5 Oscars takeaways from the 2019 SAG Awards

After the 2019 SAG Awards, the Oscars' acting categories look to be virtually locked up, but the Best Picture race remains highly unpredictable.

Here are some of the key takeaways from Sunday's show:

1. Christian Bale is no longer set to take the Best Actor Oscar, as Rami Malek defeated him at the SAGs. In 24 years, the actor who won the SAG Award has gone on to win the Oscar 19 times. Couple that with Malek's Golden Globe victory and he's certainly in great shape for the Academy Awards.

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2. Glenn Close is quite likely to take the Best Actress Oscar, having now won both the SAG and the Golden Globe, and tied at the Critics Choice Awards. The winner for Best Actress at the SAG Awards has ultimately won the Oscar 18 out of 24 times.

3. When it comes to Best Supporting Actor, there's very little chance that Oscar will go to anyone but Mahershala Ali, who took the SAG Award after already being crowned with the Golden Globe and the Critics Choice Award.

4. Regina King remains ahead in the Oscar race for Best Supporting Actress despite not actually being nominated at the SAGs. Emily Blunt won for A Quiet Place over the favorite, Amy Adams for Vice. An Adams SAG win could have suggested she'd throw a wrench in King's Oscars hopes, but if Adams can't even win when King, who won at the Globes and the Critics Choice Awards, isn't nominated, she probably won't be able to win while directly competing against her.

5. Black Panther took Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but that only matches up with Best Picture at the Oscars about 48 percent of the time. The Marvel film's Oscars odds have received a slight boost, but the bigger story is that both BlacKkKlansman and A Star Is Born came up short, which could suggest both will be unable to defeat Roma at the Oscars.