Screen Actors Guild Awards

Award set: Betty White will receive a life achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 23, six days after celebrating her 88th birthday.

Hollywood hasn't even finished this awards season but it's already casting a glance ahead to 2014, and the calendar may be shifting earlier. The Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, will be Feb. 7 to 23, 2014. On Friday, word came that the Screen Actors Guild Awards - which generally take place the last Sunday in January - will be moving to Jan. 18. "We programmed the SAG Awards on Saturday, Jan. 18 due to the Winter Olympics and NFL schedules, which are contributing to a shortened 2014 award season," said a representative for TNT/TBS, which broadcasts the show.

SAG on TV The 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Jan. 23 from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

Hollywood hasn't even finished this awards season but it's already casting a glance ahead to 2014, and the calendar may be shifting earlier, largely thanks to the Winter Olympics. The Winter Games will be held in Sochi, Russia, from Feb. 7 to 23, 2014. On Friday, word came that the Screen Actors Guild Awards -- which generally take place the last Sunday in January -- will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18 next year because of the Olympics. “We programmed the SAG Awards on Saturday, Jan. 18 due to the Winter Olympics and NFL schedules, which are contributing to a shortened 2014 award season,” said a spokesperson for TNT/TBS, which broadcasts the awards show.

Tables filled with antipasto, bruschetta and the ever-present Moet champagne awaited the arrival of television and film stars at the fifth annual Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this month at the Shrine.

Screen Actors Guild Awards: An article in the Dec. 21 Calendar section about nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards said that since the awards were created, no performer has won an Oscar without at least being nominated for the SAG honor. In fact, Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award as best supporting actress for "Pollock" in 2001 without having received a SAG nomination.

WHAT'S AHEAD JAN. 4-15: The 18th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which will include 256 films from 74 countries. The festival also presents a majority of the films submitted for consideration in the foreign language movie category for the Academy Awards. For a complete list of festival events and screenings go to www.psfilmfest.org. AWARDS DATES JAN. 4: 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations announced. JAN. 9: 33rd annual People's Choice Awards.

Newman tribute: Broadway theaters in New York will dim their lights for one minute at 8 tonight in memory of actor Paul Newman, who died last Friday. Freshman series: Fox has given a full-season pickup to its first-year drama "Fringe." Actor honored: James Earl Jones will be given a life achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 25. More "Panda": DreamWorks Animation SKG has announced plans for a sequel to "Kung Fu Panda," to be released in 2011, with Jack Black returning as the voice of Po, the panda.

You would think nothing could surprise multi-hyphenate Ben Affleck after he'd promoted his CIA thriller "Argo" for the past five months, but the actor-director-producer was clearly stunned Sunday night when the movie nabbed the ensemble prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. As Affleck walked off stage at the Shrine Auditorium, his eyes wouldn't focus, his jaw was slack, he appeared to be gasping for breath. He stood still for a moment, taking it all in, as around him members of his cast pumped their fists in the air, hugged one another and shouted.

The "Downton Abbey" cast took to the red carpet at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Among those present were Amy Nutall, Phyllis Logan, Sophie McShera and Allen Leech. As stunned as cast members are with the show's runaway success in the U.S., they explained Sunday night that what they were most excited for was, well, dinner. "A good dinner! We're all a bit hungry and the food here in the States is amazing!" said an enthusiastic Logan, who plays the matriarchal Mrs. Hughes on the British series.

Anne Hathaway won the SAG Award for female actor in a supporting role Sunday night for playing the doomed grisette Fantine in the Tom Hooper-directed musical "Les Miserables. " The award is Hathaway's first SAG win; she was nominated in 2006 as part of the "Brokeback Mountain" cast and in 2009 for her supporting role in "Rachel Getting Married. " In playing Fantine, the 30-year-old actress followed in the footsteps of her mother, Kate McCauley, who played the role in the stage production's first U.S. tour.

As rows of screaming fans stood behind him on the Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet Sunday, Rainn Wilson kept his cool. "I'm not worried," he said. "They keep them tranquilized. " Wilson did not appear worried either as "The Office," now in its ninth season, quickly approaches its final episodes. "I could not be more excited for these next 10 episodes. We have always succeeded at combining emotional truths and crazy antics -- and that's exactly what we'll do. " SAG 2013 :  Winners   |   Live updates   |  Complete list   |  Red carpet It's this love for crazy antics that has Wilson hoping his character Dwight Schrute's exit from the show involves "a launch into space.

The 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards have arrived, landing nicely after the Golden Globes and before the Oscars to deliver a dose of red-carpet glamour for those in need. And you can watch the red carpet arrivals here in a video live stream starting at 3 p.m. PST (6 p.m. EST)! This event is actors honoring actors, which means the red carpet and the audience are full of - you guessed it - actors. None of those other guilds will get in the way of those fabulous celebs and their terrific gowns (the not-so-terrific ones, too, 'cause that's part of the fun)

Tommy Lee Jones won the SAG Award for male actor in a supporting role Sunday night for playing the outspoken Pennsylvania congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln. " Jones was not in attendance to receive the award, which presenter Nicole Kidman accepted on his behalf. The award marks Jones' second SAG win and first individual award, having shared the ensemble award for 2007's "No Country for Old Men. " He earned lead actor nominations for that film and the 1995 TV movie "The Good Old Boys.

The on-screen talent of television and film will turn out for the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles. For those watching from home, the red carpet begins at 3 p.m. Pacific (6 p.m. Eastern) and the main event will air on TBS and TNT at 5 p.m. Pacific (8 p.m. Eastern). Film and TV stunt ensemble performers will be honored at 3:15 p.m. Pacific (6:15 p.m. Eastern) during the red carpet pre-show webcast on tntdrama.com and tbs.com . There are more than 165,000 members in the recently merged SAG-AFTRA union, but only 2,100 voters get to choose the nominees, who are recognized for their speaking and stunt roles in television and film.

The nominations for the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards are out, with the casts of "Lincoln," "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook" getting four apiece. What to make of it all? Join Times staff writers Glenn Whipp and Steven Zeitchik for a Google+ Hangout right here at 10 a.m. Pacific to discuss the nominations. In addition to "Lincoln," "Les Miz" and "SLP," the casts of "Argo" and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" picked up ensemble nominations Wednesday morning.