It’s that time of year – when actors and filmmakers are glammed up at awards shows every night (or so it seems). Here’s a little round-up of some recent winners:

Danny Boyle wins outstanding directorial achievement in feature film for "Slumdog Millionaire," Director’s Guild of America. It’s the runaway hit of the season, and I’m sure this little flick will score big at the Oscars, too. In his acceptance speech, Boyle said, "Dream hard."

"Kung Fu Panda" wins best animated feature, Annie Awards. In fact, it picked up ten awards, which seems surprising to me, given that one of the other nominees was "Wall-E." 

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Members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) met at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City today. Leaders had one message for them: we’re still negotiating.

Hmmm, what’s it all mean? I just hope they can work things out before it comes down to another situation like the writer’s strike last winter. I think an actor’s strike would be much more damaging to everyone involved. I believe George Clooney agrees with me on that, as he’s been working to ensure it doesn’t happen. Yeah, me and George. We’re tight.  

According to The Hollywood Reporter, SAG wants: 

• DVD residuals doubled
• consent for use of actors’ clips in new media
• jurisdiction over all programming made for new media productions
• increases in minimums, pension and health, among other things

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Uh, yeah, I could have told you that. And, in fact, I did tell you that when she arrived at the SAG awards swathed in yards of fabric.

Here’s a photo of Jolie and Brad Pitt arriving at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards. It’s pretty clear they’ll be adding a new addition to their brood, which includes Maddox, 6, Zahara, 3, Pax, 4, and Shiloh, almost 2.

Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images

A few highlights from the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards tonight. Pictures courtesy of EOnline:

The show started off with a bang! A mobster bang, that is. James Gandolfini and Edie Falco won for Actor/Actress in a Drama Series. Both commented that it’s been a great ten years working on “The Sopranos,” with Falco saying she’s “the luckiest woman in the world.”

The cast of “The Sopranos” also won for Ensemble in a Drama Series. Gandolfini handed the microphone off to Tony Sirico (”Paulie Walnuts”), who gave a heartfelt thank-you. Nice to see the whole cast together!

Javiar Bardem won for Male Actor in a Supporting Role for “No Country for Old Men.” Wow, take a look at his IMDB page sometime. His awards page is a mile long.

More show highlights after the jump!

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2008 SAG Awards Photos courtesy of EOnline:

Brad and Angie (baby bump?) / Eva Longoria-Parker

Debra Messing and Christina Applegate / Javier Bardem

For more photos, check out EOnline.

It’s raining on Los Angeles, but it’s not dampening the SAG Awards, as divas and dashing guys wander down the red carpet beneath a cozy canopy. (That’s Amanda Bynes in the picture, from EOnline.)

I started watching TV Guide’s coverage, but I can only take so much of Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone, so switched over to E!’s coverage with Debbie Matenopoulos and Giuliana Rancic, who stepped in to replace the home-sick-in-bed Ryan Seacrest. What rotten luck! The one awards show this season, and he’s sick as a dog.

Things seem very low-key this year. Oh, sure, there’s the usual inane questions and answers about fashion, workouts, staying grounded, yada yada yada. And of course, lots of talk about the writer’s strike, and how everyone hopes it’ll be over soon, as well as a few touching remarks about Heath Ledger’s death.

I have to say, there’s nothing outlandish in the way of fashion. It’s all very old-style Hollywood glamour with beautiful gowns in solid colors, upswept hairstyles, classy jewelry, and traditional tuxes on the guys.

My observations (yeah, I know you’re just waiting to hear what I have to say):

Rainn Wilson is working on his “strike beard,” and said someone called him Sasquatch upon arrival.

Lots of pregnant chicks, including Cate Blanchett and Angela Kinsey from “The Office.”

Amanda Bynes and America Ferrera say they stay grounded by not partying (simple, huh?!) and staying focused on work and family.

Teri Hatcher says she wants to embrace getting older, so she doesn’t go for the botox and fillers, but tries to eat healthy and stay in shape.

Sandra Oh – What’s up with the big ink bow? Big bows should be outlawed, because they just never ever work. Sorry, Sandra.

