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Monday, January 30, 2006

Just when I thought there was going to be absolutely no competition in the race for Oscar's Best Picture award, here comes Paul Haggis’ film Crash.  It scored a huge win at the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) awards Sunday night, winning the grand prize of the evening, the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. That’s their equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar.

The entire cast of the dramatic film that highlights racism in contemporary L.A., including SANDRA BULLOCK, TERRENCE HOWARD, MATT DILLON, THANDIE NEWTON, RYAN PHILLIPPE and DON CHEADLE, came on stage to receive an award.

In other big awards:

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role = REESE WITHERSPOON (Walk the Line)

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role = PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (Capote)

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role = RACHEL WEISZ (The Constant Gardener)

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role = PAUL GIAMATTI (Cinderella Man)

Oscar nominations arrive tomorrow morning. Let the races begin.


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