Scripter Award 2009

2009 USC Scripter Awards
2009 Scripter Award nominations: Jan. 6, 2009
2009 Scripter Award winners: Jan. 30, 2009
("*" denotes the winner)
 

Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
 

Screenwriter Eric Roth, who shares story credit with Robin Swicord, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Screenwriters Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway for Iron Man, based on the comic book series authored by Stan Lee and Don Heck
Screenwriter David Hare and author Bernhard Schlink for The Reader
Screenwriter Justin Haythe for Revolutionary Road, based on the novel by Richard Yates
* Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire, based on Q & A by author Vikas Swarup
 
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by Deborah Arthur | January 30, 2009   
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2009 Golden Globe Winners

Kate Winslet, Leonardio DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road (top); Winslet, David Kross in The Reader (bottom)

There were few surprises among the 2009 Golden Globe winners.
The biggest one was Kate Winslet’s best actress, drama, win for Revolutionary Road. Pundits everywhere — including those in this blog — were predicting either Anne Hathaway or Meryl Streep.
Sally Hawkins‘ best actress, comedy or musical, win may have caught some by surprise — those who were expecting Meryl Streep for the box-office hit Mamma Mia!. But considering that Hawkins has been a critical favorite (New York, Los Angeles, National Society of Film Critics) and that she’s a likely Oscar contender, Golden Globe prognosticators shouldn’t have been too shocked, even though Happy-Go-Lucky is hardly what one would [...]

by Andre Soares | January 11, 2009   
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Trailer

 
Directed by Sam Mendes and adapted by Justin Haythes from Richard Yates‘ novel, Revolutionary Road stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (Mendes’ wife) as a 1950s Connecticut couple whose "ideal" marriage is in the doldrums for they feel something is missing in both their personal and professional lives. A trip to France, which is supposed to make things better, ends up deteriorating their relationship even further.
DiCaprio, apart from a Golden Globe nod, has been all but ignored throughout the 2009 awards season, though Winslet has managed quite a few mentions, in addition to both Golden Globe and SAG nominations. The film itself has been included in several top-ten lists, and is up for a Golden Globe in the best film, [...]

by Andre Soares | December 24, 2008   
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Photos

Revolutionary Road stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a 1950s suburban couple whose marriage hits the skids.
Directed by Sam Mendes. Screenplay adaptation by Justin Haythe from Richard Yates‘ novel.
Revolutionary Road opens in the US on Dec. 26, 2008.
Photos: DreamWorks
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

by Deborah Arthur | December 24, 2008   
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Detroit Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Detroit Film Critics nominations: December 10, 2008
2008 Detroit Film Critics winners: December 19, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

 

Best film
The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Frost/Nixon
Best director
Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
* Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton for WALL-E
Best actor
Josh Brolin for W.
Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
* Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best actress
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
* Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road
Best supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
James Franco for Milk
* Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan for Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Sheen for Frost/Nixon
Best supporting actress
Amy [...]

by Deborah Arthur | December 19, 2008   
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2009 Golden Globe Nominations

Golden Globe record holder Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! (top) and in Doubt (bottom)

The biggest surprise in the 2008 Golden Globe nominations’ list is that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t dig a spot for Nicole Kidman in Australia (which was totally shut out), especially considering that Kidman’s former husband Tom Cruise did garner a best supporting actor nod for Tropic Thunder. (Cruise’s nomination, by the way, elicited laughter from journalists present at the Golden Globes announcement ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Laughter also greeted James Franco’s nomination — not for Milk, mind you, but as best actor in a comedy or musical for Pineapple Express.)
Among other Golden Globe oddities was the fact that Milk [...]

by Andre Soares | December 11, 2008   
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