The Deep South drama The Help won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, including best actress for Viola Davis, and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer.

The US Deep South drama 'The Help' won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, including best actress for Viola Davis and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer.

Meryl Streep’s portrayal of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been nominated for a prestigious acting award.

'Black Swan' and 'The King's Speech' lead the nomination for this year's 17th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

WHILE Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock’s chances for Academy Award gold were advanced with their trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the blockbuster Avatar may have felt a touch blue.

Jeff Bridges of 'Crazy Heart' and Sandra Bullock of 'The Blind Side' claimed top acting honours today at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, building momentum for possible Oscars glory.

‘Up in the Air’, ‘Precious ...’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and have all received three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAGs).

Pinewood Shepperton reported lower half-year film revenues today despite major productions including Ridley Scott’s new 'Robin Hood' adventure.

Film studios firm Pinewood Shepperton today said it was on track to meet market hopes on annual sales despite first-half revenues running below last year.

America's Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal on movie and prime-time TV show productions, after a year-long battle for better internet compensation.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will resume talks with movie studio bosses next week in a bid to end a dispute over royalty payments.

Robert Redford and Russell Crowe have joined the growing number of actors urging a Hollywood union not to plan an actors strike next year.

Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found themselves unable to agree on whether negotiations will continue.

Sean Penn has joined the acting unions battle in Hollywood, urging his fellow Screen Actors Guild members not to vote for a new deal proposed by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

THE Screen Actors Guild leader has said that strike action is not imminent as their contract with Hollywood studios comes close to running out.

George Clooney has pleaded for two rival Hollywood actors unions to put their bitter differences behind them - urging them to provide a united front for the sake of the industry.

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has joined the calls for America's acting unions to approve a deal with studios to end the threat of an actors' strike this summer.

Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro have taken out newspaper advertisements appealing to leaders of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to start talks with movie studios in a bid to avert a possible strike.

MOVIE stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie triumphed at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, with their lead actor accolades giving them a boost for the Oscars, to be held on February 24.

Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie triumphed with lead actor accolades at the Screen Actors Guild Awards today, giving them a boost for the upcoming Oscars.

Tom Hanks is disappointed by the cancellation of the Golden Globes ceremony - as it is "one of the best bashes" on the Hollywood social calendar.

Organisers of the Oscars insisted the show would go on next month despite the Golden Globe ceremony being cancelled due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.

Hollywood stars like Julia Roberts, Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp look set to boycott next weekend's Golden Globes ceremony to show their support to striking writers.

SHANNON’S Aer Lingus staff have said they are more convinced than ever the company plans to pull out of the mid-west altogether.

A TEACHER, who has for more than 30 years motivated young people to lookafter the elderly in their community, has been selected Kerry Person of the Year 2006 by the Kerry Association in Dublin.

DRAMA Crash pulled off an upset win over previous Oscar-favourite Brokeback Mountain at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Jamie Foxx’s uncanny re-creation of Ray Charles in Ray earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor, while Hilary Swank won the best-actress prize for Million Dollar Baby, playing a spirited boxer whose life takes a tragic turn.

Hollywood star Kirsten Dunst has slammed film-maker Vincent Gallo's cruel remarks about her, after he attacked her for pulling out of his controversial flop film Brown Bunny.

Diminutive actor Peter Dinklage has been nominated as best actor by the Screen Actors Guild for his role in The Station Agent.

Hollywood’s actors unions, hoping to improve wages for less well-known performers, early today reached a tentative deal to avert a crippling walkout for the TV and film industry.

Crunch talks to avert a strike by Hollywood actors are inching towards a final deal after going beyond the wire.

Julia Roberts has won the best-actress honour at the Screen Actors Guild awards for her sharp-tongued, flashily dressed fling in Erin Brockovich.