TV Article 'The Help' leads SAG Award nominees By Dave Karger Dave Karger Senior Writer EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 14, 2011 02:23PM EST The Screen Actors Guild Awards have announced their nominees, with The Help leading the pack with four nominations. The Artist also fared very well, while Hugo, Harry Potter, War Horse, and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close received no recognition. Here are their lists: BEST ENSEMBLE CAST The Artist Bridesmaids The Descendants The Help Midnight in Paris Left out: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hugo, War Horse, and The Ides of March. As I mentioned yesterday, no film has won Best Picture without a SAG nomination in 15 years, which isn’t a great sign for Hugo, which has been surging lately. BEST ACTOR Demián Bichir, A Better Life George Clooney, The Descendants Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Jean Dujardin, The Artist Brad Pitt, Moneyball Left out: Michael Fassbender, Shame; Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Woody Harrelson, Rampart. The pleasant surprise here is Bichir from this summer’s little-seen but fantastic immigration drama A Better Life. Maybe this nomination will lead more Academy members to watch the thing. Darker films like Shame and Rampart were skunked. BEST ACTRESS Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Left out: Charlize Theron, Young Adult; Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene. Glenn Close needed this nomination to stay in the race, and she got it. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Armie Hammer, J. Edgar Jonah Hill, Moneyball Nick Nolte, Warrior Christopher Plummer, Beginners Left out: Albert Brooks, Drive; Patton Oswalt, Young Adult; Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. For the first time, Albert Brooks vulnerability is beginning to show. After winning the most critics prizes so far, he failed to connect with SAG voters. This race remains the toughest to call. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The Help Left out: Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus; Shailene Woodley, The Descendants; Carey Mulligan, Shame. The most glaring omission here is Woodley, who could still score an Academy nod. But at whose expense? At this point, Bejo, McCarthy, and Spencer seem like the sure things for inclusion next month. Dave on Twitter: @davekarger Read more: Oscar predictions: Can ‘Hugo’ beat ‘The Artist’?