American Beauty Snags SAGS

American Beauty was the clear front-runner at the Screen Actor Guild Awards, with a total of three top nominations. The nominations are particularly good news for the black comedy, since the SAGS are widely regarded as the best indicator for the Oscars, next to the Golden Globes. The film is tipped along with **Being John Malkovich, Magnolia, Cider House Rules **and The Green Mile for Best Cast. 'Beauty's Kevin Spacey was shortlisted for Best Actor along with Jim Carrey for Man on the Moon, Russell Crowe for The Insider, Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Flawless and Denzel Washington for The Hurricane. Annette Bening - again for American Beauty - recieved a Best Actress nomination alongside Janet McTeer for Tumbleweeds, Meryl Streep for Music of My Heart, Julianne Moore for End of the Affair and Hillary Swank for Boy's Don't Cry. Best Supporting Actors included Tom Cruise for Magnolia, Michael Caine for Cider House Rules, Haley Joel Osment for The Sixth Sense and Michael Clarke Duncan for The Green Mile. Best Supporting Actresses were **Cameron Diaz **and **Catherine Keener **for Being John Malkovich, **Angelina Jolie **for Girl, Interrupted and Julianne Moore for Magnolia. In the TV categories, The Sopranos, Ally McBeal, and Friends have all been singled out in the nominations.