Superhero
satire
'Birdman'
is
leading
the
nomination
list
for
the
21st
Annual
Screen
Actors
Guild
Awards,
with
four
nods,
followed
by
'Boyhood'
and
'The
Imitation
Game',
with
three
each.
'Birdman'
about
a
once
high-flying
superhero
actor,
who
is
trying
to
rebuild
his
career
with
a
Broadway
play,
earned
Michael
Keaton
the
best
male
actor
nomination,
Edward
Norton
received
a
best
supporting
male
actor
nod,
and
Emma
Stone,
who
plays
Keaton's
daughter,
picked
up
a
nod
for
best
supporting
female
actor.
The
film
was
also
nominated
for
best
ensemble.
'Boyhood'
was
filmed
over
the
course
of
12
years
and
followed
its
lead,
Ellar
Coltrane,
from
the
age
of
6
through
his
adolescence.
The
movie,
which
was
nominated
for
best
ensemble
--
the
SAG
Awards'
equivalent
of
Oscar's
best
picture
--
also
earned
best
actor
and
actress
nominations
for
Ethan
Hawke
and
Patricia
Arquette,
who
play
Coltrane's
parents,
respectively.
The
Alan
Turing
biopic
'The
Imitation
Game'
bagged
three
nominations
including
best
actor
for
Benedict
Cumberbatch,
best
supporting
actress
for
Keira
Knightley
and
ensemble
cast.
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'The
Theory
of
Everything',
a
biopic
about
physicist
and
mathematician
Stephen
Hawking,
received
three
nominations-
ensemble
cast,
best
female
actor
for
Felicity
Jones
and
best
male
actor
for
Eddie
Redmayne.
Others
nominated
in
the
best
actor
category
are
Steve
Carell
('Foxcatcher')
and
Jake
Gyllenhaal
('Nightcrawler').
Jennifer
Aniston
('Cake'),
Julianne
Moore
('Still
Alice'),
Rosamund
Pike
('Gone
Girl')
and
Reese
Witherspoon
('Wild')
will
also
fight
out
for
the
best
actress
prize.
'Selma',
the
drama
about
the
1965
civil
rights
march,
was
shut
out,
as
was
'Unbroken',
the
Angelina
Jolie-directed
version
of
Laura
Hillenbrand's
bestselling
book
about
prisoner
of
war
Louis
Zamperini.
In
the
television
categories,
'Boardwalk
Empire',
'Downton
Abbey',
'Game
of
Thrones',
'Homeland'
and
'House
of
Cards'
were
nominated
for
drama
series,
while
'The
Big
Bang
Theory',
'Modern
Family',
'Brooklyn
Nine-Nine',
'Orange
is
the
New
Black'
and
'Veep'
will
battle
it
out
for
the
comedy
prize.
The
2015
Screen
Actors
Guild
Awards
will
take
place
on
January
25,
2015
at
the
Los
Angeles
Shrine
Exposition
Center.
All
winners
including
from
the
TV
categories
will
be
announced
during
the
telecast,
except
for
the
stunt
ensemble
honours
which
will
be
revealed
from
the
red
carpet.
Debbie
Reynolds
will
be
feted
with
Lifetime
Achievement
Award.