‘The Help’ took home three top honours at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday: best picture, best actress for Viola Davis and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer. Dreaming big was perhaps the theme of the night. When French actor Jean Dujardin accepted the lead actor trophy for his role in the black-and-white silent film, ‘The Artist’, he talked about being a bad student growing up. “Thank you for this dream,” he said. The ‘Bridesmaids’ cast caught some laughs for their ‘Scorsese’ drinking game sketch.
Every time director Martin Scorsese’s name gets mentioned, they said, it was time to take a swig — and the girls, including Melissa McCarthy (with drink in hand), managed to utter Scorsese quite a few times while on the stage. Other actors followed suit later in the evening, including Tina Fey and Steve Buscemi. SAG recognized Mary Tyler Moore, 75, with the lifetime achievement award. The prize was presented by Dick Van Dyke, her co-star on the 1960s sitcom ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’. The SAG Actor winners are picked by their acting peers. Going into the evening, the Deep South drama ‘The Help’ led with four nominations. ‘The Artist’ was second with three nominations. In the past, SAG Awards winners have gone on to earn Oscars. In 2011, all four acting winners also won Academy Awards.
