Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack Join SAG President Alan Rosenberg To Announce Nominees for the 15TH Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R)

Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack Join SAG President Alan Rosenberg To Announce Nominees for the 15TH Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R)

WHAT: Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack join SAG President Alan
Rosenberg to announce nominees for the 15TH ANNUAL SCREEN
ACTORS GUILD AWARDS(R)

SAG Awards(R) Committee Members JoBeth Williams and Daryl
Anderson announce nominations for the SAG Honors for Film and
Television Stunt Ensembles

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WHEN: The SAG Awards nominations in five film and eight television
categories will be revealed at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET on
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, in the SilverScreen Theater at the
Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The nominations
announcement will be telecast live on TNT and webcast live on
TNT.TV and TBS.COM. The nominations announcement will air for
approximately 6-10 minutes. Live feeds will also be available
via satellite at the coordinates below at 6:00 a.m. PT /
9:00 a.m. ET and will be available for approximately 15
minutes.

The SAG stunt honors nominations will be announced at 5:50 AM
SHARP and streamed live on TNT.TV and TBS.COM

SATELLITE COORDINATES:
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WHO:
-- Angela Bassett joined the cast of NBC's "ER" this fall as
tough new ER head Dr. Cate Banfield. December 19 brings the
premiere of her latest film, Rod Lurie's political thriller
"Nothing But the Truth," with Bassett starring opposite Alan
Alda and Kate Beckinsale. Also upcoming is her portrayal of
Voletta Wallace, mother of slain rapper Christopher "Notorious
B.I.G." Wallace in "Notorious," due out January 2009, and a
starring role opposite Danny Glover in Giancarlo Esposito's
directorial debut, "Gospel Hill." An Academy Award(R)
nominee for her portrayal of Tina Turner in "What's Love Got
to Do With It," Bassett received a SAG Award nomination in
2002 for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a
Television Movie or Miniseries for the title role of Louisiana
juke joint owner Ruby Delacroix in "Ruby's Bucket of Blood."

-- Eric McCormack's comic portrayal of title character Will
Truman in NBC's long-running "Will & Grace" earned him an
Emmy(R) and five Golden Globe(R) nominations. Along with his
fellow "Will & Grace" cast members, McCormack was honored with
an Actor and four nominations for Outstanding Performance by
an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. McCormack next stars in the
new TNT drama "Trust Me" as a responsible art director and
family man partnered in a high-pressure Chicago ad agency with
an impulsive copywriter played by Tom Cavanagh.

-- Alan Rosenberg, Screen Actors Guild President
-- JoBeth Williams, SAG Awards Committee
-- Daryl Anderson, SAG Awards Committee Vice Chair

WHAT ELSE: Secret ballots bearing the names of potential nominees for
outstanding performances during 2008, in eight television and
five motion picture SAG Awards categories and for the film and
television stunt ensemble honors were mailed on Nov. 26, 2008
to the film and television nominating panels, each comprised
of 2100 randomly-selected SAG members from across the United
States. The ballots will be returned by Dec. 16, 2008,
directly to Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards' official
elections teller.

The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R), the only
industry accolades devoted solely to actors honoring actors,
will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25,
2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT, from the Shrine
Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

NOTE: A .pdf of the preliminary press kit for the 15th Annual Screen
Actors Guild Awards(R) is available at
http://www.sagawards.org/press-kit.

CONTACTS:
Eileen Quast TNT/TBS Los Angeles 310-788-6797 eileen.quast@turner.com
Susan Ievoli TNT/TBS New York 212-275-8016 susan.ievoli@turner.com
Heather Sautter TNT/TBS Atlanta 404-885-0746 heather.sautter@turner.com
Rosalind Jarrett Screen
Actors Guild Awards(R) 310-235-1030 publicity@jmprod.net

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Source: TNT

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http://www.sagawards.org/
http://www.sagawards.org/press-kit

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