SAG Awards Auction

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation provides a meaningful way for SAG members to contribute to the literacy of children in their communities through BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and its online component, Storyline. They also have a childrens writing contest called Love Equals. SAG Foundation programs provide emergency relief to members in economic distress, video and audio preservation of the creative legacy of SAG members, scholarships for performers and their children and emergency funds for members with catastrophic illnesses. (For details, visit www.sagfoundation.org and www.bookpals.net.)

For the first time, one lucky bidder will gain the chance to attend the SAG Awards and see the stars from inside the Shrine Exposition Center showroom as well as attend the exclusive post-Awards Gala, hosted by PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Other items up for bid include sets of two and four bleacher seats to the SAG Awards’ red carpet, a VIP backstage tour of the awards venue. Also offered in the auction’s first week are a 75th Anniversary SAG Poster and 13th Annual SAG Awards™ hats, programs and press kits.

VIP Winners on the Red Carpet

Backstage Tour 2008

2008 People/EIF Gala

In succeeding weeks, the benefit auction will offer great items from the hot, up-to-the minute entertainment news outlets, including a set visit to Entertainment Tonight at Paramount Studio and a set visit and autographed gift collection from Extra, During the SAG Awards, The Insider will be taking pictures of the Actor® recipients who visit their one-on-one interview room and offering autographed copies of those photos for bid. TV Guide Network will be donating autographed wardrobe worn by their red carpet co-host Lisa Rinna. E! News will also be donating to the auction. Other items up for bid will be 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards hats, press kits, posters, tote bags and photos of The Actor® in the same SAG Awards-logoed Silver Gallery frames presented backstage to SAG honorees with a photo of their moment of triumph.

 

Set Visit to ET

TV Guide Network's Lisa Rinna Autographed Shoes

Extra Goodies & Set Visit

LA Times Subscription

Set Visit to E! News

For the final week beginning Jan. 24, the SAG Awards auction will offer unique collectibles from this year’s nominated casts and ensembles. Best sellers in the past included a Sopranos and Boston Legal signed tote bag, an outfit worn by Beyonce in Dreamgirls, a Babel coffee table book, a Desperate Housewives set visit, wardrobe from Lost and a signed script from The Office. The online bidding will close January 31.

Boston Legal Memorabilia

Sopranos Memorabilia

Entourage Memorabilia

 

3:10 To Yuma Autographed Poster

Into the Wild Survival Kit

Recipients of the “14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” will be announced at ceremonies on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, simulcast from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT.

The “14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” are produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild. Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and Kathy Connell is the producer. Yale Summers, Daryl Anderson, Shelley Fabares, Paul Napier and JoBeth Williams are producers for SAG. Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Benn Fleishman is executive in charge of production.

Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents nearly 120,000 actors who work in motion pictures, television, commercials, industrials, video games, Internet and all new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. More information is available online at www.sag.org.

TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television’s top-rated comedy network. It serves as home to such original comedy series as “My Boys,” “The Bill Engvall Show,” Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne,” “10 Items or Less” and “Frank TV”; hot contemporary comedies like “The Office,” “Sex and the City,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Family Guy,” “King of Queens,” “Seinfeld” and “Friends,” with “My Name Is Earl” joining the line-up in 2008; specials and special events, such as “Funniest Commercials of the Year” and The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.

Turner Network Television (TNT), television’s destination for drama and one of cable’s top-rated networks, offers original movies and series, including the acclaimed and highly popular detective drama “The Closer,” starring Golden Globe‚ winner and Emmy® and Screen Actors Guild Awards‚ nominee Kyra Sedgwick, and “Saving Grace,” a provocative new drama starring Oscar® winner Holly Hunter. TNT is also home to powerful one-hour dramas, such as “Law & Order,” “Without a Trace,” “Cold Case,” “ER,” “Charmed” and “Judging Amy;” broadcast premiere movies; compelling prime-time specials, such as the “Screen Actors Guild Awards®;” and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR and the NBA. TNT is available in high-definition.