SAG Awards: What you didn't see on TV, from 'Parasite' cheers to Michelle Williams' love - USA TODAY

Carly Mallenbaum USA TODAY

Published 3:31 AM EST Jan 20, 2020

LOS ANGELES – Of all the awards shows, the Screen Actors Guild Awards likely has the highest concentration of stars, considering it's the one show where only actors are nominated, as voted on by other actors.

So that means that at the SAG Awards, all of the tables in the Shrine Auditorium are popular kids’ tables, filled with the likes of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Renee Zellweger. And as popular kids are wont to do, A-listers get up and mingle. But the SAG Awards cameras can’t capture all of that.

Good thing we were there to witness all the best celeb action during commercial breaks and offstage during the show. Here’s what we saw.  

Jennifer Aniston and Cynthia Erivo mingled 

During a commercial break Erivo walked over to Aniston’s table and wound up sitting on the ground beside the “Morning Show” actress. The two clasped hands as the “Harriet” star’s fuchsia gown beautifully spilled down the floor.

During another commercial break, “The Handmaid’s Tale” stars Elisabeth Moss and Samira Wiley stopped by the “Schitt’s Creek” table to chat with Catherine O’Hara. 

And Lupita Nyong’o brought “Black Panther” co-star Danai Gurira over to the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” table to greet Leonardo DiCaprio and Pitt. “Hello, sweetheart!” DiCaprio said warmly as he kissed Nyong’o’s cheek.

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Tom Hanks hammed it up

On Sunday night, Zellweger accepted her trophy from presenter Hanks, who happened to be seated next to her during the show.

When the "Judy" accepted her award, her shiny Cartier cuffs caught the light, just as they had when she was on the carpet. But earlier in the evening, she had taken the bracelets off as Hanks examined them. “You’re weighed down by these all night?!” he asked, flummoxed. 

Hanks was interrupted from his bracelet-analyzing, however, when his “From the Earth to the Moon” co-star, Cary Elwes, came over to say hi. “Cary!” Hanks exclaimed, jumping up for a hug.

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Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail stayed close

Not only did a pregnant Williams acknowledge her fiancé "Tommy" in her best TV actress acceptance speech, but during commercial breaks she and her "Fosse/Verdon" director Thomas Kail held hands and navigated the ballroom together. Friends including Reese Witherspoon and Sterling K. Brown came over to talk to the happy couple, but Kail's focus never strayed from Williams.

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It wasn't just partners who were chivalrous at the SAG Awards: Harvey Keitel helped his "The Irishman" co-star Anna Paquin with her red train as the two walked backstage. 

Jennifer Lopez received a young fan warmly at her table. "Are you having fun tonight?" she asked the girl.

And on the other side of the room, buddies were being sweet: "Stranger Things" actors Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo and Charlie Heaton were arm in arm. 

Brad Pitt’s jokes killed

When Pitt accepted his best supporting actor honor for "Once Upon a Time," he had plenty of jokes. First, he ripped on his director’s cinematic history of fetishizing feet: “Quentin (Tarantino) has separated more people from their shoes than the TSA,” Pitt said to surprised, if somewhat nervous laughter. 

Then Pitt compared himself to his character, stuntman Cliff Booth. “He gets high, takes his shirt off and doesn’t go on with his life. It’s a big stretch,” he cracked. The room roared.

Earlier in the evening, Pitt told USA TODAY why he was so laid back – and, well, funny – during this award season. "I'm old,” he said. “It's amazing how much more relaxed you get, the older you get.”

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'Parasite' got so much love

Even before the cast of “Parasite” made history winning best film ensemble, it was clear that members of SAG were with them. When the cast of the South Korean thriller first got onstage to simply introduce their movie, they received a standing ovation. 

After that, the cast's mood was appropriately celebratory. The actors raised their champagne glasses at their table.

But they had much more to cheer for when they were announced as the final winners of the night. The room leapt to its feet again. And when the cast left the stage? Yes, everyone rose once more.

The only applause that rivaled that of “Parasite,” in terms of volume, was the reception for Robert De Niro when he accepted his lifetime achievement award.

