Winners of the 2008 Directors Guild Awards

Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2008 DGA Awards last night during the 61st Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The DGA’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally served as a near-perfect barometer for the Academy Award for Best Director. [...]

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Directors Guild releases 2008 DGA Awards nominees list

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has released the list of nominees for the 2008 DGA Awards in film and television categories. Here they are:
FEATURE FILM
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
MOVIE FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES
Bob Balaban, “Bernard and Doris”
Tom Hooper, “John Adams”
Kenny Leon, [...]

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American Film Institute unveils top 10 movies & TV programs of 2008

American Film Institute has revealed the winners of the 2008 AFI Awards, including the annual lists of the best films and television programs of the year. Here they are:
TOP 10 FILMS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
Wall-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
TOP 10 TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Breaking Bad
In Treatment
John Adams
Life
Lost
Mad Men
The Office
Recount
The Shield
The [...]

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Writers Guild announces 2009 WGA Award nominees

The Writers Guild of America announced the nominees for the 2009 WGA Awards on Monday.
NBC’s 30 Rock and Fox’s The Simpsons got four nominations each, and AMC’s Breaking Bad scored three.
Here is the full list of the nominees:
TELEVISION
DRAMATIC SERIES
Dexter, Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fiero, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, [...]

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Mad Men take top honors at Television Critics Awards

The AMC drama Mad Men, which earned 16 Primetime Emmy nominations earlier this week, took home three Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards this weekend at the 24th annual TCA Awards.
It won awards for Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Outstanding New Program. This is the first time ever that AMC has won [...]

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Television Critics announce 2008 TCA Awards nominees

The Television Critics Association has released the list of the nominees for this year’s TCA Awards. The awards will be presented on Saturday, July 19.
AMC’s Golden Globe winning series Mad Men, which returns for a second season on July 27, and the final season of HBO’s crime drama The Wire are leading the pack with [...]

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