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What: The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 
Where to watch: Netflix’s YouTube channel

Premiere date: Feb. 26, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT 
The 2023 awards season has been wild. From Jerrod Carmichael’s Golden Globes monologue to Ariana DeBose’s rap at the BAFTAs, things are in full swing, and with this weekend’s upcoming SAG Awards, there’s plenty more to come. If you’re ready to watch the show that might anticipate who’s winning big at the Academy Awards, here’s everything you need to know about where to stream this year’s SAG Awards. 
How can I watch this year’s SAG Awards? 
The 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards will broadcast live on Netflix’s official YouTube channel. 
Who’s presenting this year? 
A slew of celebrities are taking the stage this year, most of them nominees, including Everything Everywhere All at Once’s Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu. Other presenters include Andrew Garfield, Aubrey Plaza, Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Diego Calva, Don Cheadle, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Paul Dano, and Paul Mescal. 
The SAG Awards also recently announced that Jenna Ortega, Zendaya, and Ariana DeBose will be presenting. If DeBose doesn’t present Angela Bassett with an award for “doing the thing,” then the night will criminally overlook what could be its best moment. 
Who’s nominated at this year’s SAG Awards? 
The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once are leading the pack this year with five nominations each, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Male and Female Actor in a Leading Role, and Male and Female Actor in a Supporting Role. 

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Here are the 2023 SAG nominations

The cast of The White Lotus has also been nominated for several awards, including Ensemble in a Drama Series, with Jennifer Coolidge being nominated for Female Actor in a Drama Series. It could be Coolidge’s first SAG win, along with other first-time nominee Austin Butler (Elvis). 
Buckle up for another big night this awards season, and hit that button below to stream the SAG Awards for free.

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What: The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 

Where to watch: Netflix’s YouTube channel

Premiere date: Feb. 26, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT 

The 2023 awards season has been wild. From Jerrod Carmichael’s Golden Globes monologue to Ariana DeBose’s rap at the BAFTAs, things are in full swing, and with this weekend’s upcoming SAG Awards, there’s plenty more to come. If you’re ready to watch the show that might anticipate who’s winning big at the Academy Awards, here’s everything you need to know about where to stream this year’s SAG Awards. 

How can I watch this year’s SAG Awards? 

The 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards will broadcast live on Netflix’s official YouTube channel. 

Who’s presenting this year? 

A slew of celebrities are taking the stage this year, most of them nominees, including Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu. Other presenters include Andrew Garfield, Aubrey Plaza, Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Diego Calva, Don Cheadle, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Paul Dano, and Paul Mescal. 

The SAG Awards also recently announced that Jenna Ortega, Zendaya, and Ariana DeBose will be presenting. If DeBose doesn’t present Angela Bassett with an award for “doing the thing,” then the night will criminally overlook what could be its best moment. 

Who’s nominated at this year’s SAG Awards? 

The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once are leading the pack this year with five nominations each, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Male and Female Actor in a Leading Role, and Male and Female Actor in a Supporting Role. 

The cast of The White Lotus has also been nominated for several awards, including Ensemble in a Drama Series, with Jennifer Coolidge being nominated for Female Actor in a Drama Series. It could be Coolidge’s first SAG win, along with other first-time nominee Austin Butler (Elvis). 

Buckle up for another big night this awards season, and hit that button below to stream the SAG Awards for free.

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As soon as I saw The Pale Beyond’s adorable dogs, I knew I was about to have a bad time.
Developed by Bellular Studios, The Pale Beyond is an engaging strategy game that puts you in charge of a polar expedition gone horribly wrong. Though The Temperance initially sets sail to find her lost sister ship, the journey south quickly becomes a desperate fight for survival against hostile weather, dwindling supplies, and conflicting crewmates.
Players need to carefully manage both people and resources, balancing competing needs to keep their mismatched crew alive through the long cold weeks before rescue is expected. The crew and the furnace need to be fed, decorum needs to be maintained, and people’s loyalties need to be earned — and kept.
Of course, The Temperance isn’t stocked for a maritime disaster, so you do have to hunt a few penguins for the greater good. And in order to track them down, you need sled dogs.
If you’d prefer not to have plot details from The Pale Beyond spoiled, turn back now. Just know that if you’ve ever felt affection for a furry friend you’d do well to brace yourself before playing this game.

