Graff Diamonds and FENDI CASA Luxury Living are dazzling up our Green Room

We are thrilled to have Graff Diamonds and FENDI CASA Luxury Living back again for the third consecutive year! Graff Diamonds, famous around the world for their fabulous, exquisite jewels, will sponsor the Screen Actors Guild Awards® Green Room to honor the charitable works of actors and the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, while FENDI CASA Luxury Living (Fendi’s luxurious home design collection) is designing and furnishing the retreat.

What is the Green Room? It’s where the presenters go to await their moment on stage away from the hustle and bustle of the showroom. 

The elegant and comfortable space will couple Graff’s delicate works of art in gemstones with Fendi’s sumptuous materials and stylish details. Check out our full release here.

Here's a look into last year’s Green Room:

Credit: Jeremy Freeman

SAG Awards Nomination Ballots Have Been Delivered!

It's that time of year...

The ballots for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were mailed out last week! Check out these photos of them being prepared for delivery.

Nominations will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Stay tuned to see if your favorite performers got nominated!

The Actors® That Didn't Get Cast

The Actor®, the patina-coated statuette with a notoriously well-sculpted backside, has been the beloved symbol of the show for 18 years(!). But he hasn't always looked this good.


The concept for the final statue was this: he would be in process of selecting between comedy and tragedy masks—deciding between roles—and he would be a blank canvas awaiting makeup, costume and direction. In this way, he could become any character at any time. Essentially, he was to represent all performers; "ready to incorporate the work of other artists into his task as it unfolds." 


Designers Jim Hiemann and Jim Barnett sketched a variety of options for the SAG Awards committee's consideration back in 1994. They had to get the details just right (notice the various headgear and pedestals).

On the cutting room floor? These guys:

And the final?

And with the patina:

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