Here's a roundup of what our forum posters say about the Screen Actors Guild Awards show. To see more, CLICK HERE!

KAMS: "I loved (Abigail Breslin's) interview on the red carpet. She had cookies on her purse. How adorable is she?"

RichT315: "Watching Forest Whitaker give an acceptance speech is like watching Melanie Griffith try to act . . . too painful for words."

ETHELCHARLES: "I loath when they thank God for the award. He doesn't care!"

PaulHan: "And the winner is 'General Hospital' — oops, 'Grey's Anatomy'!"

Seanflynn: "Judi Dench on stage in London, Penelope Cruz was in Madrid where she won a Goya last night, Meryl Streep with Al Gore doing a dedication, not sure about Winslet."

Emmyfan: "Did anyone notice the look on James Gandolfini's face when we lost to Hugh Laurie?"

AwardMadness101: "It's funny how Hugh Laurie gets all the love everywhere else yet the Emmys couldn't even honor him with a nomination."

Michael W Anderson: "I noticed that Thomas Jane was peeved Patricia Arquette did not win, she was kissing him and trying to talk to him to shush him . . . it was hysterical."

Dannyboy: "Boring"

NateDoggg: "Chandra Wilson's win — the best speech (by covering "this nose, this skin, this height, these arms" she single-handedly had the guts to address all actors' insecurities in front of her peers), the biggest surprise (she's never won any award before), and the most genuine emotion."

PaulHan: "Poor Kate Winslet; always getting the whoopee cushion whenever she's nominated for a big-time acting award. Short of the Oscars declaring Chapter 11, none of the other nominees even need to show up."

EternalSunshinegirl: "Leo was robbed!"

MicheBel: "Leonardo, class act that he is, was one of the first on his feet when Whitaker's name was announced."

IrisPuffybush: "Was Patrick Dempsey crying after the Julie Andrews tribute?"

tornall863: "These are going to be the most boring Oscars EVER. Every acting category is telegraphed."

Now that SAG is over with, here's where I think we stand, Oscarwise. I'm giving it to you in a little movie I made when I got home after the show.

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(LA Times video by Tom O'Neil)

Here's the perspective of SAG's backstage press area from The Envelope's official position. That's Forest Whitaker at the mike up on the platform chatting with us — spied through the scattering of laptops owned by journos like me who must file instant reports. We sit in the back at tables. Up front are lots of chairs where other journos sit who write on small notepads and don't need computers. Along the right and left sides of the press room are monitors that show us what's happening out on stage. At most award shows, you can trade in your driver's license to get a headset that enables you to listen to the TV show if you're not interested in hearing the winners drone on. Often the most frustrating thing about covering award shows backstage is that you miss what's happening out on stage. That's certainly a toughie here where headsets aren't offered.

All four Oscar frontrunners breezed through SAG tonight: Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson. After Forest and Helen snagged all of the early critics' awards — and I mean ALL — they sure look unstoppable now heading toward Feb. 25, eh? Ditto for Eddie and Jennifer, who nabbed Globes, too.

I'm not ready to put money on those predix yet, not before talking to lots of actual Oscar voters, who can be a stubborn lot. But prospects are sure starting to dim for alternates.

Does Eddie Murphy live on his own planet? Backstage at SAG, he told us tonight that he hasn't talked to "Dreamgirls" costars about the Oscar snub for the best-pic prize, but still he claims to speak for them, insisting that they were "caught a little off guard," but not too shocked or upset. How does he know if he hasn't spoken to them about it?

Apparently, all he cares about is his own good fortune.

"I was so happy to be nominated that I wasn't thinking about the nominations we didn't get," he admits.

(LA Times photo by Tom O'Neil)

It's such a colorful SAG show! Chandra Wilson just became the first African-American to win a SAG award for a solo performance on a TV series ("Grey's Anatomy"). That, plus Eddie Murphy's victory and the win by Latino America Ferrera — this is a racially diverse kudos night!

"It's a disgrace!" fumed Helen Mirren backstage to reporters about "Elizabeth" not being recognized by BAFTA. Moments after she won a SAG for her role in the HBO telefilm as Britain's Queen Elizabeth I, she went into a royal tirade. "It wasn't even nominated by BAFTA! I don't know why. Considering the great work put in by the cast and crew of a great production, I think that's shameful!"

The television movies that were nominated by BAFTA last year were "Much Ado About Nothing", a modern retelling of the Shakespeare comedy set in a TV news station; "The Queen's Sister", a saucy biopic of sassy Princess Margaret; "Red Dust", a look at post apartheid South Africa starring Hilary Swank and directed by Tom Hooper who helmed both "Elizabeth I" and "Prime Suspect 6"; and the winner, "The Government Inspector", a gripping look at the mysterious death of a British UN weapons inspector. The actor and actress categories at BAFTA are extraordinarily competitive with only four nominees taken from movie, mini-series, and series performances. Mark Rylance of "The Government Inspector" and Anne Maxwell Martin of "Bleak House" were the winners.

When asked if she'd like to win an Oscar, Mirren replied, "I would never answer that question! If you'd have asked me that 10 years ago, I would've said 'yes,' but not now . . . ." She admits to being flabbergasted about her unbeaten winning streak so far "in your wonderful country . . . but not in Britain." Mirren is nominated for best actress for "The Queen" at the upcoming BAFTAS (against the same lineup as at the Oscars) and she won BAFTAS for each of the first three "Prime Suspect" television movies and was nominated for the next three (the 7th and final film aired in 2006 and will be eligible for the BAFTA TV prizes in May).

With one exception every SAG winner so far tonight won at the Globes, too! — Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Murphy! If you equate SAG's award for comedy ensemble prize to the Globe for best comedy series, the disagreement was between "The Office" (SAG) and "Ugly Betty" (Globes).

Many Oscarologists believe that SAG's ensemble award is an omen of Oscar's best-pic winner. But is it really? Past recipients: "The Birdcage," "The Full Monty," "Shakespeare In Love," "American Beauty," "Traffic," "Gosford Park," "Chicago," Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," "Sideways," "Crash."

Sure, the frontrunners to win the SAG film awards are Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren and Jennifer Hudson (a bit of mystery surrounds the supporting-actor race). But pay attention to how DVD campaign screeners may impact tonight's SAG results. Last year, after "Crash" was shut out of the best-pic race at the Golden Globes, Lionsgate took the bold move to send DVDs — at the cost of $5 a pop — to all 110,000 members of SAG. Then "Crash" won the ensemble award — a kudo that often foreshadows the best-pic prize at the Oscars and "Crash" was on its way to pull off one of the biggest upsets in academy history.

This year "Venus," "The Departed" and "Little Miss Sunshine" sent screeners to the guild's full membership. I hear that the "Venus" DVDs arrived a bit late. Their impact may not be so strong, but, if Peter O'Toole wins his first big award of kudos season tonight, it's likely that those screeners played a role.

Believing in the impact and importance of screeners in these races, I'm betting that O'Toole prevails, plus Leo DiCaprio for supporting and "Little Miss Sunshine" for ensemble. Am I nuts?