The SAG Awards were Saturday night, and results were pretty much exactly what had been expected. For the most part the night’s victors were the same folks who won at the Golden Globes last week. The only major deviation came in the form of Best Film Ensemble, a category unique to the SAG Awards.
Unlike The Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, the SAG Awards opted against having a host. This actually proved beneficial to the overall broadcast, as it wasn’t bogged down by the need to wheel them out every once in a while. Because of this, the telecast should have flown by; but drawn out speeches kept the show from flying by. The lack of surprise victories didn’t help either. Like the two preceding award shows Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Christoph Waltz, and Mo’Nique all walked away victorious in their respective categories. The television winners almost mirrored that of the Globes as well. Alec Baldwin, Michael C. Hall, Juliana Margulies, Mad Men and Glee were all winners. The only major deviations from the Globes were Inglorious Basterds win for Best Film Ensemble, SAG’s equivalent of Best Film, and Tina Fey’s Best Actress in a Comedy Award.
On the fashion front, there were far less misfires than the Golden Globes. Fey, who had been criticized for the Zac Posen gown she wore at the Globes, rebounded with a form fitting purple v-neck dress by Ferragamo. Anna Kendrick also picked a more flattering dress for the SAG Awards, a fuchsiasilk chiffon bustier gown by Alberta Ferretti and a Judith Leiber clutch.
Unfortunately for Patricia Arquette, she cannot claim a vast improvement. Arquette looked pretty awful in a shimmery green dress that looked like the skin of a mermaid. Sandra Bullock’s dress was also quite tacky, with a splattering of blue glitter around the neck of an otherwise black dress. Kate Hudson wore white again, and yet again it failed to flatter her curves.
Some of the night’s best dressed were repeats like Penelope Cruz and Lea Michele. But, it was Michele’s Glee costar Dianna Agron who stole the show Saturday evening. The ethereal Agron wowed in a high concept dress by Edition for Georges Chakra. Somehow I managed to forget that the SAG awards were right around the corner when I wrote my Golden Globe Wrap Up last Monday, but it’s unlikely I’ll forget how beautiful Agron looked.