Credit: The Pale Beyond

Dogs are, overall, a net good. They are generally furry, friendly, and bring comfort in stressful times. The Pale Beyond’s canines are no different. 
Video game dogs have received a significant publicity boost in recent years, thanks in no small part to Twitter account @CanYouPetTheDog. (And yes, you can pet the dogs in The Pale Beyond.) There are dogs in dating sims, dogs in action-adventure games, and even a few weird non-traditional canines. General consensus is that no game cannot be improved by a fluffy good boy, and no game cannot be improved even further by allowing players to interact with them.
The Pale Beyond embraces this philosophy by providing a full pack of 14 dogs, and allowing you to pet them to your heart’s content. All of them are adorable, but the most notable of these pups is Stanberry, a sweet ray of sunshine who constantly accompanies the ship’s reclusive kennel master Lady Cordell. Preferring the company of her canines over her crewmates, Lady Cordell only joins your expedition so she can look after her dogs. 
Her apprehension isn’t unfounded. While bringing a pack of canine companions on a treacherous ocean voyage through freezing waters may be necessary for practical reasons, it is a terrible idea for emotional ones. The Pale Beyond drew inspiration from real historical events that have befallen actual explorers, and unfortunately, real life isn’t kind. As Bellular Studios’ managing director Michael Bell told PC Gamer, “History always forgets the animals.”

Massive spoilers and tough times ahead
Playing through the game, I wondered if The Pale Beyond would shield its pups. The gameplay focused more on keeping your crew alive, and it wouldn’t be the first time video game developers protected digital dogs in dangerous situations. Reality may be cruel, but video games have room for creative licence and are meant to be enjoyed. Even if you’re more of a cat person, nobody with a conscience would wish to see a dog harmed.
The Pale Beyond has no such reservations. Instead, should you survive long enough, you will eventually be rewarded by a bleak choice: Leave the dogs to slowly starve to death on the ice, or shoot them.
This horrible decision isn’t glossed over, either. First there’s the inevitable realisation of what must be done. Then there’s talking to Cordell as her pups happily play around her. Then, depending on how you’ve chosen to handle the situation, there’s either abandoning the dogs to the inhospitable wilderness, or taking a pup to a quiet place and looking into its soft, trusting eyes as you make the final decision to kill it.

Credit: The Pale Beyond

Though video games generally have a reputation for running, gunning, and random acts of violence, they can also tell heart wrenching stories that target players’ emotions.
When I reached this moment in my first playthrough of The Pale Beyond, I had to sit and remind myself that the dog gazing up at me was just beautifully drawn art accompanied by upsetting writing, and that the adorable canine I was about to shoot does not exist. These dogs did not work hard to help me survive the inhospitable Antarctic, and I was not betraying their loyalty with a cold execution. That didn’t stop the whole ordeal from being distressing, though. I was ready for the human deaths. I hadn’t prepared myself for the dogs.
I have since played through this sequence several times, trying different paths in my attempts to change the pack’s fate. You can spare Stanberry, which is something at least. Unfortunately, there seem to be some events that are fixed. You will always be The Temperance’s First Mate, the voyage will always meet disaster, and Lady Cordell’s innocent dogs will die, whether quickly or slowly.

Credit: The Pale Beyond

In some ways, you have to respect The Pale Beyond for going there. History and truth are ugly creatures, and softening the blow would have had less of an impact. Still, this section of the game may be difficult for dog lovers to endure, and will probably be a dealbreaker for some. Sure, we’ve all encountered dearly departed dogs in various media before. But I’ve never had to play through a prolonged, emotional set piece that ends with me shooting a dog in the head.

