By Lisa Respers France, CNN

(CNN) — Despite what your group text may believe, the return of Connor Storrie’s mustache is not the biggest storyline of Wednesday morning’s Actor Award nominations.

The “Heated Rivalry” breakout star and “Abbott Elementary’s” Janelle James announced the nominees for the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA, which were formerly known as the SAG Awards and celebrate acting across film and television, voted on by actors in the Screen Actors Guild.

In some of the categories the voters this time around took a “this, but not that” approach.

For instance, Ariana Grande scored a nod for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for her performance in “Wicked: For Good,” while her costar and publicity tour bff Cynthia Erivo was not recognized for the sequel.

On the television side, Adam Brody earned a nomination in the lead male actor in a comedy series category for his role as a rabbi in love in the popular Netflix series “Nobody Wants This,” but Kristen Bell who plays his love interest was snubbed.

The lack of a nomination for Wagner Moura – who has been widely seen as a frontrunner for an Academy Award with his star turn as a former educator caught in the turmoil of a Brazilian military dictatorship in “The Secret Agent” – was also viewed as a snub and highlighted the lack of international nominees in the movie categories. Same goes for snubs all around to the cast of the Norwegian family drama “Sentimental Value,” which was expected to get at least some recognition.

On the other hand, Hollywood loves content about Hollywood, so Seth Rogen’s sendup of the industry, the Apple TV+ series “The Studio,” did well in the television categories.

This awards season already has its darlings – especially when it comes to films.

From Timothée Chalamet’s performance in “Marty Supreme” to the star-studded Leonardo DiCaprio-led cast of Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama “One Battle After Another,” those who are following the action are using nominations such as these to sharpen prediction for the Academy Awards.

“One Battle After Another” dominated Wednesday’s nominations with seven nominations, including for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture.

The Ryan Coogler horror blockbuster “Sinners” also scored several nods, including in supporting categories for Wunmi Mosaku and Miles Caton. Its prominent placement may further change the trajectory for horror films in terms of award recognition, along with Amy Madigan’s nod for “Weapons.”

The Actor Awards ceremony will stream live on Netflix on March 1.

The following are the nominations in full:

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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”

Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another”

Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon”

Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”

Jesse Plemons – “Bugonia”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”

Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick Yo

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A major washout on the Gaviota coast from recent rains has put the brakes on AMTRAK and Union Pacific trains.

The Amtrak Alerts message to passengers went out Tuesday and reads:

Temporary Track Closure January 6

Due to weather-related track damage, Pacific Surfliner service between Goleta Station and San Luis Obispo station is temporarily suspended. Amtrak Connection buses offer riders an alternative route to Santa Barbara station while Union Pacific repairs the rails and ensures passenger safety. More updates to come.

The area was hit hard with rain Saturday causing mudslides and a full freeway shutdown in the same general area.

A Union Pacific heavy equipment operator on the tracks Tuesday lost control of his machinery in the area of the landslide and failing track site. The driver was not seriously hurt but taken to Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara by AMR.

The tracks were immediately closed. Passengers onboard a train were delayed and eventually rerouted back to a station to get on a bus to Santa Barbara.

From there, those going south could continue.

One passenger said in all it was an eight-hour delay for his day.

More information about travel alerts can be found at Amtrak

(More details, photos and video will be added here later today.)

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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he intends to ban large institutional investors from buying additional single-family homes.

“I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it. People live in homes, not corporations,” Trump wrote in a post on social media.

Large institutional investors such as Blackstone, JPMorgan Chase, and other banks and investment firms have increasingly snapped up family homes in recent years, eyeing rising returns on home prices. These investors often buy and rent out homes, and their presence grew after the foreclosure wave during the Great Recession in 2008, particularly in the Sun Belt states.

Shares of Blackstone fell by as much as 9% on Wednesday after the president’s social media post.

Trump said he plans to outline additional housing and affordability proposals in the coming weeks, noting: “I will discuss this topic, including further Housing and Affordability proposals, and more, at my speech in Davos in two weeks.”

Trump is scheduled to deliver an address at the World Economic Forum later this month in Davos, Switzerland.

US housing market in a deep freeze

The cost of buying a home in the United States has surged in recent years, largely because of a housing market that has remained historically stuck due to low inventory, combined with mortgage rates north of 6%.

Beyond the general lack of housing, many sellers have been unwilling to give up the ultra-low mortgage rates they locked in during the pandemic, when the Federal Reserve brought down interest rates to near zero.

Between the start of 2020 and the third quarter of 2025, home prices climbed nearly 55% nationwide, according to a recent report from the National Association of Home Builders.

No investor owned 1,000 or more single-family rental homes as of 2011, according to the Government Accountability Office. However, by 2015, institutional investors collectively owned up to 300,000 homes.

In Atlanta; Jacksonville, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina, large investors controlled more than 15% of the market for single-family homes as of 2022, according to the GAO.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have proposed barring certain corporate investors from the home-buying market, arguing that their practice of buying houses en masse has pushed up prices and made it harder for individual Americans to find homes.

But some housing experts and economists have panned the idea to ban large investors, contending that it would have little impact on overall housing stock and risk depressing investment in the market.

“This will not fix housing affordability. It may boost single-family purchases, but it will come at the cost of reducing single-family rentals,” said Jaret Seiberg, analyst at TD Cowen, in a note Wednesday.

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