‘Best Summer Ever’ Serves As Template For Disability Representation in Hollywood

Screen Actors Guild Awards this year, becoming their 57th lifetime achievement award recipient.The star was presented with the Life Achievement Award by Oscar-winning actresses Kate Winslet, 46, (remotely) and Cate Blanchett, 52.The Red actress accepted the award and joked: “Thank you S.A.G.

Suited up! With everyone from Bradley Cooper to Jamie Dornan attending the SAG Awards, it’s no surprise that the red carpet was on fire. 

She’s an Oscar winner for her stoic portrayal of how Queen Elizabeth II struggled to manage the royal family’s image in the wake of an unimaginable tragedy. She’s a member of the “Fast & Furious” franchise, getting behind the wheel for pulse-pounding chase scenes and going toe-to-toe with Vin Diesel. And now, Dame Helen Mirren is a SAG Life Achievement Award.

After seven shocking and wild episodes, “Euphoria” season two has come to a close.

Hailee Steinfeld made a dazzling arrival at the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday evening.The 25-year-old performer appeared to be enjoying the attention while she posed for several photos on the red carpet of the star-studded event. Front and center:Hailee Steinfeld was pictured arriving at the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday eveningSteinfeld wore a sparkling black dress that included a slight cut-out portion just above her navel during the evening.The bottom portion of the Hawkeye actress' outfit also conformed tightly to her hips and toned thighs.

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw were ever the stylish couple as they arrived to the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday.The 1883 stars, both 54, looked sensational, with Hill wearing a glamorous sleeveless silver gown, andMcGraw sporting a classicblack tuxedo.The country icon paired her floor-length dress with round silver earrings, adding an extra bit of sparkle to her outfit. Date night: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw were ever the stylish couple as they arrived to the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on SundayThe singer and actress also wore a chunky bangle on her wrist and a gold ring on her finger.

Three years after they were both nominated for their critically-acclaimed performances in A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga reunited at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards.Both Cooper, 47, and Gaga, 35, lost to Glenn Close (The Wife) and Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) in 2019, for their work in A Star Is Born.This year, Cooper was nominated for Licorice Pizza and lost to CODA's Troy Kotsur, while Gaga was nominated for House of Gucci and lost to The Eyes of Tammy Faye's Jessica Chastain.They both reunited with an embrace at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on Sunday evening. Reunited:Three years after they were both nominated for their critically-acclaimed performances in A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga reunited at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Embrace:They both reunited with an embrace at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on Sunday eveningGaga was the picture of elegance in a glimmering strapless Armani Prive white column gown, with sparkling gold embroidery across the chest.She also wore a stunning Tiffany and Co.

Squid Game star Jung Ho-yeon was one of the most high-profile winners Sunday at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards, which were held at theBarker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.The 27-year-old actress was overcome with emotion and shed some tears as she took home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for the Netflix show.Her costarLee Jung-jae won his own acting prize for Male Actor in a Drama series just minutes before she took the stage, though the show lost out to HBO's dramedy Succession for the outstanding ensemble in a drama series award. Overwhelmed: Squid Game's Jung Ho-yeon couldn't hold back her tears as she triumphantly reacted to winningOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Santa Monica on SundayThe shocking thriller series takes place in a dystopian near-future in which South Koreans suffering from crippling debt enter a contest to play children's games for money prizes.But the contestants soon realize that the game is more sinister than they imagined, as the losers are executed by armed guards, while each death adds more money to the eventual jackpot.

Ariana DeBose took home the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her turn in Steven Spielberg’s on Sunday night—an accolade that is helping to break the glass ceiling for queer Afro Latinas in Hollywood. She is the first openly queer woman of color to win an individual film Screen Actors Guild Award.

Succession had a big night at the 2022 SAG Awards, taking home the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series prize at the annual awards show. Star Brian Cox used the spotlight to voice support for actors, actresses and other talent in Ukraine and Russia, who oppose the ongoing invasion.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the first season of Netflix’s Squid Game.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: Do not read this review if you haven’t watched “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name,” the Season 2 finale of “Euphoria.”When Sydney Sweeney’s Cassie Howard charged the stage during her sister’s self-produced theater work in the season finale of “Euphoria,” the audience at the show’s hypercharged high school was left uncertain as to whether her outburst was part of the play.In the most clever moment of a tricky, meta, exceptional season of television, the answer, of course, was both that it was and was not. The play, on which the action of the season hinged, was designed to elicit an angry reaction from Cassie, and it achieved its goal; Cassie’s freaking out at playwright Lexi (Maude Apatow) was an inherent plot point, though Lexi couldn’t have predicted the specifics.

