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Idris Elba sets record at SAG Awards, watch his shout out to Ghana crew and ‘diversity’ jab at Oscars

Congrats to Idris Elba for his history making double win at the 2016 SAG Awards. Unlike this year’s #OscarsSoWhite, the 2016 SAG Awards celebrated diversity awarding a plethora of awards to people of colour, and Idris Elba nabbed TWO! He won Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role for the Netflix film Beasts of No Nation and Best Male […]

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Congrats to Idris Elba for his history making double win at the 2016 SAG Awards. Unlike this year’s #OscarsSoWhite, the 2016 SAG Awards celebrated diversity awarding a plethora of awards to people of colour, and Idris Elba nabbed TWO! He won Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role for the Netflix film Beasts of No Nation and Best Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini Series for BBC America’s “Luther.”

Idris made history as the first male to take home two SAG awards in one night. Not only that, he’s the first black person to do so.  The “Luther” star brought his daughter Isan Elba along as his date who sat next to him in the audience. During one of his acceptance speeches, the doting dad gave a sweet shoutout to both of his children, including his son Winston Elba.


When he walked out on stage to introduce his nominated film Beast Of No Nation with his kiddie co-star Abraham Attah, he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV,” praising the SAG Awards for recognizing talent no matter the color of an actor’s skin. The crowd burst into laughter and applauded him after his statement. Loves it!

“Orange Is The New Black” breakout star Uzo Aduba returned to this year’s award to add a few more trophies to her collection. Just like last year, Uzo copped the first award of the evening winning the Best Female Actor In a Comedy Series for her role as “Crazy Eyes” on the hit Netflix original series.

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