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How to watch the SAG Awards
The 31st SAG Awards will be streamed live by Netflix beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern. An official pre-show will start an hour earlier, also on Netflix. Last year鈥檚 show, the first to air on the streaming platform, drew an audience of 1.8 million, roughly on par with earlier SAG ceremonies broadcast by TNT and TBS.
Who's nominated by SAG?
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The best actor and best actress categories should be nail biters. While Brody (鈥淭he Brutalist鈥�) has won a string of awards, Chalamet (鈥淎 Complete Unknown鈥�) and Ralph Fiennes (鈥淐onclave鈥�) could easily pull off the upset. Best actress could go to either Moore (鈥淭he Substance鈥�) or Madison (鈥淎nora鈥�).
In the supporting categories, Kieran Culkin (鈥淎 Real Pain鈥�) and Zoe Saldana (鈥淓milia P茅rez鈥�) are the favorites.
In addition to the competitive categories,
How the ceremony plans to address the Los Angeles wildfires
The forced the guild to cancel its in-person nominations announcement and instead issue a press release. The guild has launched a disaster relief fund for SAG-AFTRA members affected by the fires. Producers have said the show will honor those affected.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