Joaquin Phoenix ignored the teleprompter

The SAG Awards wound up running more than 10 minutes longer than planned. It’s a problem that producers anticipated, reminding stars to "keep your acceptance speech brief!” during breaks and employing countdown clocks on the teleprompter.

But best film actor winner Phoenix ignored the directives. Instead, he plowed right through his speech, specifically applauding his fellow nominees. By the time the teleprompter counted down from 10 he was on Christian Bale, saying, "you’ve never had a bad performance... Just suck once!” Shortly after that, the prompter blinked with the words, “please wrap up.”

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Harry and Meghan: PM says the country wishes them well for the future - BBC News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the whole country will want to wish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex well for the future as they give up royal duties.

It came as the Queen went to church near Sandringham in her first public appearance since it was announced the couple were giving up their HRH titles.

In her statement yesterday she wished them "a happy and peaceful new life".

But Thomas Markle, Meghan's father, accused them of "cheapening" the Royal Family.

Speaking at a summit in Berlin, Mr Johnson said he had been confident the Royal Family would find a way forward for Prince Harry and Meghan, adding: "I think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future."

The Queen was met by about 100 well-wishers outside St Mary the Virgin Church in Hillington, Norfolk, where she arrived with the Duke of York.

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Announcing the decision over the duke and duchess in a statement on Saturday, she said she was "particularly proud" of how quickly Meghan became one of the family and said she, Harry and Archie would always be "much loved".

The new arrangements, which will begin in the spring, mean the couple will no longer use their HRH titles and will not formally represent the Queen.

HRH, an abbreviation of His/Her Royal Highness, is used as part of the title of some members of the Royal Family.

The duke and duchess will receive no public funds for royal duties and intend to repay £2.4m of taxpayer money used for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage.

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The house in Windsor, for which they will pay rent, will remain their family home as they divide their time between the UK and Canada.

Prince Harry and Meghan said they wanted to "step back" from their role as senior royals after both speaking about the media scrutiny.

The duchess is suing the Mail on Sunday for publishing what she says was a private letter to her father, raising the prospect of him testifying against her in court.

In comments for a forthcoming Channel 5 documentary, Thomas Markle said the Royal Family is "one of the greatest long-living institutions ever" and accused the couple of "destroying it, they are cheapening it, making it shabby".

"Every young girl wants to become a princess and she got that and now she's tossing that away," he said. "It looks like she's tossing that away for money."

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The announcement about the couple's future comes after they held talks with the Queen on Monday.

The Queen said following "many months of conversations and more recent discussions" she was "pleased that together we have found a constructive and supportive way forward for my grandson and his family".

In its statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family."

BBC royal correspondent Daniela Relph told BBC Radio 5 Live: "When they first issued that statement about what they wanted, (on 8 January) they talked about forging this progressive role within the Royal Family, about stepping back from royal duties. This isn't stepping back, it's stepping away entirely."

She said the question that will "hang over them" for the next year is what their commercial life will look like.

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Buckingham Palace said the duke and duchess understood they were required to withdraw from royal duties, including official military appointments.

"While they can no longer formally represent the Queen, the Sussexes have made clear that everything they do will continue to uphold the values of Her Majesty," it said.

The statement added that the pair would continue to maintain their private patronages and associations.

The Rugby League has said it is delighted Prince Harry would continue as its patron. He held the world cup draw at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.

Rhino Conservation Botswana also welcomed his ongoing support.

'Harder to think of a much cleaner break'

They will always be, the Queen writes, "much loved members of my family".

But that's about it. No royal title, no royal duties, no military appointments, no tours, most of their time spent in Canada, no public money.

It is harder to think of a much cleaner break than this. Harry and Meghan are still members of the Royal Family, but they are effectively no longer royal.

The early talk was of a much more mixed life - one where perhaps Harry and Meghan continued with some royal duties, dividing their time equally between the UK and Canada.

But the contradictions and conflicts of interest were too many.

There are still lots of details to thrash out.

And the whole thing will be reviewed after a year.

But a new life awaits Harry and Meghan - celebrities, certainly, but a different kind of royalty.

Some questions about the couple's future status remain unanswered, including what their tax and immigration status will be in the UK and Canada.

It is not yet known whether Meghan still intends to gain British citizenship, which would entail her spending a certain amount of time in the UK.