Denis Leary brought his 17-year-old son, Jack, who’s hot! (And way too normal to be Leary’s son.)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrived like Hollywood royalty. But she nearly ripped her own dress off by tripping over it when she got out of the limo! Ok, excuse me, but her full breasts and flowing gown? Dead giveaway on a pregnancy. You heard it here first. Ok, maybe not first, but you heard it here anyway.

Judith Light looks way better than she did years ago on “One Life to Live.”

Glenn Close said her career has been “quite a ride,” and she’s been “lucky enough to work with a great team of people.”

Ryan Gosling rocks! He went over and signed autographs for the crowd in the bleachers.

Check back later for my comments on the show!

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Ellen Page, the adorable star of the runaway hit “Juno,” is the toast of this year’s awards circuit.

For her role as a pregnant teenager in “Juno,” the 20-year-old star has scored Oscar and Screen Actors Guild nominations (the SAG awards air tonight at 8 p.m. on TNT and TBS).

“Juno” is a surprise audience favorite and one of the few box-office hits to get an Academy Award nomination. “It’s crazy. It’s absolutely crazy,” said Page in a New York Daily News story.

But not everyone is surprised by Page’s success. “Ellen is completely flexible,” notes “Juno” director Jason Reitman, who earned a best-director Oscar nod for the film. “She can go anywhere. She’s a wonderful combination of an intellect far beyond her years, and yet there are qualities of hers that are still a young girl, and those qualities charm the pants off you. She’s a perfect combo.”

So far, Page has been wary of buying into all the hype surrounding her. The down-to-earth girl prefers jeans and flannel shirts, but also cleans up pretty well when the need arises.    

“All of this is pretty surreal,” she says of the attention, adding that she empathizes with celebrities who stress out from all the publicity. “The more I do it, the more I’m like, ‘No wonder so many actors have problems!’”

More after the jump, including a video clip of Ellen’s appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman,” in which she talks about a haunted whorehouse. Yes, you read that right.

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The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will air tomorrow night, Sunday, January 27, at 8 p.m. est on TBS and TNT.

With a waiver from the Writers Guild of America, this may be the big event this awards season. Especially after the less than exciting Golden Globes earlier this month.

Not counting the Critics Choice Awards, this will be the first non-picketed awards show this season.

Although rain of biblical proportions is expected to fall on Los Angeles tomorrow, the red carpet is still in full swing, giving not only the stars a chance to shine, but also the stylists, publicists, designers, red carpet hosts, and everyone else connected with the gala.

So if you’re the least bit star-struck by this sort of thing — as I am! — be sure to tune in. It may be your only chance.

Presenters include Tom Cruise (his first as a SAG presenter), Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Ruby Dee, Zac Efron, Emile Hirsch, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Denzel Washington, Vanessa Williams, Chandra Wilson, and SAG President Alan Rosenberg.

Burt Reynolds will present SAG’s 44th Life Achievement Award and Denis Leary will introduce a tribute to Charles Durning.

Check out the full list of nominees.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Screen Actors Guild and the 14th year of its SAG Awards.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards is set for January 27, 2008 and it’s nice to know that at least one award ceremony won’t be affected by the Writers Guild of America strike - The WGA granted SAG a waiver for the show earlier this month.  It will be shown on TBS and TNT.  Here are the nominees:

MOTION PICTURES

• ACTOR
  George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"
  Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
  Ryan Gosling - "Lars And The Real Girl"
  Emile Hirsch- "Into the Wild"
  Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"
• ACTRESS
  Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
  Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
  Marion Cotillard - "La Vie en rose"
  Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
  Ellen Page - "Juno"
• SUPPORTING ACTOR
  Casey Affleck - "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
  Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"
  Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country for Old Men"
  Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
  Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  Cate Blanchett - "I’m Not There"
  Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"
  Catherine Keener - "Into the Wild"
  Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
  Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"
• ENSEMBLE CAST
  "3:10 to Yuma" 
  "American Gangster" 
  "Hairspray" 
  "Into the Wild" 
• OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
  "300" (Warner Bros.)
  "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)
  "I Am Legend" (Warner Bros.)
  "The Kingdom" (Universal)
  "Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End" (Walt Disney Studios)

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Check out these pictures of Teri Hatcher presenting at the SAG awards and hanging out with her new love Stephen Kay:

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