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MUMBAI: At the Screen Actors Guild (Sag) Awards in the US,
ABC's medical soap Grey's Anatomy, which airs in India
on Star World, and NBC's sitcom The Office won the
top prizes for best ensemble in a drama and comedy respectively.
With the exception of The Office most of the other
wins in television followed the same pattern as the Golden
Globe awards. Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons won for their
roles in HBO's Elizabeth I.
Alec Baldwin, who stars in 30 Rock and America Ferrera,
who stars in Ugly Betty, won in the comedy categories.
In the drama category the trophies went to Hugh Laurie for
House and Chandra Wilson for Grey's Anatomy.
In film, all the acting wins were the same as the Golden
Globes. So Mirren won for The Queen, Eddie Murphy and
Jennifer Hudson won for Dreamgirls and Forest Whitaker
won for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The only
differance is that the ensemble award went to the comedy Little
Miss Sunshine which beat Dreamgirls, The Departed,
The Queen and Babel.
At the Oscar Awards which will air on Star Movies on 26 February
2007, the acting awards should mirror both the Sag and Golden
Globes. With this kind of predictability a lot will depend
on what the host Ellen DeGeneres and the organisers come up
with to sustain viewer interest. The big one Best Picture
is up in the air though Little Miss Sunshine is a little
bit in front having won both Sag and the producers guild awards.
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