As Hollywood's actors honoured their peers at the Screen Actors Guild awards, the evening was overshadowed by politics as stars slammed US President Donald Trump for restricting entry for travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won best comedy TV actress for playing flawed fictional US President Selina Meyer on HBO's political satire Veep, used her acceptance speech to call Trump's ban on Muslim travelers a "blemish." "Because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes, and this immigrant ban is a blemish," she said. Photo: ReutersOther early wins included Sarah Paulson for best actress in a limited TV series for The People v. O.J. Voted for by about 120,000 US actors, the two-hour televised SAG awards show often anoints top Academy Award winners as actors comprise the largest body within Oscar voters.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 30, 2017 03:54 UTC