Little Miss Screen Actor's Guild Nomination

January 04, 2007

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The ensemble drama Babel, the musical Dreamgirls and the road-trip tale Little Miss Sunshine each earned three nominations Thursday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, while Leonardo DiCaprio and Helen Mirren both had two nominations.

But all we really care about is that Little Miss Genius, Abigail Breslin, the youngster at the heart of "LMS".

The guild picks are one of the last major announcements in Hollywood awards season before Academy Awards nominations come out Jan. 23. The Oscars will be presented Feb. 25.

And because SAG is so Los Angeles-centric. And so is "The Academy", SAG nominees have become synonymous with Oscar nominations.

Actors guild winners often go on to win Oscars, including three SAG winners from last year: lead performers Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote and Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line, and supporting actress Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener.

Last year's winner for the guild's prize for the overall acting ensemble, Crash, also went on to the win the best-picture Oscar.

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