THE STATION AGENT - INDIE FILMS AND HBO DOMINATE SAG AWARDS

Indie movie sensations THE STATION AGENT and 21 GRAMS are leading the race for this year's SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS after picking up top nominations - but former couple TOM CRUISE and NICOLE KIDMAN have been frozen out.

Neither superstar picked up nods from their peers for the 10th annual SAG awards - for their acclaimed roles in THE LAST SAMURAI and COLD MOUNTAIN, but their co-stars received nominations for supporting roles.

The ceremony, at Los Angeles' SHRINE EXPOSITION CENTER on 22 February (04), looks like being an evening of firsts - with many of the movie nominees up for their first SAG gong.

JOHNNY DEPP, who has never been nominated in the Best Actor category, and another debutant, BILL MURRAY, are the clear favourites to take home the male acting honour, while first-timers PATRICIA CLARKSON, CHARLIZE THERON and EVAN RACHEL WOOD will compete for the Best Actress prize.

Meanwhile, in the TV category, HBO's AIDS drama ANGELS IN AMERICA is clear favourite, dominating the miniseries acting categories, but there isn't much love for departing shows FRIENDS, FRASIER and SEX + THE CITY - all three are nominated in the Best TV Comedy cast category, but only Friends' LISA KUDROW is nominated in the acting categories.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

JOHNNY DEPP - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

PETER DINKLAGE - THE STATION AGENT

BEN KINGSLEY - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

BILL MURRAY - LOST IN TRANSLATION

SEAN PENN - MYSTIC RIVER

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

PATRICIA CLARKSON - THE STATION AGENT

DIANE KEATON - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE

CHARLIZE THERON - MONSTER

NAOMI WATTS - 21 GRAMS

EVAN RACHEL WOOD - THIRTEEN

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

ALEC BALDWIN - THE COOLER

CHRIS COOPER - SEABISCUIT

BENICIO DEL TORO - 21 GRAMS

TIM ROBBINS - MYSTIC RIVER

KEN WATANABE - THE LAST SAMURAI

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

MARIA BELLO - THE COOLER

KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES - WHALE RIDER

PATRICIA CLARKSON - PIECES OF APRIL

HOLLY HUNTER - THIRTEEN

RENEE ZELLWEGER - COLD MOUNTAIN

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

IN AMERICA

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MYSTIC RIVER

SEABISCUIT

THE STATION AGENT

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or

Miniseries

JUSTIN KIRK - ANGELS IN AMERICA

PAUL NEWMAN - OUR TOWN

AL PACINO - ANGELS IN AMERICA

FOREST WHITAKER - DEACONS FOR DEFENSE

JEFFREY WRIGHT - ANGELS IN AMERICA

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

ANNE BANCROFT - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE

HELEN MIRREN - TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE

MARY-LOUISE PARKER - ANGELS IN AMERICA

MERYL STREEP - ANGELS IN AMERICA

EMMA THOMPSON - ANGELS IN AMERICA

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Drama Series

PETER KRAUSE - SIX FEET UNDER

ANTHONY LAPAGLIA - WITHOUT A TRACE

MARTIN SHEEN - THE WEST WING

KIEFER SUTHERLAND - 24

TREAT WILLIAMS - EVERWOOD

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Drama Series

STOCKARD CHANNING - THE WEST WING

FRANCES CONROY - SIX FEET UNDER

TYNE DALY - JUDGING AMY

JENNIFER GARNER - ALIAS

MARISKA HARGITAY - LAW + ORDER: SVU

ALLISON JANNEY - THE WEST WING

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Comedy Series

PETER BOYLE - EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

BRAD GARRETT - EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

SEAN HAYES - WILL + GRACE

RAY ROMANO - EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

TONY SHALHOUB - MONK

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Comedy Series

PATRICIA HEATON - EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

LISA KUDROW - FRIENDS

DEBRA MESSING - WILL + GRACE

MEGAN MULLALLY - WILL + GRACE

DORIS ROBERTS - EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a TV Drama Series

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

LAW + ORDER

SIX FEET UNDER

THE WEST WING

WITHOUT A TRACE

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a TV Comedy Series

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

FRASIER

FRIENDS

SEX AND THE CITY

WILL + GRACE

Screen Actors Guild Awards 40th Annual Life Achievement Award

KARL MALDEN