Hidden Figures won big at the Screen Actor’s Guild awards after the cast was awarded the Best Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture, besting the favorite to win Moonlight. It just crossed the $100 million mark at the box office this weekend too. I thought that if Moonlight lost this it would cement La La Land’s win, but coupled with this win, it shouldn’t be counted out of the Best Picture race especially since La La Land was not nominated here. The Oscars love their crowdpleasers, and much of La La Land‘s campaign has been built on it being one. And sure, it has a PGA win, but Hidden Figures is every bit of the crowdpleaser that La La Land is, better even and the race is far from over. Watch out.
The other big “shocker” of the night came when Denzel Washington beat Casey Affleck in Best Actor. Many were predicting Affleck to continue his sweep here but I had a hunch Washington would win here; he had never won an award here before, which is absolutely insane to think about.
The rest of the categories went pretty much as expected: Emma Stone began her march towards an Oscar by repeating her win at Golden Globes. Any hopes of a late surge for Natalie Portman seem entirely unrealistic now. Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis won in their respective categories.
See the full list of winners below.
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Denzel Washington, Fences
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Emma Stone, La La Land
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture: The cast of Hidden Figures
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series: William H. Macy, Shameless
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series: Orange Is The New Black
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series: John Lithgow, The Crown
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series: Claire Foy, The Crown
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Drama Series: The cast of Stranger Things
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Brian Cranston, All The Way
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Tv Movie: Sarah Paulson, American Crime Story: The People Vs. OJ Simpson