LOS ANGELES (AP) - The road-trip drama ''Into the Wild'' received a leading four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday, including honors for lead actor Emile Hirsch and supporting players Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener.

Directed by Sean Penn, ''Into the Wild'' also was nominated for performance by its overall cast, along with the Western ''3:10 to Yuma,'' the crime sagas ''American Gangster'' and ''No Country for Old Men'' and the musical ''Hairspray.'' Guild awards will be presented Jan. 27 in a ceremony televised on TNT and TBS.

Unlike the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, which face turmoil caused by striking Hollywood writers, the guild awards look as though they can come off as planned. With actors showing strong solidarity on strike issues, SAG has reached an agreement with the Writers Guild of America for one of its members to write the ceremony. If the strike that began last month lingers, though, the Globes on Jan. 13 and Oscars on Feb. 24 face possible protests by striking writers, and stars may stay away rather than cross picket lines.

The Writers Guild rejected a request from Globe organizers to allow striking writers to work on that show. Oscar organizers have not yet asked for a similar waiver but face the same prospect. Along with the Golden Globes and other film honors, the SAG picks help sort out favorites and other possible nominees for Hollywood's big prizes, the Oscars, whose nominations come out Jan. 22.

Actors guild winners often go on to win Oscars, including three from 2006: lead performers Helen Mirren for ''The Queen'' and Forest Whitaker for ''The Last King of Scotland'' were the guild and Oscar winners, as was supporting-actress Jennifer Hudson for ''DreamGirls.'' Guild supporting-actor winner Eddie Murphy for ''DreamGirls'' lost at the Oscars to Alan Arkin for ''Little Miss Sunshine.'' ''Little Miss Sunshine'' won the guild prize for overall acting ensemble, SAG's equivalent of a best-picture honor, while ''The Departed'' won best picture at the Oscars.

Film and TV nominees were chosen by two groups of 2,100 people randomly chosen from the guild's 120,000 members. The guild's full membership is eligible to vote for winners.

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