my life," of Charlie, the man in the <em>Whale</em> who "is on a raft of regrets in a sea of hope."</p>
<p>"I've been on that sea and I've rode that wave," he said.</p>
<p>In television categories, the cast of <em>Abbott Elementary</em>, a mockumentary about teachers at an underfunded school in Philadelphia, won best TV comedy ensemble.</p>
<p><em>The White Lotus </em>cast landed the Drama Series Award for the show's second season, set in Italy, about wealthy vacationers and the staff who served them at a ritzy resort.</p><div class=)
"There is not a day that I don’t feel quietly thrilled to call myself an actor,” she said.
These are the key winners of the 29th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards:
Best Movie Cast
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Male Actor, Movie
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Best Female Actor, Movie
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Female Supporting Actor, Movie
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Male Supporting Actor, Movie
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Female Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Jessica Chastain, George and Tammy
Best Male Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Sam Elliot, 1883
Best Female Actor, TV Drama
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Best Male Actor, TV Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Best Female Actor, TV Comedy
Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Male Actor, TV Comedy
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best TV Drama Ensemble
The White Lotus
Best TV Comedy Ensemble
Abbott Elementary
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