The annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards is one of the biggest nights of the awards season - especially when it comes to predicting who will take home Oscar gold for their performances over the past year.
Up until now, for the most part, the acting winners have been relatively predictable, some might say. But I can now speak with confidence and say that things just got a whole lot messier.
One thing that must be mentioned is that the Guild's found their favourite through the form of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The film picked up four acting awards on the night: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and the biggest award of the night, Best Ensemble cast.
In the past, the Best Ensemble cast award has been compared to the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards, and has been known to have an effect on the outcome at the Oscars.
Last years, Coda came through as the underdog to take home the Best Cast in a Motion Picture award, up against the likes of Belfast, Don't Look Up, House of Gucci and King Richard. And we all know what happened at the Academy Awards just a few weeks after this happened.
Last night's ceremony can do absolutely no harm to EEAAO's campaign for the Best Picture award, and certainly pushes its nose even further past its opponents, as a front runner.
One of the bigger shocks of the night was when Michelle Yeoh took home the Best Actress in a Leading Role Award for her work in this film. All season long, we have seen Cate Blanchett give acceptance speech after acceptance speech for her work in the movie "Tar".
But last night she was forced to remain seated and watch as fellow Oscar nominee gave a fairly overwhelming speech that only made viewers think one thing: "Could Yeoh actually pull off the unthinkable?"
"I think if I speak, my heart will explode. SAG-AFTRA, to get this from you, who understand what it is to get here, every one of you know the journey, the roller coaster ride, the ups and downs, but, most important, we never give up." - Michelle Yeoh
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