Steven Zaillian Articles

Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Bridesmaids Michelle Williams, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Kenneth Branagh, Max von Sydow: Oscar 2012 Nominations Best adapted screenplay The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash Hugo (Paramount) Screenplay by John Logan The Ides of March (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by George Clooney [...]

Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer in Tate Taylor's The Help George Clooney, Viola Davis: Critics Choice Awards Ceremony Speeches BEST PICTURE * The Artist The Descendants Drive Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris  Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM In Darkness Le Havre * A Separation by Asghar Farhadi The Skin I Live In Where Do [...]

Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method The 2012 finalists for the USC Scripter Awards, honoring both screenwriters and the original authors of adapted screenplays, are the following: Christopher Hampton for A Dangerous Method, adapted from John Kerr's nonfiction book A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein and Hampton's own 2002 stage play The Talking Cure; Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim [...]

The Descendants: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley Best Film: The Descendants directed by Alexander Payne Best Foreign Film: A Separation (Iran) directed by Asghar Farhadi Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life Best Actor: George Clooney for The Descendants Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer for Beginners Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain for The Tree of Life Best Original Screenplay: [...]