SAG Awards in both the film and television categories as both “Squid Game” and “CODA” took home two major prizes. Though Netflix went into the evening with 10 nominations it failed to take home any prizes on the film side, but swept the male and female lead actor in a television drama thanks to “Squid Game.”For TV, HBO Max and Netflix tied with three wins each: “Succession,” “Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown” were all honored, as were “Squid Game” and “Ted Lasso.”As with every show, a few frontrunners triumphed (Jean Smart for “Hacks,” Will Smith for “King Richard”) and a few shockers.Here, Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 28th Annual SAG Awards.

Selome Hailu Michael Keaton was teary-eyed as he accepted the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award for best male actor in a television movie or limited series.He won the award for “Dopesick,” which tells stories of people and families struggling with opioid addiction while focusing on PurduePharma, the company that developed and promoted OxyContin. The project was a personal one for Keaton, whose own nephew died of fentanyl overdose. In his acceptance speech, he took a moment to commemorate his nephew, along with sharing his gratitude for his career and his hopeful thoughts for Ukraine.“There’s an argument to be made — it’s a legitimate argument, look how nice everyone looks — that a night like tonight is self-serving, narcissistic.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe box office domination by patriotic local film “The Battle at Lake Changjin II” ground on into a fourth weekend in China. Hollywood’s “Death on the Nile” slipped out of the top five on its second weekend of release.“The Battle at Lake Changjin II” earned $11.0 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. That lifted its cumulative to $611 million since release on Feb.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSAG Awards voters split their drama votes on Sunday night, honoring HBO’s “Succession” with an overdue ensemble win (the show’s first SAG award, period!) while recognizing two of the stars of Netflix’s “Squid Game” with individual prizes.“Squid Game” was recognized for male actor (Lee Jung-Jae), female actor (Jung Ho-yeon) and stunt ensemble. “Squid Game” benefited from SAG’s large voting body, many of whom likely caught the thriller when it became a must-watch global ensemble last fall.Think about being one of the some 150,000 or so SAG-AFTRA members and having a SAG Awards ballot in front of you — and the opportunity to make history with a few clicks.

2022 SAG Awards Sunday night. That’s not good — because actors make up the biggest voting bloc at the upcoming Academy Awards. As Scooby Doo would say, “Ruh roh!”Netflix, the producer of director Jane Campion’s drama, started getting nervous when the favored Best Supporting Actor contender Kodi Smit-McPhee lost to the wonderful Troy Kotsur for “CODA” early in the evening. Moments later, Kirsten Dunst was brought to heel for Best Supporting Actress by Ariana DeBose for her ferocious turn as Anita in “West Side Story.” The final yell of “bad dog!” came when Benedict Cumberbatch surrendered Best Actor to Will Smith (“King Richard”), who will now surely go on to win the same award at the Oscars, after nabbing the SAG and the Golden Globe. “Power of the Dog” didn’t even manage a nomination for Best Ensemble. That slight doesn’t necessarily mean it’s out of the Best Picture Oscar race completely — “Nomadland,” “Green Book” and “Shape of Water” also didn’t nab nods for the biggest SAG prize — but winning zero acting awards will have rabid Netflix execs growling Monday morning.That big ensemble win instead went to “CODA,” the heartwarming dramedy that premiered at Sundance about a hearing woman who grows up in a deaf family.

Laverne Cox had a bit of a verbal faux pas while hosting the red carpet for the 2022 SAG Awards. Thankfully, she didn’t talk about Bruno but she did slip up when trying to pronounce the hit Disney film Encanto. Instead, she called it “Enchanto” when talking to the film’s composer and Tony Award-winning artist Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Wardrobe change! Selena Gomez switched up her ensemble at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards after slipping on the red carpet.

Michael Keaton nearly missed out on winning an important honour at Sunday’s 2022 SAG Awards!

Joe Leydon Film CriticA smart and sweet riff through “Grease,” “Footloose,” “High School Musical” and scads of other upbeat, teen-skewing entertainments, “Best Summer Ever” greatly impress with its deft balance of affectionate homage and exuberant inclusivity. Working from a peppy screenplay they co-wrote with Will Halby, Andrew Pilkington and Terra Mackintosh, directors Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smitelli keep the mood so beguilingly light and bright, even during brief romantic setbacks, that it’s remarkably easy to suspend disbelief and gratefully delight in a world where racial divides and ableist prejudices are nonexistent, and just about the only negative stereotype on view is a mean-girl cheerleader.