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The Screen Actors Guild Awards are now called the Actor Awards.
This show is commonly known as sag awards will become the actor award officially presented by SAG-AFTRA In its next incarnation on March 1, when Netflix The ceremony will be streamed as it has been since 2023.
The move was announced Friday by the board of SAG-AFTRA, which presents the awards and represents American film and television actors, among others.
The SAG Awards were created in 1995 to annually recognize performances in films and primetime TV. They have increasingly become a major part Hollywood’s awards season, partly because all of its nominees and winners tend to be famous faces. It usually comes just before the Academy Awards and is considered important. oscar Bellwether.
SAG-AFTRA explained the change on its website:
“Since the show began 30 years ago, our iconic statue has always been called The Actor, and evolving the show’s name to align with the awards only made sense. We wanted to provide a clear identity of what the show is about for our domestic and global audiences – we honor actors in film and television.”
The organization said the change has been discussed for some time, but no more specific information has been provided.