While the couple intend to divide their time between the UK and Canada, it is expected that they will spend the majority of their time in Canada.

One question that still needs to be resolved is the issue of their security bill when they are in Canada, said David McClure, an expert on royal finances.

"The Canadians are not keen on picking up the tab, so I'm sure there will be quite heated discussions between the Canadian government and the British government as to who pays for it," he said, adding that the Sussexes might come under pressure to contribute to the cost.

Blueprint for the future?

Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair royal correspondent, said Harry and Meghan have won their independence, but the Royal Family has lost their "very magical and unique brand".

Dickie Arbiter, former press secretary to the Queen, said the new arrangement turns a crisis for the Royal Family into a "workable situation".

"It's a win-win situation. It's the best sort of deal that they could have come up with, without totally upsetting the apple cart - although Harry and Meghan made a pretty good job of that with their bombshell announcement," he said.

Meghan and Harry have already begun a transition phase of living in Canada and the UK.

The move was agreed by the Queen, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge.

The duchess is in the Commonwealth country with son Archie, where the Sussexes were there for six weeks over the festive period.

On Tuesday she visited a charity in Vancouver which campaigns for teenage girls living in poverty.

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Harry and Meghan are giving up royal titles and state funding. Here's what that means - CNN

The news comes after a flurry of conversations and crunch talks with the Queen, who said Saturday that she was "pleased" to have found a "constructive and supportive way forward" for the Sussexes.

Earlier this month, in a carefully worded Instagram post and curated new website, Harry and Meghan announced their intention to exit the royal family. In it, they made clear what they wanted: to work to become financially independent, while continuing to support the Queen.

The question is now: did they get what they had hoped for?

Is this the exit the Sussexes had in mind?

The Sussexes had pitched for a hybrid role, where they would be allowed to pursue personal income, but also continue representing the Queen. But it appears they were offered two choices by the Palace -- in or out. They chose out.

So what's the deal with their royal titles?

Meghan received the title Her Royal Highness (HRH) The Duchess of Sussex upon marriage in May 2018. Harry's full title was His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel.

But the couple will no longer use the titles His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family. This is quite unprecedented. After her divorce from Prince Charles, Harry's mother Diana had her "HRH" title taken away, and she was given the courtesy title of "Diana, Princess of Wales."

Similarly, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York was also stripped of her HRH title after her divorce from Prince Andrew.

But the situation for Harry and Meghan is different -- they have chosen, or been asked, not to use these titles because they no longer represent the Queen.

What does it mean for the Sussex brand?

This decision is really about Harry and Meghan's extraction from royal life, but the next question is what will happen to the Sussex Royal brand.

The role, outlined on Harry and Meghan's Sussex Royal website following the couple's first announcement, doesn't currently align with the agreement announced by the Palace on Saturday. That whole new brand of Sussex Royal will probably have to be reworked, and we are waiting to see what that will look like.

When does the new arrangement take effect? How long will it last?

The changes will take effect in the spring, when Harry and Meghan will stop using the titles "HRH." The situation will then be reviewed a year later, but in the meantime Harry can expect a lot of media scrutiny.

So what will they do now?

This latest announcement doesn't mean that the couple will no longer move in Royal circles -- we'll still see them at functions that look a lot like Royal events.

Harry and Meghan are also keeping all of their private causes and patronages -- including Invictus -- and the various patronages they hold separate to their association with the Queen. But the couple will have to find a way of tying this together with bringing in an income.

We will probably see them undertaking commercial work, possibly media work, but we'll have to wait and see who that will be with, or how that will be shaped. We know that the couple haven't signed any commercial deals yet.

Harry and Meghan will have to bring in quite a substantial income to keep up with their current lifestyles -- while the Prince of Wales will be financing them through his private estate, the Duchy of Cornwall, this is expected to be in the low millions and may not be permanent.

What does it mean for other royals?

Harry and Meghan's exit from the royal family is quite unprecedented, and could become a blueprint for other senior members of the family who want out -- for example, William's children, if they felt the same way as Harry as adults.

There are also questions that need to be answered about how Harry's move will affect Charles and William. It remains unclear whether Harry's royal duties will be dispersed between Charles and William, or whether Harry's departure will effectively reduce the amount of work that the royal family is doing.

