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On the film side, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”) will square off for best actor, while Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), Margot Robbie (“Barbie”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) will duke it out for best actress.
On the TV side, it looks to be a big night for “Succession,” which earned five nominations. The audience favorites “Ted Lasso,” “The Bear” and “The Last of Us” aren’t far behind, though, picking up four nods apiece.
What award is Barbra Streisand receiving?
Streisand, the 81-year-old actress and filmmaker who has won awards at all four major ceremonies — the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tonys — in a career spanning more than six decades, will receive the life achievement award. (Previous winners include Frank Sinatra, Helen Mirren and Sidney Poitier.)
If you want to brush up on her life, our critic recommends her wide-ranging memoir, “My Name Is Barbra,” which was published last year and runs 970 pages. Or you can listen to the 48-hour audiobook, which Streisand read herself.
What should you watch for?
On the film side, keep a close eye on the best actress race, which will provide the best clue yet as to whether academy voters are leaning toward Stone or Gladstone at the Oscars next month. Also pay attention to the winner of outstanding cast in a motion picture, which has many times predicted the best picture winner at the Oscars. (This year’s nominees are “American Fiction,” “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Oppenheimer.”)
In the TV races, Kieran Culkin (“Succession”) will be looking to add to his Golden Globe and Emmy for best actor in a drama against a field that features his castmates Brian Cox and Matthew Macfadyen as well as Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”) and Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”). Unlike the Emmys and the Globes, the SAGs don’t distinguish between lead and supporting roles in the TV categories.
Will Taylor Swift be there?
Unlike the Golden Globes, which found a way to nominate Swift for her concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” the SAGs did not invent a category to sneak her in.
