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Jan 23, 2008 12:57 pm US/Pacific
Tom Cruise Ups Star Power At SAG Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Tom Cruise, a three-time Oscar and SAG Awards nominee, will help hand out the coveted Actor trophies at the Shrine Auditorium. (File)
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Tom Cruise is set to be a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild
Awards ceremony Sunday, joining a roster of A-listers appearing on the
show.
Cruise, a three-time Oscar and SAG Awards nominee, will help hand
out the coveted Actor trophies at the Shrine Auditorium. Cruise
appeared as a presenter at the Academy Awards in 2007 but has never
performed those duties at the SAG Awards.
The 45-year-old actor and movie mogul made news this month as the
subject of an "unauthorized biography" and a four-year-old video that
surfaced on the Internet in which he extols the virtues of Scientology.
Previously announced SAG Awards presenters include Steve Carell,
Russell Crowe, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker and
John Travolta.
The show is shaping up to be one of the most star-studded events of
Hollywood's awards season, since the Writers Guild of America strike
forced cancellation or scaling-down of other kudos ceremonies,
including the Golden Globe Awards.
The SAG Awards will recognize performances in five film and eight
television categories. Winners, chosen by nearly 100,000 members of the
actors' union, often become front-runners for the Academy Awards.
Tom Cruise is set to be a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild
Awards ceremony Sunday, joining a roster of A-listers appearing on the
show.
Cruise, a three-time Oscar and SAG Awards nominee, will help hand
out the coveted Actor trophies at the Shrine Auditorium. Cruise
appeared as a presenter at the Academy Awards in 2007 but has never
performed those duties at the SAG Awards.
The 45-year-old actor and movie mogul made news this month as the
subject of an "unauthorized biography" and a four-year-old video that
surfaced on the Internet in which he extols the virtues of Scientology.
Previously announced SAG Awards presenters include Steve Carell,
Russell Crowe, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker and
John Travolta.
The show is shaping up to be one of the most star-studded events of
Hollywood's awards season, since the Writers Guild of America strike
forced cancellation or scaling-down of other kudos ceremonies,
including the Golden Globe Awards.
The SAG Awards will recognize performances in five film and eight
television categories. Winners, chosen by nearly 100,000 members of the
actors' union, often become front-runners for the Academy Awards.
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