'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'The White Lotus' sweep SAG Awards

The metaverse adventure movie Everything Everywhere All At Once nabbed the best ensemble prize at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday evening reports VarietyThe Michelle Yeohstarrer also broke records becoming the biggest film winner in the history of the show sweeping nearly every category Variety addsBut SAG highlights the small screen as well as the big notes Variety The awardsseason favourite Abbott Elementary a sitcom about teachers in an underfunded public school won the best TV comedy ensemble statue Another series that has been picking up awards The White Lotus a trenchant look at the overprivileged guests at an Italian resort took home the best TV drama ensemble honourEverything Everywhere All at Once one of the few recent indies to break out in a big way at the box office dominated the evening with four wins followed by The White Lotus which will be remembered for Jennifer Coolidge with two victoriesEverything Everywhere All at Once has continued to build momentum during a marathon awards season racking up top prizes as it barrels toward the Oscars in two weeks adds VarietyThis weekend it nabbed the Producers Guild Award and last weekend it picked up the Directors Guild Award for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert the filmmaking duo behind the absurdist story of a laundromat owner whose life intersects with parallel universesAlso Read76th BAFTA Best Actor for Austin Butler Cate Blanchett Best ActressAn emotional Michelle Yeoh was named best actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once and it took her time at the podium to note what her victory meant for other Asian movie fans according to VarietyThis is not just for me she said This is for every little girl who looks like me Yeoh went on to say performers of colour and actors from underrepresented communities want a seat at the table She said So many of us need this We want to be seen We want to be heardBrendan Fraser earned best actor honours for his work as a morbidly obese man in The Whale Fighting back tears Fraser referenced his professional highs and lows in a life in film that took him from the Alist in the 1990s and early aughts to a career downturn that left him off the marquee notes Variety Ive rode that wave lately and Ive also had that wave smash me to the ocean floor Fraser saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever