And the Nominees Are...SAG Edition

Sometimes when the Academy gets it wrong the Actors get it right.  The Sreen Actors Guild 2015 nominations were announced today and for once an award show has a good, well rounded group of nominees.

"Birdman", staring Michael Keaton, led with four nominations including Lead Actor for Keaton, Supporting Actor for Edward Norton, Supporting Actress for Emma Stone, and a nomination for ensemble.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon both recieved Lead Actress nominations for "Cake" and "Wild", respectively. 

Meryl Streep and Edie Falco were both nominated once again. Streep was nominated for her 16th SAG award for playing The Witch in "Into the Woods", which hits theaters Christmas Day.  She previously won for Doubt. Falco recieved her 21st nomination for "Nurse Jackie".  She has won five SAG Awards.

In the television category "Modern Family" led with four nominations including Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Julie Bowen, Male Actor for Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet, and ensemble.

"How to Get Away With Murder" star Viola Davis recieved a nomination for Female Actor in a Drama Series along side Tatiana Maslany for "Orphan Black", Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey", Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife", Claire Danes for "Homeland", and Robin Wright for "House of Cards".

The casts of "Boardwalk Empire", "Downton Abbey", "Game of Thrones", "Homeland", and "House of Cards" were nominated for Drama Ensemble.

The casts of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", "The Big Bang Theory", "Modern Family", "Orange is the New Black" and "Veep" were nominated for Comedy Ensemble.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held on January 25, 2015.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Just Shook Things Up!

SPOILERS BELOW!! 

Comic books fans around the world can only think one thing today: Quake! In the mid-season finale of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. people lived, people died, and people evolved. This episode, titled 'What They Become', was set up beautifully last week and once again changes the game for the show.

While Agent May's flying was badass as usual the big story here is Skye. She finally meets her dad and he introduces himself as Cal. As is Calvin Zobo also known as Marvel supervillan Mister Hyde! Later in the episode it is reveaed that Skye's actual name is Daisy. Why is that relevant? More on that later. 

Now if you can recall, in the last episode Ward had kidnapped Skye. Well she shot him. I'm pretty sure she emptied her entire clip in him and he's still not dead. Which is good cause I still ship them. He got away with Agent 33 aka Fake May. We'll have to wait to see what happens with those two.

Crazy Raina (as I call her) has now taken the diviner down into the tunnels, which is actually what the team was trying to avoid. Skye goes down into the tunnels to stop her while Tripp goes to stop the explosives that he, along with FitzSimmons, just planted. By the time they reach Raina it's too late the Diviner has already placed itself on the alter and seals Raina, Skye, and at the last minute,Tripp inside. It opens up to reveal a crystal which emits a mist that begins to turn the three into stone. The same stone that happens when people touched it earlier this season. 

Now here's the OMG moment of the night. Raina's statue starts to break apart...AND SHE'S ALIVE. Then Skye's starts to break up and she's also alive. THEY'RE BOTH INHUMANS. Fan theories have been right all along. Tripp, however, is not and when he crumbles he dies. 

This is where it starts to get into the HOLY CRAP stage. Skye sees her friend die and things start to shake...literally. Remember when I said Skye's real name is Daisy? That makes her Daisy Johnson aka the superhero and future Avenger Quake!!! Also this was the hair moment of all hair moments for Chloe Bennett. 

In the comics Quake has level 10 S.H.I.E.L.D. clearance. The only other agents to have that are Natasha Romanov (Black Widow) and Nick Fury himself. 

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is changing in a big way. They also revealed that there is more than one diviner. We're going to have to wait until March to find out what happens next but until that we'll have Marvel's Agent Carter (January 6th) to hold us over.