The King’s Speech tops at the SAG awards

“The King’s Speech” won top prizes over the weekend from Hollywood actors and directors, securing its standing as the film to beat at the February 27 Oscars, whose winners mostly look like foregone conclusions.
Front-runners coasted to victory at lastnight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards — lead performers Colin Firth as Queen Elizabeth II’s stuttering dad in “The King’s Speech” and Natalie Portman as a ballerina going off her rocker in “Black Swan,” plus supporting players Christian Bale as a boxer on the skids and Melissa Leo as his doting but domineering mother in “The Fighter.”
“The King’s Speech” also won the SAG award for overall acting ensemble. (BBC)