18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Winners

"The Help" dominated last night's 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, and doesn't it make perfect sense? It was a film domineered by great actresses giving deservedly great performances. It ended up taking home three SAG awards including the top prize of Best Ensemble. Though it may seem like it, this last win for "The Help" doesn't bolster its Best Picture win chances at the Oscars.

All of the acting categories are locks now except one. Viola Davis for "The Help" won for Best Actress, Octavia Spencer also for "The Help" won Best Supporting Actress and Christopher Plummer took home Best Supporting Actor for "Beginners." All of these will be repeated at the Oscars.

The only one that's up in the air now is whether Jean Dujardin for "The Artist" or George Clooney for "The Descendants" will take home the Best Actor prize. With Dujardin's SAG win last night, it looks to be the latter because these awards truly are the best predictor for the acting categories. I could see the Academy showing their love of "The Artist" by giving the win to Dujardin although Clooney seems to be the current front-runner.

Check here for a full list of winners from the 18th Annual SAG Awards.

18th Annual SAG Award Nominations

The announcement of the 18th Annual Screen Actor Guild Award nominations this morning threw a wrench into things. First and foremost were the snubs for Shailene Woodley for Best Supporting Actress and Albert Brooks for Best Supporting Actor. I'm pressed to say that the the SAGs have it wrong here, and the Academy will not overlook either of them.

The overall lack of love for "Drive" outside of Brooks was a bit surprising considering its prevalence elsewhere.  Also notable was the absolute love for "Bridesmaids" as Melissa McCarthy keeps gathering nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and the movie received a Best Ensemble nomination -- the SAG equivalent of a Best Picture nomination.

Among "Bridesmaids" for Best Ensemble were "The Artist," "Midnight in Paris," "The Descendants" and "The Help." This one will probably end up going to "The Artist" as both Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo received nominations in their respective categories. However, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer made it into their respective categories for "The Help" not to mention Jessica Chastain, as well. It could be a tighter race between the two.

One big surprise came in the Best Actor category which included Demian Bichir for "A Better Life" which baffles me because that film was included in last year's Oscars, which I thought meant the film would not be in contention for any awards this year.

Best Supporting Actor contained some surprises including Jonah Hill for "Moneyball" and Armie Hammer for "J. Edgar." This is also the first time "Albert Nobbs" has received acknowledgement with Glenn Close receiving her Best Actress nod along with Janet McTeer for Best Supporting Actress.

Check out the full list of nominations, and tune in to the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, January 29 at 8 p.m. on TNT and TBS.