Producers Guild Awards Nominations:

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/env-pga-nom...0,5465527.story

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall)

"The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas)

"Frost/Nixon” (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard)

"Milk” (Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Michael London)

"Slumdog Millionaire” (Christian Colson, Paul Ritchie)

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Writers Guild Awards: Film Nominations

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...cd7ed08331233a3

Best Adapted Screenplay

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Eric Roth; based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan; based on characters appearing in DC Comics)

“Doubt” (John Patrick Shanley; based on his play)

“Frost/Nixon” (Peter Morgan; based on his play)

“Slumdog Millionaire” (Simon Beaufoy; based on the novel “Q&A” by Vikas Swarup)

Best Original Screenplay

“Burn After Reading” (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)

“Milk” (Dustin Lance Black)

“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (Woody Allen)

“The Visitor” (Thomas McCarthy)

“The Wrestler” (Robert D. Siegel)

Documentary

“Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story” (Stefan Forbes, Noland Walker)

“Chicago 10” (Brett Morgan)

“Fuel” (Johnny O’Hara)

“Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson” (Alex Gibney; from the words of Hunter S. Thompson)

“Waltz With Bashir” (Ari Folman)

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Directors Guild Awards: Film Nominations

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/entertainme...0,1602939.story

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"

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I'm so happy to see The Dark Knight gaining momentum with the WGA, DGA, and PGA noms! Hopefully they can get one more stepping stone (the SAGs) closer to the Oscars.

I'm so happy to see The Dark Knight gaining momentum with the WGA, DGA, and PGA noms! Hopefully they can get one more stepping stone (the SAGs) closer to the Oscars.

With the bias against Wall-E being an animated film and all, The Dark Knight should have no problem securing a spot for Best Picture at the Oscars, but that's not a sure thing of course. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences skews older, and The Dark Knight might not be the cup of tea of a lot of older voters. However, it's enormous box office success could be more than enough to push it into the race, though, I seriously doubt The Dark Knight could walk away with the Best Picture prize at the end of award season.

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Saw Doubt tonight and my god what amazing acting from Streep, Hoffman, the whole cast. Oh and Viola Davis should win the oscar for Best Supporting Actress.... and she only had like 5 minutes of screentime! Her presence was just amazing and her scenes I did not see coming from a mile away. The plot moved a bit wonky at times, but overall great film. 7.5/10!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences skews older, and The Dark Knight might not be the cup of tea of a lot of older voters.

That's what I'm afraid of. But hopefully those who voted for LOTR: Return of the King will vote for TDK.

Saw Doubt tonight and my god what amazing acting from Streep, Hoffman, the whole cast. Oh and Viola Davis should win the oscar for Best Supporting Actress.... and she only had like 5 minutes of screentime! Her presence was just amazing and her scenes I did not see coming from a mile away. The plot moved a bit wonky at times, but overall great film. 7.5/10!

I found Doubt to be a mixed bag, and Streep's performance to not be very effective. I know that's probably sacrilege, since it is Meryl Streep, but I found her completely underwhelming in this film. I can't even say that it starts with Doubt though, Streep has been throwing in all sorts of unnecessary ticks and actions that grate my nerves and take away from her performances in recent years, IMO. Hoffman was another one who I found merely average in Doubt. This film suffers from lousy execution, which is a shame, since the original play was created by John Patrick Shanley and he directed this film. I didn't find that Shanley had a clear idea of what he really wanted out of this film, because of that, I don't think some of the principal actors knew how to project their performances more efficiently. There's also some problems I had with the screenplay. I give it a 4.5/10.

I totally agree, Viola David, in her brief screen-time, steals this film. She deserves every accolade she gets.

I found Doubt to be a mixed bag, and Streep's performance to not be very effective. I know that's probably sacrilege, since it is Meryl Streep, but I found her completely underwhelming in this film. I can't even say that it starts with Doubt though, Streep has been throwing in all sorts of unnecessary ticks and actions that grate my nerves and take away from her performances in recent years, IMO. Hoffman was another one who I found merely average in Doubt. This film suffers from lousy execution, which is a shame, since the original play was created by John Patrick Shanley and he directed this film. I didn't find that Shanley had a clear idea of what he really wanted out of this film, because of that, I don't think some of the principal actors knew how to project their performances more efficiently. There's also some problems I had with the screenplay. I give it a 4.5/10.

