‘Spotlight’ wins best ensemble at Screen Actors Guild Awards

It was a fitting end to a night that showed Hollywood’s ability to reach and represent people through its diversity in Hollywood.

The actors guild cast a clear vote for diversity, and the beneficiaries included Queen Latifah, Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis and Idris Elba, who won two awards. A number of actors, including Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have said they will not attend the Oscars ceremony on February 28 over the issue.

Spotlight, DiCaprio, Larson and Vikander are all nominated for Oscars, and with their SAG wins, are cemented as front-runners in their respective categories.

Meanwhile, the rains in Los Angeles held off long enough for the stars to make their glamorous entrances on the red carpet and let the sun shine on the Oscar chances for Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio, both of whom also recently won Golden Globes.

There were huge cheers as he was named best male actor in a supporting role for his performance as a warlord leading child soldiers in Beasts Of No Nation.

9-year-old Tremblay was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category but lost out to Beasts of No Nation star Idris Elba.

The entertainment industry may be reeling from the lack of diversity in the 2016 Oscar nominations, but the winners at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards stood in stark contrast to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. The movie starred Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams.

“We have become a society of trending topics”, she said.

Queen Latifah, posing in the press room with the SAG award for outstanding female actor in a TV movie or miniseries for Bessie, said the public has to continue to demand change when it comes to representation on screen.

Idris Elba was the biggest victor at the night. “Different race, color, creed, sexual orientation”, said Laura Prepon of the television show Orange Is The New Black as she motioned to her fellow cast members who won the ensemble prize Saturday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Jeffrey Tambor won actor in a comedy series for “Transparent”.

He dedicated the ward to ‘the non-Maura Pfefferman’s who don’t have a lot of cash for their operations, for their medicine, for their freedom’.

“We must celebrate those awards shows that do celebrate diversity”.

“Even the night’s lifetime achievement honoree, the legendary Carol Burnett, recalled being told early in her career, “‘No, no, no, no – look.

SURPRISE: ‘Downton Abbey” Cast While there wasn’t necessarily a frontrunner going into the show for drama ensemble, many were betting on recent Emmy victor “Game of Thrones” or the final season of “Mad Men’ as the sentimental favorite.