*** Benigni, Paltrow win SAG awards LOS ANGELES (AP) - An exuberant Roberto Benigni captured a lead actor prize for "Life is Beautiful" and Gwyneth Paltrow took home an actress award that she dedicated to her mother at the Screen Actors Guild awards Sunday night. Robert Duvall and Kathy Bates also received honors. Benigni's award was the biggest surprise of the night and suggested the best actor Oscar later this month is a toss-up. Bates, the politically savvy campaign troubleshooter in "Primary Colors," and Duvall, the tough, baseball-loving corporate attorney in "A Civil Action," won best supporting actor awards. Christopher Reeve won for actor in a TV movie or miniseries for "Rear Window." Angelina Jolie got the actress award for movie or miniseries for "Gia." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558713600-e08 *** Also: List of SAG award winners, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558713424-d02 *** Spielberg wins award from Directors Guild LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steven Spielberg won the Directors Guild of America's award Saturday for "Saving Private Ryan," making him and the epic World War II film strong favorites for Academy Awards. In voting by the union for filmmakers, Spielberg defeated Roberto Benigni of "Life is Beautiful," John Madden of "Shakespeare in Love," Terrence Malick of "The Thin Red Line" and Peter Weir of "The Truman Show." "I am so happy. I'm like so - " Spielberg said, interrupting himself as he dropped the plaque onto the podium with a clunk. Back stage, Spielberg joked, "I can't believe I dropped it." He dedicated the award to his father, Arnold Spielberg, and his father's World War II generation. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558707727-7f5 ______________________________ gloria monti director of undergraduate studies film studies program, yale university 53 wall st., #116, new haven, CT 06510 voice mail: 203-432-0152 fax: 203-776-1928 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html "Growing old is a crime." *Ultimo Tango a Parigi* ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.