Tom Cruise is set to be a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild
Awards ceremony Sunday, joining a roster of A-listers appearing on
the show.
Cruise, a three-time Oscar and SAG Awards nominee, will help
hand out the coveted Actor trophies at the Shrine Auditorium.
Cruise appeared as a presenter at the Academy Awards in 2007 but
has never performed those duties at the SAG Awards.
The 45-year-old actor and movie mogul made news this month as
the subject of an "unauthorized biography" and a four-year-old
video that surfaced on the Internet.
Previously announced SAG Awards presenters include Steve Carell,
Russell Crowe, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker
and John Travolta.
The show is shaping up to be one of the most star-studded events
of Hollywood's awards season, since the Writers Guild of America
strike forced cancellation or scaling-down of other kudos
ceremonies, including the Golden Globe Awards.
The SAG Awards will recognize performances in five film and
eight television categories. Winners, chosen by nearly 100,000
members of the actors' union, often become front-runners for the
Academy Awards.
(China Daily/Agencies January 24, 2008)