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SAG Awards top prize goes to Vatican thriller Conclave, best actor for Timothée Chalamet

Vatican thriller Conclave takes top prize at SAG Awards, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldana win again; Shogun takes the top TV award

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Conclave cast members (from left) Sergio Castellitto, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, and Ralph Fiennes with the Screen Actors Guild awards for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, the equivalent of best picture. Photo: EPA-EFE

Vatican thriller Conclave won the top prize at an unpredictable Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards gala, throwing a potential late curveball into the Oscars race just a week before the Academy Awards.

The movie about the mysterious, behind-closed-doors selection process for choosing a new pope won the prize for best cast – the SAG equivalent of best picture – for a stellar ensemble including Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini.

Collecting the award, Fiennes said the win was a celebration of community and “the supreme importance of it in our work and in the world”.

Rossellini earlier wished “a quick recovery” to Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 10 days with respiratory issues and remains in critical condition.
Having also won big at Britain’s recent Bafta awards, Conclave now appears a strong, late-breaking contender for the best picture Oscar, alongside critical darlings such as Anora.
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