Awards, 1/28.

"[I]n a year when a writers' strike has all but shut down much of Hollywood, the Screen Actors Guild Awards - as anonymous in most years as 'Cop No 3' in a summer blockbuster - took top billing Sunday and drew an inordinate amount of star wattage," writes Edward Wyatt, who runs through the evening, checking off winners' names. If you're in a hurry: Daniel Day-Lewis, Julie Christie, Ruby Dee and Javier Bardem.

Updated through 1/30.

Also in the New York Times. More from Alessandra Stanley, who finds the show "moved fast, looked effortless and fun and turned out to be a worthy substitute for the more glamorous Golden Globes and, should the writers' strike continue, maybe even the Oscars."

Joel and Ethan Coen have won this year's Directors Guild Award for No Country for Old Men.

Meanwhile, more trouble on the Oscar front. Via Movie City News. "'Falling Slowly,' the achingly pretty song from Once written by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, may be ruled ineligible" in the Best Original Song category, reports David Carr. Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell notes that, in a comment to the Bagger's entry, "Antonio Jr" points to the trailer for Kráska v nesnázích, a 2006 Czech film, that features the song.

Update, 1/29: "Falling Slowly" is too eligible, argues the Irish Independent. Again, via MCN.

Update, 1/30: David Carr has the latest in the "Falling" saga: the Academy rules it's eligible.

Posted by dwhudson at January 28, 2008 12:34 AM