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What makes the Screen Actors Guild Awards a standout?

It's the selection process - whereby the 'in club' of actors in Hollywood and television nominate other actors for best performances of the year.

This year, the official roster of nominees was revealed on Thursday, December 17, 2009.

The winners of 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced live from Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles on January 23, 2010. simulcast on TNT and TBS Television.

Presenters included some of the biggest stars in Hollywood - including George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Morgan Freeman and many others. Among the night's proceedings was a specia and very movingl tribute to veteran comic actress Betty White.

Meanwhile, around the Web, check out a cache of pictures, slideshows, red carpet photos, facts, info and a bit of history & trivia on the SAG Awards with a complete list of 2010 Screen Actors Guild Award nominees & winners for film and television ...

More about the SAG Awards around the Web:

SAG Awards Official Web Site - The focus on official Screen Actors Guild members, with details on nominating categories, submissions and timelines, press kits and current news.

Screen Actors Guild - SAG History - From the official community site chronicling the establishment of the guild in 1933 with cool Flash presentations, photos, activities and timeline.

Screen Actors Guild - Wikipedia - The complete hyperlinked history covering the union's original Masquer's Club members in 1925 to it's official founding in 1933, along with issues and controversies, current awards categories, history and trivia, related links.

2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees & * Winners

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* Inglorious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Precious

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
* Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
* Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
* Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
* Mo’Nique, Precious
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds

TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a TV Drama
* Mad Men
The Closer
The Good Wife
Dexter
True Blood

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Drama Series
* Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Drama Series
* Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Glenn Close, Damages
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Segwick, The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Comedy Series
* Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Comedy Series
* Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine

Outstanding Actor in a Telefilm or Miniseries
* Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Cuba Gooding Jr., Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Jeremy Irons, Georgia O’Keeffe
Kevin Kline, Great Performances Cyrano de Bergerac
Tom Wilkinson, A Number

Outstanding Actress in a Telefilm or Miniseries
* Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Joan Allen, Georgia O’Keeffe
Ruby Dee, America
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

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