1/29/06: Screen Actors Guild Awards!

12th Annual SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. SAG nominations announced 1/5/06. Shirley Temple Black, who captivated the world as a child star, then served her country as an eminent diplomat over more than three decades, will receive SAG's most prestigious honor - the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. The award will be presented to her by Jamie Lee Curtis. The roster of actors who will honor their colleagues at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards® also includes Naveen Andrews, Amy Adams, Patricia Arquette, Barbara Bain, Angela Bassett, Benjamin Bratt, Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock, Chris Cooper, Ted Danson, Peter Graves Jake Gyllenhaal, Sean Hayes, Marg Helgenberger, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Howard, Felicity Huffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Catherine Keener, Heath Ledger, Eva Longoria, William H. Macy, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Ellen Pompeo, William Shatner, David Strathairn, Hilary Swank and Ziyi Zhang. Isaiah Washington will open the Red Carpet with a Champagne Taittinger toast that will air live on E! Entertainment Television's Live from the Red Carpet: Screen Actors Guild Awards® pre-awards special. The SAG Awards will be simulcast live on both the TNT and TBS networks at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, 7:00 p.m. Central and 6:00 p.m. MT. SAG Awards official website. BE SURE TO WATCH FOR OUR UPCOMING SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE 2006 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD GIFT BASKETS AND EXCLUSIVE VIP LOUNGE!!

1/31/06: Oscar Nominations Announced

ACADEMY AWARDS - Oscar nominations announced at 5:30 a.m. PT from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 78th Annual Academy Awards will be presented 3/5/06.

1/30/06: CAS Sounds Best; Razzies For the Rest

CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS - final ballots mailed.

RAZZIE AWARDS - nominations announced. Razzie awards presented 3/4/06.

WRITERS GUILD AWARDS - deadline to return final WGA awards ballots.

1/29/06: Goya to the SAG Awards

12th Annual SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. See above post for further details.

20th Annual GOYA AWARDS, Municipal Palace of Congresses, Madrid, Spain. Presented by Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Spanish Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences) Producer/director/screenwriter Pedro Maso will receive an honorary Goya for Lifetime Achievement. los Premios Goya official website.

1/28/06: Busy Day for Directors, Editors, Make Up Artists

ACADEMY AWARDS - MakeUp Bake Off. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the seven films in consideration for Achievement in Makeup for the 78th Academy Awards: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Cinderella Man, A History of Violence, The Libertine, Mrs. Henderson Presents, The New World and Stars Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Ten-minute clip reels from each film will be screened for nominating committee then members will vote to nominate three of the seven films for Oscar® consideration. All nominations for the 78th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 31, 2006.

ACE EDDIE AWARDS - blue ribbon screenings (through 1/29)

DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS - DGA Meet the Nominees: Feature Films

58th Annual DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS, Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. Hosted by Carl Reiner. Presenters include Peter Bergman, Eric Braeden, Patricia Clarkson, Matt Dillon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Patricia Heaton, Cheryl Hines, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ron Howard, Angelica Huston, Catherine Keener, Heath Ledger, John Leguizamo, S. Epatha Merkerson, Thandie Newton, Jaime Pressly, Randy Quaid, Emmy Rossum, Geoffrey Rush, David Strathairn and Ziyi Zhang. Clint Eastwood will receive the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his distinguished career in motion picture directing. Donald Jacob will receive the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award for an Associate Director or Stage Manager and Jerry H. Ziesmer will receive the Frank Capra Achievement Award which is given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager, both in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America, while Joseph R. Aceti will receive the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Direction.