Karger tries to make sense of the SAGs
Entertainmnt Weekly's Dave Karger has a typically thoughtful piece up surmising the potential effect of Sunday's SAG Awards on the upcoming Oscar ceremony. Here's a peek:As the only SAG nominee to snag a Best Picture Oscar nod, No Country for Old Men was certainly the movie to beat for the night's ultimate prize. That one of the bigger hits in the category (Hairspray, American Gangster) wasn't able to upset it only strengthens its Oscar chances....
...After Gone Baby Gone's Amy Ryan won the Critics' Choice Award and I'm Not There's Cate Blanchett picked up the Golden Globe, 83-year-old Ruby Dee scored a SAG win with her minutes-long performance in American Gangster. SAG voters might have been going for the career-achievement thing with this one, so Dee isn't necessarily the Oscar front-runner now. But it's the most even major race this year.
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Red Carpet District is Variety contributor Kristopher Tapley's attempt at making sense of the ever-expanding glut of film awards coverage. He's been on the beat for six years. Email 
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