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Plenty of replay value besides for that one part
My prerelease playthrough of The Pale Beyond did include several very noticeable bugs. Occasionally sections would repeat or be skipped. The previewed resource cost of sending crew on hunting expeditions wasn’t always correct, which made it difficult to plan. And crewmates who were no longer with the expedition would sometimes pipe up with their two cents, as though they were haunting our journey.
But overall, bugs such as these didn’t detract from The Pale Beyond’s enjoyable writing, gorgeous art, and engaging gameplay. The game balances its difficulty so that you never feel truly hopeless, helping you push through rather than get discouraged. As a strategy fiend, I spent a weekend hooked on this game, which certainly has replay value even if you know you can’t save all the dogs.

Credit: The Pale Beyond

I know why the dogs had to die. Even aside from the internal logistics of the situation, their deaths delivered a strong emotional beat that drove home the reality of this expedition and strengthened the game as a whole. Still, it’s a cold end for the loving pups, and one I’ll probably be thinking about for a while.
The Pale Beyond is available Feb. 24 on PC. 

As soon as I saw The Pale Beyond‘s adorable dogs, I knew I was about to have a bad time.

Developed by Bellular Studios, The Pale Beyond is an engaging strategy game that puts you in charge of a polar expedition gone horribly wrong. Though The Temperance initially sets sail to find her lost sister ship, the journey south quickly becomes a desperate fight for survival against hostile weather, dwindling supplies, and conflicting crewmates.

Players need to carefully manage both people and resources, balancing competing needs to keep their mismatched crew alive through the long cold weeks before rescue is expected. The crew and the furnace need to be fed, decorum needs to be maintained, and people’s loyalties need to be earned — and kept.

Of course, The Temperance isn’t stocked for a maritime disaster, so you do have to hunt a few penguins for the greater good. And in order to track them down, you need sled dogs.

If you’d prefer not to have plot details from The Pale Beyond spoiled, turn back now. Just know that if you’ve ever felt affection for a furry friend you’d do well to brace yourself before playing this game.

Dogs are, overall, a net good. They are generally furry, friendly, and bring comfort in stressful times. The Pale Beyond‘s canines are no different. 

Video game dogs have received a significant publicity boost in recent years, thanks in no small part to Twitter account @CanYouPetTheDog. (And yes, you can pet the dogs in The Pale Beyond.) There are dogs in dating sims, dogs in action-adventure games, and even a few weird non-traditional canines. General consensus is that no game cannot be improved by a fluffy good boy, and no game cannot be improved even further by allowing players to interact with them.

The Pale Beyond embraces this philosophy by providing a full pack of 14 dogs, and allowing you to pet them to your heart’s content. All of them are adorable, but the most notable of these pups is Stanberry, a sweet ray of sunshine who constantly accompanies the ship’s reclusive kennel master Lady Cordell. Preferring the company of her canines over her crewmates, Lady Cordell only joins your expedition so she can look after her dogs. 

Her apprehension isn’t unfounded. While bringing a pack of canine companions on a treacherous ocean voyage through freezing waters may be necessary for practical reasons, it is a terrible idea for emotional ones. The Pale Beyond drew inspiration from real historical events that have befallen actual explorers, and unfortunately, real life isn’t kind. As Bellular Studios’ managing director Michael Bell told PC Gamer, “History always forgets the animals.”

Massive spoilers and tough times ahead

Playing through the game, I wondered if The Pale Beyond would shield its pups. The gameplay focused more on keeping your crew alive, and it wouldn’t be the first time video game developers protected digital dogs in dangerous situations. Reality may be cruel, but video games have room for creative licence and are meant to be enjoyed. Even if you’re more of a cat person, nobody with a conscience would wish to see a dog harmed.

The Pale Beyond has no such reservations. Instead, should you survive long enough, you will eventually be rewarded by a bleak choice: Leave the dogs to slowly starve to death on the ice, or shoot them.

