Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack Join SAG President Alan Rosenberg To Announce Nominees for the 15TH Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R)

Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack Join SAG President Alan Rosenberg To Announce Nominees for the 15TH Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R)

    WHAT:       Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack join SAG President Alan               Rosenberg to announce nominees for the 15TH ANNUAL SCREEN               ACTORS GUILD AWARDS(R)                SAG Awards(R) Committee Members JoBeth Williams and Daryl               Anderson announce nominations for the SAG Honors for Film and               Television Stunt Ensembles                MEDIA ADMISSION BY PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED CREDENTIALS ONLY    WHEN:       The SAG Awards nominations in five film and eight television               categories will be revealed at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET on               Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, in the SilverScreen Theater at the               Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.  The nominations               announcement will be telecast live on TNT and webcast live on               TNT.TV and TBS.COM.  The nominations announcement will air for               approximately 6-10 minutes.  Live feeds will also be available               via satellite at the coordinates below at 6:00 a.m. PT /               9:00 a.m. ET and will be available for approximately 15               minutes.                The SAG stunt honors nominations will be announced at 5:50 AM               SHARP and streamed live on TNT.TV and TBS.COM     SATELLITE COORDINATES:               Date               Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008               Satellite          Galaxy 18  Transponder 23K Lower               Orbital Location   123 deg West               SD Audio           Ch. 1 - Program Mix/Ch 2 - International               D/L Frequency      12151 MHz (V)               L/B Frequency      1401               Compression        Tiernan 4:2:2               FEC Rate           3/4               Data Rate          18 Mb/s               Symbol Rate        13.02128  Ms/s    WHO:               -- Angela Bassett joined the cast of NBC's "ER" this fall as               tough new ER head Dr. Cate Banfield. December 19 brings the               premiere of her latest film, Rod Lurie's political thriller               "Nothing But the Truth," with Bassett starring opposite Alan               Alda and Kate Beckinsale. Also upcoming is her portrayal of               Voletta Wallace, mother of slain rapper Christopher "Notorious               B.I.G." Wallace in "Notorious," due out January 2009, and a               starring role opposite Danny Glover in Giancarlo Esposito's               directorial debut, "Gospel Hill."   An Academy Award(R)               nominee for her portrayal of Tina Turner in "What's Love Got               to Do With It," Bassett received a SAG Award nomination in               2002 for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a               Television Movie or Miniseries for the title role of Louisiana               juke joint owner Ruby Delacroix in "Ruby's Bucket of Blood."                -- Eric McCormack's comic portrayal of title character Will               Truman in NBC's long-running "Will & Grace" earned him an               Emmy(R) and five Golden Globe(R) nominations. Along with his               fellow "Will & Grace" cast members, McCormack was honored with               an Actor and four nominations for Outstanding Performance by               an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. McCormack next stars in the               new TNT drama "Trust Me" as a responsible art director and               family man partnered in a high-pressure Chicago ad agency with               an impulsive copywriter played by Tom Cavanagh.                -- Alan Rosenberg, Screen Actors Guild President               -- JoBeth Williams, SAG Awards Committee               -- Daryl Anderson, SAG Awards Committee Vice Chair     WHAT ELSE:  Secret ballots bearing the names of potential nominees for               outstanding performances during 2008, in eight television and               five motion picture SAG Awards categories and for the film and               television stunt ensemble honors were mailed on Nov. 26, 2008               to the film and television nominating panels, each comprised               of 2100 randomly-selected SAG members from across the United               States. The ballots will be returned by Dec. 16, 2008,               directly to Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards' official               elections teller.                The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R), the only               industry accolades devoted solely to actors honoring actors,               will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25,               2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT, from the Shrine               Exposition Center in Los Angeles.    NOTE:       A .pdf of the preliminary press kit for the 15th Annual Screen               Actors Guild Awards(R) is available at               http://www.sagawards.org/press-kit.     CONTACTS:   Eileen Quast TNT/TBS Los Angeles  310-788-6797  eileen.quast@turner.com   Susan Ievoli TNT/TBS New York     212-275-8016  susan.ievoli@turner.com   Heather Sautter TNT/TBS Atlanta   404-885-0746  heather.sautter@turner.com   Rosalind Jarrett Screen    Actors Guild Awards(R)           310-235-1030  publicity@jmprod.net  

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