LOS ANGELES - Film and TV A-listers walked the red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild's prize gala, as "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" go head-to-head in the last major awards ceremony before the Oscars.
The top honour at the newly rebranded Actor Awards recognises the ensemble cast of a film -- a decision that sometimes, but not always, presages Oscars best picture glory.
"One Battle After Another," Paul Thomas Anderson's political thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a pot-addled former revolutionary forced back into the game when his teenage daughter goes missing, leads the pack with seven nominations.
Not far behind is Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," a vampire fable about America's difficult racial history, with five nominations.
For industry insiders, "Sinners" may have the upper hand with SAG-AFTRA, which represents more than 160,000 members -- but that may not hold true in two weeks for the Academy Awards.
The ceremony comes as voting proceeds for the Oscars, with Sunday's winners expected to gain some momentum in the march to the March 15 finale to Hollywood's awards season.
In the film actor categories, Feinberg said Timothee Chalamet is a clear frontrunner for best male actor for his portrayal of an obsessive 1950s table tennis star in "Marty Supreme."
Chalamet faces competition from DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan for his twin lead role in "Sinners," Ethan Hawke for his portrayal of a washed-up lyricist in "Blue Moon" and Jesse Plemons, who plays a likeable conspiracy theorist in "Bugonia."
For best female actor, all bets are on Jessie Buckley, who plays the grief-stricken wife of William Shakespeare mourning their son in "Hamnet." She has so far swept this awards season.
Others in the category are Rose Byrne ("If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You"), Kate Hudson ("Song Sung Blue") Chase Infiniti as DiCaprio's daughter in "One Battle After Another" and Emma Stone for "Bugonia."