Warner Bros. Entertainment/HBO Max(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winner Jared Leto’s awards buzz is growing with a brand-new Screen Actors Guild nod.
Leto was nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role category, thanks to his role in the film The Little Things, in which he stars opposite two other Academy Award winners, Denzel Washington and Rami Malek.
Leto’s performance was also recognized earlier this week with a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe.
The Little Things, premiered last Friday both in theaters and on HBO Max, and topped the box office over the weekend.
In addition to all the award nominations, Leto’s been making headlines this week after director Zack Snyder teased the actor/musician’s return as the Joker in the upcoming so-called “Snyder Cut” of the 2017 film Justice League. In an interview with Variety, Leto says he’s “sworn to secrecy” about the project.
“He’s an incredible filmmaker and I love his work,” Leto says of Snyder. “It was cool to have the opportunity to collaborate with him. He’s got a crazy, infectious energy. I love his passion and commitment to what he does.”
Leto previously played the Joker in 2016’s Suicide Squad; his mostly-deleted appearance in that film, and absence from the theatrical cut of Justice League disappointed many fans.
Incidentally, Diane Lane was similarly tight-lipped about the Snyder Cut, though the actress, who plays Superman/Clark Kent’s adoptive mom Martha, admitted to ABC Audio that she thought the fans enthusiasm that spawned the re-cut was “Fantastic.”
Zack Snyder’s Justice League premieres March 18 on HBO Max.
Courtesy of SAG Awards(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix’s royal drama The Crown, the comedy series Schitt’s Creek, and the films Minari and Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are at the top of the heap for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations.
The Crown shared the crown with Schitt’s Creek, each with a leading five nominations.
Netflix was well represented once again, with other projects like its movies Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7, as well as its shows Emily in Paris, Ozark, and Bridgerton, also scoring nominations.
PopTV’s Schitt’s Creek continued its domination of the comedy category, earning four noms, but Jason Sudekis‘ Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso was also shown the love Thursday morning. Both series earned nominations for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series, as well as individual comedy performance nominations.
Emily in Paris and Mank‘sLily Collins and Hamilton Tony winner and Snowpiercer star Daveed Diggs announced the lucky nominees live, virtually, on a split-screen video on SAG’s Instagram page. It was first time the SAG Award nominations were announced live solely on a social media platform.
The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at 9 p.m. Eastern. Here are the nominees in key categories. A full list lives on the SAG Awards website.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Da 5 Bloods – Netflix Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Netflix Minari – A24 One Night in Miami – Amazon Studios The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Amy Adams – Hillbilly Elegy Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand – Nomadland Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Gary Oldman – Mank Steven Yeun – Minari
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Bill Camp – The Queen’s Gambit Daveed Diggs – Hamilton Hugh Grant – The Undoing Ethan Hawke – The Good Lord Bird Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Better Call Saul Bridgerton The Crown Lovecraft Country Ozark
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Jason Bateman – Ozark Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Josh O’Connor – The Crown Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul Rege-Jean Page – Bridgerton
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson – The Crown Olivia Colman – The Crown Emma Corrin – The Crown Julia Garner – Ozark Laura Linney – Ozark
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You Nicole Kidman – The Undoing Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit Kerry Washington – Little Fires Everywhere
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah Jared Leto – The Little Things Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy Olivia Colman – The Father Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari Helena Zengel – News of the World
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Dead to Me The Flight Attendant The Great Schitt’s Creek Ted Lasso
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate – Dead to Me Linda Cardellini – Dead to Me Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Nicholas Hoult – The Great Dan Levy – Schitt’s Creek Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso Ramy Youssef – Ramy
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Da 5 Bloods Mulan News of the World The Trial of the Chicago 7 Wonder Woman 1984
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series The Boys Cobra Kai Lovecraft Country The Mandalorian Westworld
John Shearer/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Chrissy Teigen is reflecting on the loss of her unborn son, Jack, whom she would have given birth to this week, ahead of undergoing surgery for endometriosis.
Teigen took to Twitter on Wednesday to tell her followers that her “little jack” would have been born this week. Given the timing, the 35-year-old said she is understandably “a bit off.”
“I truly feel kicks in my belly, but it’s not phantom,” the Cravings author continued. “I have surgery for endometriosis tomorrow … but the period feeling this month is exactly like baby kicks.”
In another tweet, the Lip Sync Battle host shared a video of her belly and it appearing to react as if a baby were kicking inside the womb.
“I’ll pretend it’s him saying hi — it never stops,” she added
Teigen first revealed she was pregnant with her third child with husband John Legend in August via a music video for Legend’s song “Wild.”
In September, Teigen suffered a pregnancy loss after being admitted to the hospital due to “excessive bleeding.” Prior to her hospitalization, she had been on weeks of bed rest.
In October, the model opened up about losing Jack in an emotional personal essay.
Teigen and John Legend, who have been married since 2013, have two children: daughter Luna, 4, and son Miles, 2.
Michael Becker/FOX(LOS ANGELES) — The Masked Singer host Nick Cannon will be taking a break from the Fox reality series after testing positive for COVID-19, according to Variety.
Comedian-actress Niecy Nash has been tapped to fill in when production on the show’s fifth season begins on Thursday, and continue until Cannon is cleared to get back to work.
Cannon is currently in quarantine and resting, his rep tells the industry trade. Fox expects Cannon to return to the series later in the season.
Season five of The Masked Singer, featuring returning panelists Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke, is set to launch in March.
Disney Junior(LOS ANGELES) — Jenny Slate welcomed her first child with fiancé Ben Shattuck, a baby girl, the actress confirmed on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Great North star confirmed the baby, named Ida, was born six weeks ago.
When asked how they came up with the baby’s name, Slate told Kimmel, “We don’t have any family members named Ida. But we did kind of look into our heritage. And my side of the family is like from all over the place. Jewish people from all over the place one of the places they are from is eastern Europe and we were looking at some eastern European names.
“And we didn’t go with this, but one name we were both obsessed with was spelled B-A-G-R-A-T,” she continued. “And while I was pregnant, we just kept calling her Bagrat, which I’m sure is not how you pronounce that, Bagrat.
“Something more beautiful than, “Hey, Bagrat, you made me throw up again,” Slate joked.
The 38-year-old actress went on to explain that the COVID-19 pandemic was a “major time” to have a baby.
“We weren’t sure how it was going to go,” said Slate, confirming that Ben was allowed in the delivery room.
“You know, we had our masks on and everything. And that’s good,” she continued, “because I was making a lot of faces that I might not want him to remember, maybe, later.”
Slate voices the character of 16-year-old Judy Tobin on the Fox animated series The Great North, which premieres February 14.
Warner Bros. Entertainment/HBO Max(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winner Jared Leto’s awards buzz is growing with a brand-new Screen Actors Guild nod.
