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6 8 9 AMY TIERNEY/SAG-AFTR A JOHN SCIULLI/WIREIMAGE VALERIE MACON/SAG-AFTR A AMY TIERNEY/SAG-AFTR A 1. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul (2014 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series). 2. Nominee Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels' The Butler). 3. Actor ® winners Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep). 4. Nominee Sandra Bullock (Gravity). 5. SAG Award nominees Brad Pitt (12 Years a Slave) and Julia Roberts (August: Osage County). 6. SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard (right) chats on the red carpet with SAG Life Achievement Award honoree Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman. 7. Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), left, with SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris. 8. SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Amy Aquino with nominee Bruce Dern (Nebraska). 9. Actor ® winner Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) with SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White. C elebrating the year's finest performances in film and television, the annual SAG Awards® is the only major industry honors that are voted on exclusively by SAG-AFTRA members and the sole ceremony highlighting an entertainment union that is televised. The recipients receive the coveted Actor® statuette in 15 different performance categories. "It's very rewarding to see how we've evolved from an intimate gathering on a soundstage, to an internationally renowned event," said Kathy Connell, executive producer of the SAG Awards® and assistant national executive director for awards and national programming for SAG-AFTRA. "I'm also quite proud how well the SAG Awards are keeping in step with today's technology, making it easy for SAG-AFTRA members to cast their votes for the Actor® nominees online and to follow the Awards on social media." WHO WILL BE NOMINATED? From the very beginning, the SAG Awards were designed to be a celebration of the acting profession emphasizing what performers all know — that acting is a collaborative effort. Nominations will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 10 from the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET, telecast live on TNT and TBS and streamed live on sagawards.tntdrama.com and tbs.com. SAG AWARDS FAST FACTS • Developed by a small group of board members to enhance national attention to the acting profession • No member dues are spent for the Awards' production • SAG Awards benefits the SAG Foundation • With more than 165,000 members, SAG-AFTRA represents a vast pool of industry professionals eligible to vote see next page for more 7 AMY TIERNEY/SAG-AFTR A SAGAFTRA.org | Fall 2014 | SAG-AFTRA 49