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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, nominees were announced on December 20, 2007 via a telecast live on TNT and webcast live on TNT.tv and TBS.com.

Awards night came on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, as the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show was simulcast live on TNT and TBS from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

Early wins included bittersweet victories for the dearly departed Sopranos which reaped a total of three SAG awards including best television drama ensemble and best actor and actress awards for James Gandolfino and Edie Falco.

In the big stakes film category, No Country for Old Men won for best motion picture with best actor honors going to Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), who gave a noteworthy and heartfelt tribute to actor Heath Ledger in his acceptance speech.

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 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award winners & nominees for film and television ...

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.

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - The official site at TBS with exclusive online clips & photos, the complete list of nominees and winners, fun facts and SAG trivia.

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.

2008 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees & * Winners

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
* Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch, Into The Wild
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
* Julie Christie, Away From Her
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
* Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country For Old Men
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
* Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Catherine Keener, Into The Wild
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* No Country for Old Men
3:10 To Yuma
American Gangster
Hairspray
Into the Wild

TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
* James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
* Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
* Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Tony Shaloub, Monk

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
* Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
* The Sopranos
Boston Legal
The Closer
Grey's Anatomy
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
* The Office
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Ugly Betty

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
* Kevin Kline, As You Like It
Michael Keaton, The Company
Oliver Platt, The Bronx is Burning
Sam Shepard, Ruffian
John Turturro, The Bronx is Burning

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
* Queen Latifah, Life Support
Ellen Burstyn, Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Gena Rowlands, What if God Were the Sun?
Vanessa Redgrave, The Fever

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