Matt McGorry, star of the hit series How to Get Away with Murder and Orange Is the New Black, has been named the social media host for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards®. Through his personal Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts, McGorry will serve as the online face for the awards during the six weeks leading up to the star-studded awards ceremony, which will be simulcast on TNT and TBS Sunday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (PT). He will begin posting Wednesday, Dec. 10, the day this year’s SAG Awards nominations are announced.
As social media host, McGorry will give viewers access to behind-the-scenes moments, including updates on the production, presenters, showroom, set design, seating chart, rehearsals and all that’s happening on the crucial days leading up to the show. He will also be posting from the glamorous red carpet on awards night.
Connect with Matt McGorry
Instagram: @mattmcgorry
Twitter: @MattMcGorry
Facebook: Matt McGorry
About Matt McGorry
Matt McGorry stars as Asher Millstone in the hit ABC series How to Get Away with Murder, produced by Shonda Rhimes and created by Peter Nowalk. He can also be seen playing the post-military newbie corrections officer John Bennett in the Emmy®-winning Netflix original series Orange is the New Black. Other television appearances include TNT’s upcoming drama series Public Morals, the Emmy-nominated crime drama Elementary, The CW’s popular series Gossip Girl, the USA series Royal Pains, CBS’s Emmy-nominated crime drama Person of Interest and Comedy Central’s Onion SportsDome.
McGorry’s background in comedy began during college when he was a member of the well-known sketch group Emerson Comedy Workshop. After graduating in 2008, he went on to appear in CollegeHumor.com videos and years of improv performances after graduating from the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade improv theatre program. McGorry attended LaGuardia High School, the “Fame” school, as a drama major.
Debbie Reynolds to be Honored with 2014 SAG Life Achievement Award
51st Annual Accolade to be Presented During the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 25, 2015
LOS ANGELES – Debbie Reynolds – actor, singer, dancer, author, champion for the preservation of the artifacts of film history and for the understanding and treatment of mental illness – has been named the 51st recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” the union’s highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar®, Emmy® and Tony®-nominated Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT).
About the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
Lauded by critics for its style, simplicity and genuine warmth, the Screen Actors Guild Awards® (SAG Awards®) annually celebrates the outstanding performances in motion pictures and television from the previous calendar year. Of the top industry honors presented to actors, only the SAG Awards are selected entirely by performers’ peers in SAG-AFTRA. The SAG Awards was the first televised awards show to acknowledge the work of union members and the first to present awards to the cast of a motion picture and to television drama and comedy ensembles, reflecting the fundamental principle that acting is a collaborative art.
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC will be produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment. Inc. and will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT). Nominations will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 at 9 a.m. (ET) / 6 a.m. (PT), carried live on TNT, TBS,sagawards.tntdrama.com and tbs.com. For more information about the SAG Awards®, SAG-AFTRA, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about. Photos and graphics for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are available at sagawards.org/media-pr/photos-and-artwork.
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Google+ google.com/+SAGawards
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YouTube: youtube.com/sagawards
Blog: http://blog.sagawards.org
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Hashtag: #sagawards
About TNT
TNT is television’s destination for drama. Seen in 101 million households and ranking among cable’s top networks, TNT is home to such original drama series as Rizzoli & Isles, Major Crimes, Falling Skies, The Last Ship, Murder in the First, Perception, Dallas and Franklin & Bash. TNT’s upcoming slate of original scripted dramas includes Legends, The Librarians, Public Morals, Proof and Transporter The Series, which will make its U.S. television debut on the network this fall. TNT also features such dramatic unscripted series as Cold Justice and the upcoming On the Menu and Wake Up Call. In addition, TNT is the cable home to popular dramas like Hawaii Five-0, Castle, The Mentalist, Bones and Supernatural; primetime specials, such as the Screen Actors Guild Awards®; blockbuster movies; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR, the NBA and the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
TNT is part of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company. Turner Broadcasting creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/TNTDrama
Twitter: twitter.com/TNTDrama | twitter.com/TNTPR
Mobile: www.tntdrama.com/mobile
About TBS
TBS is basic cable’s reigning champion among young adults in primetime. Available in 101 million households, TBS features original scripted comedies like Cougar Town, Ground Floor and Sullivan & Son, as well as the upcoming Angie Tribeca (working title), Your Family or Mine (working title), Buzzy’s and American Dad!, which will become a TBS original series in late 2014. TBS also features original unscripted series like King of the Nerds, Deal With It, Bam’s Bad Ass Game Show, CeeLo Green’s The Good Life and Funniest Wins. In late night TBS, is home to the Emmy®-winning series CONAN, starring Conan O’Brien. The TBS lineup also includes popular contemporary comedies, such as The Big Bang Theory and Family Guy
, along with blockbuster movies and championship sports.
TBS is part of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company. Turner Broadcasting creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
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Website: http://www.tbs.com
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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TBSveryfunny |