I totally agree, Viola David, in her brief screen-time, steals this film. She deserves every accolade she gets.

That's an interesting analysis, and I have seen others comment on the exact same things. Earlier in the year many thought Streep was for sure going to win her third Oscar, but since it was not as commanding of a performence in many people's eyes she will just get a nomination. I have not seen Revolutionary Road or Rachel Getting Married yet, but from all I have hard either Hathaway or Winslet should win....

I am such a fan boy of Streep though and have rarely saw a film of her's that I did not enjoy her performence in....

Critics' Choice Awards Winners:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_en_...ice_awards_list

• Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"

• Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"

• Actress: Tie: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married," and Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

• Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

• Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

• Acting ensemble: "Milk"

• Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

• Writer: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"

• Animated feature: "WALL-E"

• Young actor/actress: Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"

• Action movie: "The Dark Knight"

• Comedy movie: "Tropic Thunder"

• Picture made for television: "John Adams"

• Foreign language film: "Waltz With Bashir"

• Documentary feature: "Man On Wire"

• Song: "The Wrestler," Bruce Springsteen, "The Wrestler"

• Composer: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"

• Joel Siegel award: Richard Gere

Here are some screenplays:

• Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
• John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
• Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
• Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon (screenplay) - WALL·E

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Does anybody know what's going on with Frost/Nixon? It's been out for about a month and still no wide-release. It's only it about 200 theaters. (All that according to Box Office Mojo.)

http://oscar-watch.ew.com/2009/01/bafta-nominatio.html

2009 BAFTA Nominations

BEST FILM

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

FROST/NIXON

MILK

THE READER

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

HUNGER

IN BRUGES

MAMMA MIA!

MAN ON WIRE

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

DIRECTOR

CHANGELING Clint Eastwood

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON David Fincher

FROST/NIXON Ron Howard

THE READER Stephen Daldry

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BURN AFTER READING Joel Coen / Ethan Coen

CHANGELING J. Michael Straczynski

I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Philippe Claudel

IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh

MILK Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Roth

FROST/NIXON Peter Morgan

THE READER David Hare

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Justin Haythe

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX

GOMORRAH

I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG

PERSEPOLIS

WALTZ WITH BASHIR

ANIMATED FILM

PERSEPOLIS

WALL-E

WALTZ WITH BASHIR

LEADING ACTOR

FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon

DEV PATEL Slumdog Millionaire

SEAN PENN Milk

BRAD PITT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS

ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS I’ve Loved You So Long

MERYL STREEP Doubt

KATE WINSLET The Reader

KATE WINSLET Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Tropic Thunder

BRENDAN GLEESON In Bruges

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Doubt

HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight

BRAD PITT Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AMY ADAMS Doubt

PENÉLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona

FREIDA PINTO Slumdog Millionaire

TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading

MARISA TOMEI The Wrestler

MUSIC

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Alexandre Desplat

THE DARK KNIGHT Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard

MAMMA MIA! Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman

WALL•E Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY

CHANGELING Tom Stern

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Claudio Miranda

THE DARK KNIGHT Wally Pfister

THE READER Chris Menges / Roger Deakins

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING

CHANGELING

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE DARK KNIGHT

FROST/NIXON

IN BRUGES

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

PRODUCTION DESIGN

CHANGELING

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE DARK KNIGHT

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

COSTUME DESIGN

CHANGELING

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE DARK KNIGHT

THE DUCHESS

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

SOUND

CHANGELING

THE DARK KNIGHT

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

SLUMDOG MILLIONARE

WALL•E

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE DARK KNIGHT

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

IRON MAN

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE DARK KNIGHT

THE DUCHESS

FROST/NIXON

MILK

When do the Oscar nominations come out?

When do the Oscar nominations come out?

Next Thursday, I believe.