What was left unsaid in the announcement?

The announcement didn't address what will now happen to the Sussex Royal brand, and it didn't give further details about what the security arrangements will look like for the couple in Canada.

Who is expected to pay for security costs?

In the statement released Saturday, Buckingham Palace said it would not comment on the details of security arrangements.

"There are well established independent processes to determine the need for publicly-funded security," it said.

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau told a Canadian television station Monday that: "...there are still a lot of decisions to be taken by the royal family, by the Sussexes themselves, as to what level of engagement they choose to have and these are things that we are obviously supportive of their reflections, but have responsibilities in that as well."

Trudeau added: "That is part of the reflection that needs to be had and there are discussions going on."

What will their life look like now -- splitting time between North America and UK?

The couple will be spending most of their time in North America.

But they can only spend a certain amount of time in Canada without citizenship -- UK and America citizens can spend up to 6 months in the country as a visitor -- so it remains to be seen how much time the young family will also spend in the United States.

They will still maintain their Frogmore Cottage residence on Windsor Estate, west of London -- but will have to pay rent for it.

They will also return the Sovereign Grant funds they recently spent to renovate the residence -- £2.4 million (about $3 million) of British taxpayers' money -- the palace said in a statement.

Works included the removal of a chimney, re-finishing the roof, new staircases, fireplace installations and a new "floating" wooden floor. Expenses related to fixtures, furnishings and fittings were funded privately by the couple.

CNN's Stephanie Halasz and Jack Guy contributed to this report.

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Meghan's father accuses daughter of 'cheapening' UK's royal family - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, accused his daughter of “cheapening” the British royal family in part of an interview released a day after Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and his wife would no longer be working members of the monarchy.

The palace announced on Saturday that the couple would no longer use their “Royal Highness” titles and would pay their own way in life. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the whole country wished them “the very best” with the new arrangement.

“As I said before ... I was sure that the royal family, which has been around a very long time, will find a way forward,” Johnson told Sky News in Germany, where he was attending a summit on Libya.

The monarchy was thrown into turmoil earlier this month when Harry and his American former actress wife announced that they wanted to reduce their official duties and spend more time in North America.

Saturday’s announcement from the palace followed discussions in recent days between Queen Elizabeth, her family and officials over how this would work in practice for Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38.

Thomas Markle told Channel 5 news in a documentary that he believed Meghan was tossing away “every girl’s dream”.

“It’s disappointing because she actually got every girl’s dream. Every young girl wants to become a princess and she got that and now she’s tossing that away, for, it looks like she’s tossing that away for money,” he said.

The interview was filmed after the couple’s announcement that they would step back as senior members of the royal family. Channel 5 released part of the interview on Sunday and said the full documentary would air “in the coming weeks”.

‘LOST SOULS’

Thomas Markle described the royal family as “one of the greatest long-living institutions ever”, saying that when Meghan married Harry in May 2018 they took an obligation “to be part of the royals and to represent the royals”.

“This is like one of the greatest long-living institutions ever,” he said. “They are destroying it, they are cheapening it, they’re making it shabby ... They are turning it into a Walmart with a crown of it now. It is something that is ridiculous, they shouldn’t be doing this.”

Thomas Markle and his daughter have been estranged since her marriage to Harry.

Earlier this month, the Mail on Sunday newspaper submitted its defense to court action by Meghan over the publication of a private letter she sent to her father.

Thomas Markle said he did not expect Meghan to get in contact.

“I can’t see her reaching out to me, especially now ... or Harry for that matter, but I think both of them are turning into lost souls at this point,” he said.

“I don’t know what they’re looking for. I don’t think they know what they are looking for.”

Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Frances Kerry

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Harry and Meghan: 'Nothing like this has ever happened before' - BBC News

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer receive public funds for royal duties as part of an agreement on their future role.

The couple will also no longer use their HRH titles or represent the Queen formally as they break away from being senior royals.

BBC royal correspondent Daniela Relph explains what happens next for Harry and Meghan.

Read more: Harry and Meghan drop royal duties and HRH titles

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Producers Guild Awards 2020 Winners: List in Full - Hollywood Reporter

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