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American Cinema Editors award Wall-E, Slumdog, Man on Wire

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American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night. Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE's filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Sidney M. Katz was also presented with career achievement honours. Here are the winners: EDITED FEATURE FILM [Read more...]

Writers Guild announces WGA Award winners

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The Writers Guild announced the winners of this year's WGA Awards at simultaneous ceremonies at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theater in New York on Saturday. Here is the complete list of winners: FILM ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Milk, written by Dustin Lance Black ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Slumdog Millionaire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY Waltz with Bashir, written by Ari Folman TELEVISION DRAMATIC [Read more...]

Directors Guild releases 2008 DGA Awards nominees list

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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, "A Raisin in the Sun" Jay Roach, "Recount" Mikael [Read more...]

SAG Award winners announced

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The Screen Actors Guild announced the SAG Award winners last night. Slumdog Millionaire took top honours - Best Ensemble - among films, while Mad Men, John Adams and 30 Rock were the winners in the television categories. Here are the SAG Award winners: FILM ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Anne Hathaway, [Read more...]

Slumdog Millionaire, 30 Rock, Mad Men win PGA honours

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Producers Guild of America (PGA) has awarded Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire with the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, effectively naming it the best film of the year. In the television categories, the honours went to three Emmy and Globe winners: HBO series John Adams, AMC's Mad Men, and NBC's 30 Rock. Here are all the Producer of the Year Award winners: THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Slumdog Millionaire Christian Colson ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Wall-E Jim [Read more...]