This horrible decision isn’t glossed over, either. First there’s the inevitable realisation of what must be done. Then there’s talking to Cordell as her pups happily play around her. Then, depending on how you’ve chosen to handle the situation, there’s either abandoning the dogs to the inhospitable wilderness, or taking a pup to a quiet place and looking into its soft, trusting eyes as you make the final decision to kill it.

Though video games generally have a reputation for running, gunning, and random acts of violence, they can also tell heart wrenching stories that target players’ emotions.

When I reached this moment in my first playthrough of The Pale Beyond, I had to sit and remind myself that the dog gazing up at me was just beautifully drawn art accompanied by upsetting writing, and that the adorable canine I was about to shoot does not exist. These dogs did not work hard to help me survive the inhospitable Antarctic, and I was not betraying their loyalty with a cold execution. That didn’t stop the whole ordeal from being distressing, though. I was ready for the human deaths. I hadn’t prepared myself for the dogs.

I have since played through this sequence several times, trying different paths in my attempts to change the pack’s fate. You can spare Stanberry, which is something at least. Unfortunately, there seem to be some events that are fixed. You will always be The Temperance‘s First Mate, the voyage will always meet disaster, and Lady Cordell’s innocent dogs will die, whether quickly or slowly.

In some ways, you have to respect The Pale Beyond for going there. History and truth are ugly creatures, and softening the blow would have had less of an impact. Still, this section of the game may be difficult for dog lovers to endure, and will probably be a dealbreaker for some. Sure, we’ve all encountered dearly departed dogs in various media before. But I’ve never had to play through a prolonged, emotional set piece that ends with me shooting a dog in the head.

Plenty of replay value besides for that one part

My prerelease playthrough of The Pale Beyond did include several very noticeable bugs. Occasionally sections would repeat or be skipped. The previewed resource cost of sending crew on hunting expeditions wasn’t always correct, which made it difficult to plan. And crewmates who were no longer with the expedition would sometimes pipe up with their two cents, as though they were haunting our journey.

But overall, bugs such as these didn’t detract from The Pale Beyond‘s enjoyable writing, gorgeous art, and engaging gameplay. The game balances its difficulty so that you never feel truly hopeless, helping you push through rather than get discouraged. As a strategy fiend, I spent a weekend hooked on this game, which certainly has replay value even if you know you can’t save all the dogs.

I know why the dogs had to die. Even aside from the internal logistics of the situation, their deaths delivered a strong emotional beat that drove home the reality of this expedition and strengthened the game as a whole. Still, it’s a cold end for the loving pups, and one I’ll probably be thinking about for a while.

The Pale Beyond is available Feb. 24 on PC. 

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The trailer for A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One has dropped, and it’s a must-see. This Harlem-set drama won big at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, snagging the US Dramatic Jury Prize, which puts it in very good company indeed — past winners include CODA, Minari, and Nanny.
A Thousand and One spans decades as Inez (Teyana Taylor) returns home after a stint in Rikers and abducts her young son Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola) from where he’s been placed in foster care. Along with Lucky (William Catlett), they form a new family unit in a rapidly changing New York City. However, truth will out, and when her now-teenage son applies to college, the past comes to light.
A Thousand and One also stars Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross, Terri Abney, and Delissa Reynolds.
The film premieres in theaters on March 31.

The trailer for A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One has dropped, and it’s a must-see. This Harlem-set drama won big at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, snagging the US Dramatic Jury Prize, which puts it in very good company indeed — past winners include CODA, Minari, and Nanny.

A Thousand and One spans decades as Inez (Teyana Taylor) returns home after a stint in Rikers and abducts her young son Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola) from where he’s been placed in foster care. Along with Lucky (William Catlett), they form a new family unit in a rapidly changing New York City. However, truth will out, and when her now-teenage son applies to college, the past comes to light.

A Thousand and One also stars Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross, Terri Abney, and Delissa Reynolds.

The film premieres in theaters on March 31.

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