Wicked tops nominations for awards ceremony seen as Oscars indicator
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Wicked leads the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, with five nods including recognition for pop singer Ariana Grande and British stars Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey. Other stars from the UK in the running for awards include Ralph Fiennes, for his portrayal of a conflicted priest overseeing a papal election in Conclave, and Daniel Craig, who stars in the romance Queer - in which he plays an American living in 1950s Mexico who falls in love with a young student.
The shortlists for the awards were due to be announced at a live ceremony in Los Angeles on Wednesday. However, the event was cancelled and the nominees instead revealed online due to the "wildfires and adverse wind conditions in Los Angeles", a spokesperson said.
Hit musical Wicked, which tells the origin story of The Wizard Of Oz witches Elphaba and Glinda, picked up a Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement on Sunday night. At the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG), it is nominated for best cast performance, alongside A Complete Unknown, Anora, Emilia Perez and Conclave.
Erivo is nominated for best actress alsongside Demi Moore - who won her first Golden Globe on Sunday for her performance in The Substance, a body horror which confronts the harsh reality of ageing in Hollywood. Fellow Golden Globe nominees Karla Sofia Gascon, who stars in Emilia Perez, The Last Showgirl's Pamela Anderson, and Anora newcomer Mikey Madison are also shortlisted.
