It’s one of the biggest fashion runways of the awards season: the Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet in Los Angeles was a chance for Hollywood’s leading ladies to shine in the latest couture frocks.<br /><br />The night’s top winner was the cast of American Hustle by David O. Russell.<br /><br />Bradley Cooper accepted the Best Ensemble Cast award on behalf of a line-up that included Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.<br /><br />The 1970’s crime comedy leads the list for the Academy Awards with 10 nods including Best Picture and Best Director.<br /><br />Best Actor went to Matthew McConaughey for his role as a homophobic AIDS activist in “Dallas Buyers Club”. Co-star Jared Leto won Best Supporting Actor for his turn as transsexual side-kick Rayon. Both actors impressed the jury with their extreme weight-loss for the film. <br /><br />Australian Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for her part in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine”. Blanchett is also a top contender for the Oscars.<br /><br />Rising star Lupita Nyong’o won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “12 Years a Slave”, for which she has also won an Oscar nomination.<br /><br />“My dad, I called him, he was the first person I called when I got this role. And I said to him, ‘Do you know Brad Pitt? I’m going to be in a movie with him,‘ and he said ‘I don’t know him personally, but I’m glad you got a job.‘ So am I, so am I. Thank you,” said the Kenyan actress and film director. <br /><br />The SAG Awards are seen as a reliable barometer of future Oscar success. The Academy Awards will be announced on 2 March.
