With awards darling "La La Land" out of the running for the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards on Sunday, the musical romance that has charmed Hollywood may find a strong contender in the race to the Oscars next month. "La La Land," which picked up a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations this week, was shut out of the best ensemble SAG award, the category that often cements the frontrunner for the best picture Oscar. Last year, "Spotlight" took home the best ensemble SAG award while Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio won best actress and actor respectively at the SAG awards. She will be competing against "La La Land" star Emma Stone, Meryl Streep for "Florence Foster Jenkins," Natalie Portman for "Jackie" and Emily Blunt for "The Girl on the Train." In SAG's best actor race, Affleck, the current front-runner, will face "La La Land" star Ryan Gosling, Andrew Garfield for "Hacksaw Ridge," Viggo Mortensen for "Captain Fantastic" and "Fences" star Denzel Washington.

Source: dna January 29, 2017 15:02 UTC