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The Writer’s Guild of America May Be Nearing a Deal with the AMPTP
The Writer’s Guild of America may be nearing a deal with the AMPTP according to The Hollywood Reporter. More
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Awards Radar Podcast #135: Joey and Myles Are Union Strong As They Discuss the WGA Strike, Plus the Former Excites the Latter for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Writers Guild Awards Winners Include ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ and ‘Women Talking’
Just a few moments ago, one of the final Guilds chimed in with the Writers Guild Awards. Some years, the WGA looms larger over Oscar than others, but this year, one category seemed like a bigger Academy correlation than the other. Original, on the one hand, featured three of the top tier contenders, so the […] More
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Charlie Kaufman to be Recipient of WGA West’s Laurel Award
The 75th annual WGA ceremony will take place in person in Los Angeles on March 5th. More
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Writers Guild Awards Nominations Announced
Even though the Academy Award nominations were announced yesterday, there are still more precusors to be poured over. Today, the Writers Guild has made their announcement. Several of the Oscar nominees are WGA nominees as well, but the differences have Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Menu, Nope, and She Said getting in here instead. The […] More
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WGA Awards Go To ‘CODA’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’
Moments ago, the Writers Guild of America wrapped up their awards ceremony, right as Oscar voting continues to be going on. All eyes were on WGA to see what they did with their major races, since each category had a favorite. In Adapted, CODA was hoping to continue with its huge momentum, especially with The […] More
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Interview: Steven Levenson on Adapting Jonathan Larson’s ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ and His Deep Love and Appreciation of Theatre
On November 12th, 2021, I would argue that most of the world was introduced to a musical on Netflix, Tick, Tick… Boom!, written by the late, great Jonathan Larson. But if you’re like me, you’ve known all the words to “Come to Your Senses”, “Louder Than Words” and “30/90” for YEARS. You may have even […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Precursors Galore…What Do We Make Of It All?
We live in a very different cinematic reality today than we did early yesterday morning. Not only have nearly all of the precursors chimed in with their nominations…Oscar voting has begun. Yes, the Academy has started to have their membership put virtual pen to virtual paper, selecting their top films and performances. I spent a […] More
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‘Don’t Look Up’ And ‘Licorice Pizza’ Scripts Cited by the Writers Guild Nominations
The Writers Guild announced their 2022 nominees on Thursday. The WGAs celebrate the best in film writing shared between original, adapted, and documentary screenplay. Adam McKay’s political satire Don’t Look Up and Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age film Licorice Pizza headline the Original Screenplay category. Last year Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman took home Best Original Screenplay while Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won Best Adapted […] More
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The WGA Again Has Excluded Some Major Contenders From Their Awards Ceremony
“Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog” were both excluded in their respective Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay categories. More
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Writers Guild Award Winners Include ‘Promising Young Woman’ and ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
Earlier tonight, the Writers Guild of America held their annual awards ceremony, The 73rd Writers Guild Awards resulted in one expected Academy Award winner triumphing, along with a bit of an upset, as well. In the former situation, Emerald Fennell‘s script for Promising Young Woman took the Best Original Screenplay prize, beating back the writers […] More
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WGA Nominations Announced!
Moments ago, the Writers Guild of America released their nominees for the 2021 Writers Guild Awards. Each year, the WGA disqualifies several major contenders for a whole litany of reasons, so before anyone notices Nomadland having missed, it wasn’t eligible, for example. Notable snubs this year strike me as Da 5 Bloods in Original and […] More