Writers go for MIDNIGHT and DESCENDANTS' Scripts.

Last night, Sunday, February 19th, 2012, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the winners of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for 2011. Simultaneous ceremonies were held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City.

 

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY: Better This World, written by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Midnight in Paris, written by Woody Allen.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:  The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.

See the winners for television, radio, news, promotional, video games, and new media writing by clicking title of this post. To go to IMDb to see more about the motion picture, click links under the posters. This is the last Guild to give awards before Sunday night's 84th Academy Awards. 

Only one award remains before the 84th Academy Awards, but it usually does not indicate anything about the Oscars, the Spirit Awards for independent motion pictures, next Saturday, 25th. The awards will be presented, and broadcast by IFC, from the beach in Santa Monica. Dress is casual beach wear, including flip flops.

If you are a fan of the Razzie Awards, please note that they will NOT be awarded the night before the Oscars this year. They have changed their schedule. This year, RAZZIE NOMINATIONS will be revealed in a press conference at 6pm/PST, Saturday February 25 (aka Oscar Eve) in Santa Monica. The eventual "winners" will be announced on April 1st (aka April Fools' Day) -- Meaning you still have time to join and vote on our 32nd Annual RAZZIE Nominating Ballot.

Editors Go For The Descendants, The Artist and Rango

The 62nd Annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards were presented Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. Awards were presented in nine categories of film, television and documentary at the black-tie ceremony celebrating the best of 2011. About 1,000 attended.

The award for the Best Edited Dramatic Feature went to THE DESCENDANTS (editor, Kevin Tent).

 

THE ARTIST, won for the Best Edited Comedy or Musical (editor Anne-Sophie Brion and editor-writer-director Michel Hazanavicius).

 RANGO, voiced by Johnny Depp, and edited by Craig Wood, won Best Edited Animated Feature Film.

FREEDOM RIDERS (editors, Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil) won Best Edited Documentary.

 

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82nd Academy Award Winners 2010 for the Best of 2009

And the winners are:

The Oscar® statuettes were presented to the "best of 2009" at the 82nd Academy Awards® gala on Sunday, 7 March 2010, in the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center®, Hollywood, California. They were and televised live around the world by the ABC Television Network.

BEST PICTURE:THE HURT LOCKER, directed by Kathryn Bigelow;

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART;

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS;

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE;

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire;

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: UP, Pete Docter;

ART DIRECTION: AVATAR;

CINEMATOGRAPHY: AVATAR;

DIRECTING: THE HURT LOCKER, Kathryn Bigelow;

DOCUMENTARY (Feature): THE COVE;

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) Argentina, directed by Juan José Campanella;

MUSIC (Original Score):
UP, Michael Giacchino

MUSIC (Original Song):"The Weary Kind" from CRAZY HEART - Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett;

COSTUME DESIGN: THE YOUNG VICTORIA;

MAKEUP: STAR TREK;

FILM EDITING: THE HURT LOCKER;

SOUND EDITING: THE HURT LOCKER;

SOUND MIXING: THE HURT LOCKER;

VISUAL EFFECTS: AVATAR;

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay): PRECIOUS, Geoffrey Fletcher;

WRITING (Original Screenplay): THE HURT LOCKER, Mike Boal.

For the Academy Official Site and list of all nominees, winners, and to read acceptance speeches, click title of this post.