SAG Award Predictions

Here are my predictions for who will win the coveted...and perhaps best predictor of the Oscars...the SAG awards which will air on Sunday.

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Idi Amin - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Should Win:Ryan Gosling / HALF NELSON – Dan Dunne - THINKFilm
Should Have Been Nominated: Sacha Baron Cohen / BORAT - Borat Sagdiyev - 20th Century Fox

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Helen Mirren / THE QUEEN – The Queen - Miramax Films
Should Win: Kate Winslet / LITTLE CHILDREN – Sarah Pierce - New Line Cinema
Should Have Been Nominated: Sienna Miller / FACTORY GIRL - Edie Sedgwick - MGM

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Eddie Murphy / DREAMGIRLS – James “Thunder” Early - Paramount Pictures
Should Win: Leonardo DiCaprio / THE DEPARTED – Billy Warner Bros. Pictures
Should Have Been Nominated: James McAvoy / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND -Nicholas Garrigan - Fox Searchlight Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Jennifer Hudson / DREAMGIRLS – Effie White - Paramount Pictures
Should Win: Abigail Breslin / LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE – Olive - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Should Have Been Nominated: Shareeka Epps / HALF NELSON - Drey - THINKFilm

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Will Win: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Alan Arkin - Grandpa
Abigail Breslin - Olive
Steve Carell - Frank
Toni Collette - Sheryl
Paul Dano - Dwayne
Greg Kinnear - Richard

Should Win: THE DEPARTED - Warner Bros. Pictures
Anthony Anderson - Brown
Alec Baldwin - Ellerby
Matt Damon - Colin
Leonardo DiCaprio - Billy
Vera Farmiga - Madolyn
Jack Nicholson - Costello
Martin Sheen - Queenan
Mark Wahlberg - Dignam
Ray Winstone - Mr. French

Should Have Been Nominated: LITTLE CHILDREN - New Line Cinema
Jennifer Connelly - Kathy Adamson
Jackie Earle Haley - Ronnie J. McGorvey
Gregg Edelman - Richard Pierce
Noah Emmerich - Larry Hedges
Sadie Goldstein - Lucy Pierce
Ty Simpkins - Aaron Adamson
Phyllis Somerville - May McGorvey
Patrick Wilson - Brad Adamson
Kate Winslet - Sarah Pierce


PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Will Win: Michael C. Hall / DEXTER – Dexter Morgan - Showtime
Should Win: Michael C. Hall / DEXTER – Dexter Morgan - Showtime
Should Have Been Nominated: Matthew Fox / LOST - Jack Shepherd - ABC

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Will Win: Chandra Wilson / GREY’S ANATOMY – Dr. Miranda Bailey - ABC
Should Win: Edie Falco / THE SOPRANOS – Carmela Soprano - HBO
Should Have Been Nominated: Kristen Bell / VERONICA MARS - Veronica Mars - THE CW

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Win: Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK – Jack Donaghy - NBC
Should Win: Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK – Jack Donaghy - NBC
Should Have Been Nominated: John Krasinski / THE OFFICE - Jim Halpert - NBC

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Win: America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY – Betty Suarez - ABC
Should Win: America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY – Betty Suarez - ABC
Should Have Been Nominated: Becki Newton / UGLY BETTY - Amanda - ABC

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Will Win:GREY’S ANATOMY - ABC
Justin Chambers - Alex Karev
Eric Dane - Mark Sloan
Patrick Dempsey - Derek Shepherd
Katherine Heigl - Isobel “Izzie” Stevens
T.R. Knight - George O’Malley
Sandra Oh - Cristina Yang
James Pickens, Jr. - Richard Webber
Ellen Pompeo - Meredith Grey
Sara Ramirez - Callie Torres
Kate Walsh - Addison Montgomery Shepherd
Isaiah Washington - Preston Burke
Chandra Wilson - Miranda Bailey

Should Win: DEADWOOD - HBO
Jim Beaver - Ellsworth
Powers Boothe - Cy Tolliver
Sean Bridgers - Johnny Burns
W. Earl Brown - Dan Dority
Dayton Callie - Charlie Utter
Brian Cox - Jack Langrishe
Kim Dickens - Joanie Stubbs
Brad Dourif - Doc Cochran
Anna Gunn - Martha Bullock
John Hawkes - Sol Starr
Jeffrey Jones - A.W. Merrick
Paula Malcomson - Trixie
Gerald McRaney - George Hearst
Ian McShane - Al Swearengen
Timothy Olyphant - Seth Bullock
Molly Parker - Alma Garret
Leon Rippy - Tom Nuttall
William Sanderson - E.B. Farnum
Brent Sexton - Harry Young
Bree Seanna Wall - Sofia Metz
Robin Weigert - Calamity Jane
Titus Welliver - Silas Adam

Should Have been Nominated: VERONICA MARS - The CW
Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars
Jason Dohring - Logan Echolls
Enrico Colantoni - Keith Mars
Percy Daggs III - Wallace Fennel
Francis Capra - Eli "Weevil" Navarro
Teddy Dunn - Duncan Kane
Ryan Hansen - Dick Casablancas
Michael Muhney - Sheriff Don Lamb
Kyle Gallner - Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas
Tina Majorino - Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
Charisma Carpenter - Kendall Casablancas
Steve Guttenberg - Woody Goodman
Chris Lowell - Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski
Julie Gonzalo - Parker Lee
Alona Tal - Meg Manning
Harry Hamlin - Aaron Echolls
Tessa Thompson - Jackie Cook
Krysten Ritter - Gia Goodman
Ken Marino - Vinnie Van Lowe
David Tom - Chip Diller
Ryan Devlin - Mercer Hayes
Ed Begley, Jr. - Cyrus O'Dell


Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Will Win: UGLY BETTY - ABC
Alan Dale - Bradford Meade
America Ferrera - Betty Suarez
Mark Indelicato - Justin
Ashley Jensen - Christina
Eric Mabius - Daniel Meade
Becki Newton - Amanda
Ana Ortiz - Hilda
Tony Plana - Ignacio
Kevin Sussman - Walter
Michael Urie - Marc
Vanessa Williams - Wilhelmina Slater

Should Win: ENTOURAGE - HBO
Kevin Connolly - Eric Murphy
Kevin Dillon - Drama
Jerry Ferrara - Turtle
Adrian Grenier - Vincent Chase
Rex Lee - Lloyd
Debi Mazar - Shauna
Jeremy Piven- Ari Gold
Perrey Reeves - Mrs. Ari

Should Have Been Nominated: STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP - NBC
Matthew Perry - Matt Albie
Amanda Peet - Jordan McDeere
Bradley Whitford - Danny Tripp
Steven Weber - Jack Rudolph
D.L. Hughley - Simon Stiles
Sarah Paulson - Harriet Hayes
Nathan Corddry - Tom Jeter
Timothy Busfield - Cal Shanley
Nate Torrence - Dylan Killington
Ayda Field - Jeannie Whatley
Lucy Davis - Lucy Kenwright
Simon Helberg - Alex Dwyer
Merritt Wever - Suzanne
Diana-Maria Riva - Lilly Rodriguez
Camille Chen - Samantha Li
Columbus Short - Darius Hawthorne
Edward Asner - Wilson White