Rita Moreno Receives SAG Life Achievement Award; Daniel Brühl & Louis C.K. Among Latinos Nominated For the 20th Annual SAG Awards

Daniel Brühl (above);
Rita Moreno (below).

The nominees for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, also known as the SAG Awards® or the Actor, announced on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. An excerpt of the press release is below.

Of this year's nominees, two people of Latino descent received individual nominations. They are Daniel Brühl, the Spaniard-German actor, who nabbed a nod for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his turn as racecar driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard-helmed Rush; and Helena Bonham Carter (of English-Spanish descent), who received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her role as screen icon (and fellow half-Brit) Elizabeth Taylor in the BBC America movie "Burton and Taylor".

Louis C.K. (no stranger to awards himself) and Michael Peña nabbed a nomination each as part of the cast of American Hustle (directed by David O. Russell), which received an Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nom. Also receiving a nod in that same category is Mariah Carey (of part-Venezuelan heritage), but as part of the ensemble of Lee Daniels' The Butler. Steven Michael Quezada, whose turn as Gómez in AMC's "Breaking Bad" garnered a nomination as part of that series' nod for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. ABC's "Modern Family" castmates Rico Rodríguez and Sofía Vergara earned nominations as part of that show's cast, nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Above all, the immortal Rita Moreno (celebrating her 82nd birthday at the time of this writing), is receiving this year's Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

An excerpt of the official press release is below. For more information, click here.

Ceremony will be Simulcast Live on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014
on TNT and TBS at 8pm ET/5pm (PT)

LOS ANGELES  (Dec. 11, 2013) — Nominees for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2013 in five film and eight television categories as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard introduced Sasha Alexander (TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles” and the 20^th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Social Media Ambassador) and Clark Gregg (“Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”) who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors®. SAG Awards® Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson and Committee Member Woody Schultz announced the stunt ensemble nominees.

The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 at 8pm ET/5pm PT from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore performance will air immediately following on TNT at 10pm ET/7pm PT. A live stream of the SAG Awards can also be viewed online through the TBS and TNT websites, as well as through the Watch TBS and Watch TNT apps for iOS or Android. (Viewers must sign in using their TV provider user name and password in order to view the live stream.)

Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards® red carpet during the sagawards.tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com live Red Carpet Pre-Show webcasts, which begin at 6pm ET/3pm PT. 

Of the top industry accolades presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards® are selected solely by actors’ peers in SAG-AFTRA. Two nominating panels — one for television and one for film — each composed of 2,200 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year’s Actor® and stunt ensemble honors nominees. Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards’ official teller, mailed the nominations secret ballots on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Voting was completed at noon on Monday, Dec. 9.

Final voting information will be mailed via postcard on Monday, Dec. 16. The eligible SAG-AFTRA membership across the country, numbering approximately 100,000 actors, may vote on all categories. Online voting is encouraged. In keeping with the SAG Awards®’ commitment to sustainable practices, paper ballots will be available only upon request, which must be made by Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. All votes must be received at Integrity Voting Systems by noon on Friday, Jan. 17. Results will be tallied and sealed until the envelopes are opened by the presenters at the 20^th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony on Jan. 18, 2014. 

The Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation will be hosted for the 18^th consecutive year by People Magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).

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