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Classic Party Rentals is on-scene at the iconic Shrine Auditorium.
The event team includes:
• SAG Awards Executive Producer Kathy Connell
• Production Designer Joe Stewart
• Event Designer Keith Greco
• Awards Event Supervisor Andrea Wyn Schall
• Florist Christopher Matsumoto
• Champagne Taittinger Global Spokesperson and Artistic Director Vitalie Taittinger
• Patron representative Ed Blinn
The Screen Actors Guild offered the media a preview of the ceremony slated for tomorrow night, Jan. 30. Here, giant replicas of the trophy.
Shimmering chandeliers grace the awards stage.
Over 25,000 linear feet of silver beads--over half a million individual beads – are used to create the chandeliers and adorn the surrounding curtains.
Each of the five chandeliers includes more than 500 feet of strung silver beads illuminated with 50 linear feet of LED lights.
A closer look.
At 194 feet wide, the Shrine’s is the largest proscenium arch stage in the USA.
The dinner will feature 86 rectangular dinner tables draped in 1,360 linear yards of silver dupioni silk.
Place settings feature Vogue flatware.
The event will feature Taittinger champagne.
A close-up of the dinner from Wolfgang Puck Catering.
The meal will feature Grilled Chicken with Meyer Lemon Salsa and Lemon Scented Fingerling Potatoes; Farro and Black Rice with Mustard Greens, Currents and Toasted Pine Nuts; and Puffed Rice Crusted Salmon with Carrot-Ginger Puree and Crispy Shiso Leaf.
Floral from C.J. Matsumoto and Sons will feature more than 5,000 of white spray roses, thousands of white dendrobrium orchids and acid-green cymbidium orchids.
Also featured will be a balanced selection of green dianthus, green Trachelium, Equisetum, various succulents, green variegated flax, galax leaves and dusty miller.
Patron will offer three signature cocktails featuring tequila.
Here, Patron marketing manager Ed Blinn shows the secrets behind great cocktails.
Actress JoBeth Williams ("Poltergeist," "The Big Chill"), chair of the SAG Awards Committee, greets a reporter.
Lesley Nicol, nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama for "Downton Abbey," discusses the upcoming awards program.
Sola Bamis, nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "Mad Men," talks about her career.
