Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are a couple!
Days after being photographed in full-PDA mode with Pinto in Israel, Patel’s mother confirms that her son, 19, is dating his 24-year-old costar to the Daily Mirror.
“Yes, we knew he was flying to Israel to see her,” she said of her son visiting his girlfriend near the set of her film Miral in Jerusalem.
“Life can’t get any better for him,” she added. “Freida is really beautiful, and I am really happy for them.”
In the issue, the magazine chronicles how the small film from India, helmed by a Brit (Danny Boyle) became an Oscar darling.
“Working on the film has sparked a confidence in me, and a passion for acting,” Patel says. “I feel I can hold my head up high now. I feel like I matured five years in the space of five months. I’m 18 and I was at the Oscars yesterday!”
While Pinto, who can next be seen under the direction of Woody Allen, says of her journey, “Now I think that the fruit of the struggle ends up being the sweetest taste possible. I mean, this is strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, bananas–the sweetest fruits in the world put together. It changed my life!”
The cast of Slumdog Millionaire was named outstanding cast in a motion picture, hopefully making the little-film-that-could a favorable shoe-in for the Best Picture Academy Award!
Other big winners include Mad Men & 30 Rock for best cast, best actress (Tina Fey) and best actor (Alec Baldwin). Meryl Streep won the best actress award for her role as a determined nun in Doubt and Sean Penn won the lead actor award for Milk.
Here’s the complete list of SAG winners and nominees:
FILM
Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
WINNER Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
WINNER Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
WINNER Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
WINNER Kate Winslet, The Reader
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
WINNERSlumdog Millionaire
TV
Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
WINNER Hugh Laurie, House
William Shatner, Boston Legal
James Spader, Boston Legal
Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
WINNER Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy
WINNER Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
WINNER Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Tracey Ullman, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boston Legal
The Closer
Dexter
House
WINNERMad Men
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series