by Antonio Mejías-Rentas
Luis Demetrio
LUCKY THIRTEEN: tino fi lm and TV actors are among nominees for the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Winners will be announced in Los Angeles in a Jan 22 ceremony to be broadcast by TNT and TBS. Among those in contention are double nominees Javier Bardem and América Ferrera.
The Spanish actor, a first time SAG nominee, is being considered in the supporting category for fi lm, for his performance in No Country for Old Men. Earlier this month, Bardem was nominated in a similar category for the Golden Globes.
Bardem’s second nomination is in the outstanding cast category, which he shares with six other actors.
Also a Golden Globe nominee this year, Ferrera is last year’s SAG winner in the Outstanding Actress in a TV Comedy category for her starring role on ABC’s Ugly Betty.
Javier Burden
She is again nominated for the same award and in the cast category that also includes actors Ana Ortiz and Tony Plana.
América Ferrera
All other Latino nominees are included in cast categories. They include three actors in the motion picture American Gangster: Lymari Nadal, John Ortiz and Yul Vásquez.
TV nominees include Gina Ravera and Raymond Cruz for the TNT drama The Closer and Oscar Núñez for the NBC comedy The Office.
The remaining nominees are all from ABC shows: Sara Ramirez inthe drama Grey’sAnafomyand RicardoAntonio Chavira and Eva Longoria Parker for the comedy Desperate Housewives.
ONE LINER: Songwriter Luis Demetrio, who created some of the most romantic boleros of his period, died Dec.8 in Mexico City at age 76. His La puerta, La copa de vino and Si Dios me quita la vida, were recorded by the genre’s best performers, such as Lucho Gatica, Pedro Vargas and Virginia López.
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