Surprise SAG Win Gives ‘CODA’ an Oscar Boost for Best Picture

Clayton Davis The best picture Oscar race is in a dead heat, with any number of paths to victory. But there’s another fierce competition, years in the making, to be the first streaming giant to win the Academy Awards’ most coveted honor.On the television side, Netflix and Amazon each made a play to become the first streamer to win the Emmy Award for either of the top series categories, but Hulu shattered the glass ceiling with “The Handmaid’s Tale” in 2017.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe Oscar campaign for “CODA” has touted the film as “history-making.” If you wanted to be a literal-minded curmudgeon about it, you could say that the history it’s talking about was already made — when Marlee Matlin, in 1986, became the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award for best actress, for her great, ardent, wounded performance in “Children of a Lesser God.” Matlin deserved to win (the other nominated actresses that year were Jane Fonda for “The Morning After,” Sissy Spacek for “Crimes of the Heart,” Kathleen Turner for “Peggy Sue Got Married,” and Sigourney Weaver for “Aliens,” which is the only one I’d put in Matlin’s league).Nevertheless, history works in waves. Sidney Poitier made history by becoming the first Black actor to be a Hollywood star, as well as the first to win an Academy Award for best actor (in 1963, for “Lilies of the Field”).

The cast of CODA was represented at the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards on Monday (February 28) at Avalon in Hollywood.

Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur are celebrating 's historic Screen Actors Guild Award wins.ET's Nischelle Turner spoke to the pair ahead of the cast taking home awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Kotsur nabbing Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Sunday night, about what the film's SAG recognition will mean for deaf performers.«It's really exciting for many of us in our community to be represented in the most Hollywood way possible, but it's been a long time, representation has been a struggle for us, especially hiring deaf actors, directors and beyond,» Matlin told ET. «So,  is here, and we have three deaf actors carrying the film authentically, authentic deaf actors, and you can't ask for anything better than that.»As for Kotsur's nomination, Matlin believes it will pave the way for more deaf actors to come.«I'm delighted for Troy.

. While she may not have taken home the statue, she did get to catch up with , her director and costar from the 2018 film , which launched her movie career.(Cooper was also nominated for a SAG Award thanks to his scene-stealing performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, though the award went to star Troy Kotsur.)In case you forgot, and Cooper had insane amounts of chemistry throughout the press tour for A Star Is Born, which caused a lot of . Remember that at the Oscars?! Well, it looks like nothing has changed.

If you watched the SAG Awards, you may have noticed a pretty surprising absence by one particular A-lister.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gave each other a warm embrace when they were reunited at the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday 27 February. The duo were nominated for a host of awards for their performance together in 2018 film A Star Is Born, but didn't win at the SAG awards in 2019 after losing out to Glenn Close (The Wife) and Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody). Lady Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, won a Critics Choice Awards for her performance, however.

Marlee Matlin is proud of the strides deaf actors have made.

Bob Saget, Betty White and Sydney Poitier were among those remembered in the In Memoriam segment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.The Lost Daughter director Maggie Gyllenhaal took to the stage at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar to introduce the video montage and reflected on the 'painful losses' of the last 12 months.Among those included James Michael Tyler, Willie Garson, Michael K. Williams and Norm Macdonald.

It was a night when the pundit-predicted Oscar-season frontrunners The Power of the Dog and Belfast came up empty, and longer shots like CODA and The Eyes of Tammy Faye won key races that promise to add a bit more suspense as we glide toward the Oscars.

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.

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.

The cast of CODA hug it out on stage after picking up the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (February 27).

The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards just wrapped up, and there are so many amazing winners this year!

Troy Kotsur made history as the first deaf actor to claim an individual prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday.The 53-year-old star took home the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role accolade for his work as Frank Rossi in CODA and reflected on his beginnings as a struggling actor in an acceptance speech delivered via an ASL interpreter.He signed to the audience: 'Wow. Thank you so much to all the members of SAG.

The 2022 SAG Awards just ended and we rounded up all of the red carpet photos for you to see in one place!

Stealing the SAGs spotlight! HoYeon Jung, Ariana DeBose and more stars made their mark on the 2022 awards show.

Troy Kotsur achieved a first at the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards when he laid claim to Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his work on “CODA”.

The predominantly deaf cast of Apple TV+’s CODA made history on Sunday as it became the first to win one of SAG’s coveted ensemble prizes.

Forever connected! Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper reunited at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards two years after they were each nominated for their respective roles in A Star Is Born.

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