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Argo and Zero Dark Thirty Win WGA Awards
Last night was the Writers Guild Awards. Zero Dark Thirty and Argo won top honors for best screenplay and best adapted screenplay, respectively. Girls won for best new series, Louie for best comedy, and Breaking Bad won for best drama. But that's it, the last major guild award before the
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Writers Guild Award Nominations Announced
Following the Directors, Producers, and Screen Actors Guilds, the Writers Guild of America is the last of the lot to announce its nominations. Among the usual suspects like Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln, there are some surprises, namely Looper, The Master, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. However, if
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Watch Kristen Wiig Introduce Judd Apatow at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards
Kristen Wiig shows her love to the guy who added the "diarrhea bit" to Bridesmaids, not that there's anything wrong with that. [Laughspin]
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Judd Apatow, Kristen Wiig, Mandy Patinkin, and More at the Writers Guild Awards East
Last night, at the East Coast celebration of the Writers Guild Awards, Judd Apatow took home the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence, an award that recognizes not only his body of work, but also his role in developing the work of other writers (such as Kristen Wiig, who presented him with the trophy). Show More Summary
Midnight in Paris, Breaking Bad Take Home WGA Awards
Breaking Bad, Midnight in Paris, The Descendants, and Modern Family were among the big winners at the Writers Guild of America awards last night. Woody Allen won for best original screenplay for Paris, and Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash won for best adapted screenplay for The Descendants. Show More Summary
Writers Guild Nominations Boost Bridesmaids
The Writers Guild just waded into awards season with its nominations for the Writers Guild Awards, taking place on February 19. The nominees are nicely quirky: Many of the people are famous, but many of the films aren't big Oscar contenders. Show More Summary
Writer's Guild Awards East: Kristen Schaal Sings and Dances
Each year, the Writer's Guild of America hands out its awards with two ceremonies, one on the East Coast, one on the West. Both were held Saturday night, and this year, as always, the East Coast's ceremony proved to be far, far lessShow More Summary
Inception Scores WGA Screenplay Win
The Writers Guild of America Awards were held this weekend, and Chris Nolan took home a shiny new trophy. It was a minor upset: Inception scored the Best Original Screenplay prize over The Kids Are All Right and The Fighter. Aaron Sorkin took home another prize, too, winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for The Social Network. Show More Summary
Your Favorite Foreign Films and Indies Aren’t Eligible for a WGA Award
Films like The King's Speech, Winter's Bone, and Toy Story 3 may be basking in awards season praise, but there's one big Oscar precursor they've got no shot at winning: the WGA award. The Writers Guild has never been shy about making...Show More Summary
Lost Finale May Win an Award Yet
The nominations for Writers Guild Awards for Television have been announced, and they make for a deserving bunch. (WGA, better taste than the Emmys.) Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, and Mad Men are up for...Show More Summary
The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air Win Writers Guild Awards
Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker took home the top prizes at last night's Writers Guild Awards, cementing their status as Oscar frontrunners. The Hurt Locker's Mark Boal won the award for original screenplay while Up in the Air's Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won for adapting Walter Kirn's book. Show More Summary
'Smartest Man in Television' Hosting Writers Guild Awards
Since the Writers Guild's nominations for Best Original Screenplay were so laughably bad, it only makes sense that the ceremony to distribute the award will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane. Clearly there is a lesson for screenwriters here—writer better screenplays and you'll get a better host. Show More Summary
Avatar, The Hangover Among the Hilarious Nominees for Writers Guild Awards
How weak is the competition for this year's Best Original Screenplay? So weak that the scripts for Avatar and The Hangover were nominated for that very award by the Writers Guild this afternoon, along with the ones for (500) Days ofShow More Summary
Inglourious Basterds, Single Man, and The Road Ineligible for WGA Awards
Earlier this week, some wondered if the ability of the Weinstein Company's 2009 movies to win Writers Guild Awards might be impaired by Harvey's decision not to send screeners to guild members. Turns out they can't anyway. Quentin Tarantino...Show More Summary