SAG Awards® to be Simulcast Sunday, Jan. 29 on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matt Czuchry, SAG Awards® ensemble nominee for "The Good Wife," will join Vitalie Taittinger, Artistic Director of Champagne Taittinger, to open the red carpet at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Sunday, Jan. 29, executive producer and director Jeff Margolis announced today. The annual Champagne Taittinger toast marks the opening of the ceremony and will be Vitalie Taittinger's U.S. debut as Champagne Taittinger's new global spokesperson.
The SAG Awards® ceremony will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore presentation will air immediately following on TNT at 10 p.m. (ET) / 7 p.m. (PT)
Champagne Taittinger's new global ambassador, Vitalie Taittinger, is the Champagne house's Artistic Director. A trained artist, Vitalie develops and enhances the image of Champagne Taittinger through its visual identity, design and strategic communications. Vitalie is pleased to be making her U.S. debut with the Champagne Taittinger toast at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®. "Elegance, beauty, and passion define Champagne Taittinger and make the SAG Awards such a dazzling night. We are thrilled to toast to actors-as their gifted performances have the power to move and inspire, like Champagne," says Vitalie Taittinger.
Champagne Taittinger, the only marquee family-owned and operated Champagne house, is celebrating its 12th year toasting film and television at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Champagne Taittinger's Brut La Francaise NV will be served to attending entertainment industry luminaries.
Matt Czuchry, who stars as deputy state's attorney Cary Agos on "The Good Wife," has been honored with three consecutive Actor® nominations as a member of the series' ensemble. He was previously best known for his portrayal of Logan Huntzberger on 'Gilmore Girls" and his recurring role as Chris Kennedy on "Friday Night Lights.
The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. For more information about the SAG Awards, SAG, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about, "like" SAG Awards at facebook.com/sagawardsofficialpage and follow SAG Awards at twitter.com/sagawards.
To stay updated on Champagne Taittinger's SAG Awards activity, "like" Champagne Taittinger at facebook.com/ChampagneTaittinger or follow the conversation at twitter.com/TaittingerUSA.
NOTES TO MEDIA: Photos and graphics for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® are available at http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/photos-and-artwork.
The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards preliminary press kit is now available for download at http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-kit
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