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The Writers Guild of America West announced on Tuesday that American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson has been named recipient of the 2024 Paul Selvin Award for the Amazon MGM Studios film, for which he won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay earlier this month.

Additionally, American Fiction — based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett — is nominated for the WGA Award for best adapted screenplay.

The comedy, which stars Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist who writes a satirical book under a pen name that exposes the publishing industry’s limited view of Black life, has garnered numerous awards in addition to the Oscar, including the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a BAFTA award for best adapted screenplay and Film Independent Spirit Awards for best actor (Wright) and adapted screenplay. The film was also named as one of the year’s best by the...

This is fact: Oscar-winning American Fiction screenwriter Cord Jefferson will receive the WGA West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award next month. The first-time feature scribe will be feted during the West Coast ceremony for strike-delayed 77th Writers Guild Awards on April 14 at the Hollywood Palladium.

He also is up for the Adapted Screenplay prize at the WGA Awards, having written his script based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure.

Jefferson also directed American Fiction, which stars Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a frustrated novelist fed up with the literary establishment’s continual ignorance and blind promotion of what they consider “Black” entertainment. He writes an outlandish “Black” book of his own under a pen name, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

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Along with the accolades for Jefferson’s first big-screen script,...

Previous recipients include Barry Jenkins, Dustin Lance Black, Susannah Grant, Liz Hannah.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz will receive Writers Guild of America West’s (WGA) 2023 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay She Said at the Guild’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles on March 5.

She Said recounts the story of the investigation by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, reporters at The New York Times, who exposed decades of sexual abuse by then-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and in so doing ignited the #MeToo movement. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star.

Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Los Angeles court today.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay for She Said, the Universal film about the New York Times reporters who broke the story that exposed disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. The guild said Thursday that she will be honored at the WGA Awards’ Los Angeles ceremony March 5 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

Lenkiewicz is also nominated this year for a WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She Said is based on the investigation by Times reporters Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett, and the book by Kantor and Twohey that helped propel the #MeToo movement by uncovering the system that had enabled years of sexual assault by some of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

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Hello, dear readers! We’re back with a brand-new batch of home media releases for this week, and there’s definitely something for everyone in Tuesday’s Blu-ray and DVD titles. If you missed it when it was released late last year, you can finally catch up with Spell this week, and for those of you who are looking to add some more classic titles to your personal collections, there’s certainly an array of films headed home this week that surely fit that bill.

Kino Lorber is showing some love to Frank Darabont’s Buried Alive this Tuesday, and Code Red is keeping themselves busy with a pair of cult titles headed to Blu as well: Just Before Dawn and The Devil’s Wedding Night. Other notable releases for January 12th include Rituals, Go/Don’t Go, It Cuts Deep, Devilman: Special Edition, and a Double Feature Blu-ray for both Zombieland films.

There were far more important things than trophies to be concerned about last night at the WGA Awards as scribes on both coasts were consumed with the guild’s upcoming talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and of course, the possibility of a strike.

In speaking with a number of writers at both the Beverly Hills and NYC ceremony last night, Deadline heard the same demand from scribes: Give us our cut of streaming profits.

“The last big negotiation [in 2007] was just as streaming was on the table,” Jojo Rabbit filmmaker and WGA adapted screenplay winner Taika Waititi told Deadline last night in New York, “It is the platform and it’s where we all make our bread and butter now. So we have to re-negotiate.”

“This is a pivot point. It feels like every negotiation is an important negotiation, but we’re going through a tectonic...

Hey, well, Nazisploitation. Like a festering cold sore on a sordid decade, these women-and-men-tortured-in-concentration-camps romps flooded the market after the surprise success of Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975), with Italy leading the way in tribute. Now, I’ve thus far only skimmed the surface of a genre I’m none too keen to dive into; that’s where Severin Films comes in, to hold a newbie’s hand and make sure he survives all the grime. The Beast in Heat (1977) certainly has the grime angle covered (and then some) in Severin’s new Blu-ray; softer sensibilities are warned to stay far, far away.

The story hasn’t changed much, just the players: Dr. Ellen Kratsch is in charge of Research and Development for the Gestapo it seems, and her lab is quite full. Sure, she handles the requisite floggings and such, but a true trailblazer as herself also offers female genital electrolysis,...

Severin Films is one of the most reliable purveyors of high-quality trash on the planet right now, and their latest trio of releases for July is no exception. Today we're looking at three of the sleaziest exploitation films out there with Bruno Mattei's Robowar, Luigi Batzella's The Beast in Heat, and Claudio Fragasso's Night Killer. Check out the details below...

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It’s a big week for horror and sci-fi home media releases, as we have some stellar collections coming our way this Tuesday. Scream Factory is set to thrill fans with their Collector’s Edition of Night of the Creeps, and as if that wasn’t enough, Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno is also getting the Collector’s Edition treatment, and they’ve put together a Blu for Monster on the Campus as well.

Arrow Video has compiled the second installment of their American Horror Project box set series that cult film fans will undoubtedly want to add to their collections, Blue Underground is celebrating The New York Ripper with a 3-Disc Limited Edition set, and Severin Films is resurrecting The Beast in Heat on both Blu and DVD, too.

Other releases for June 25th include The Believers, Night Killer, Ctrl, The Dark Side of the Moon and Isabelle.

This June, the fine folk over at Severin Films are planning on taking viewers through three very distinct horror journeys with their releases of Claudio Fragasso’s Night Killer, Bruno Mattei’s Robowar, and Luigi Batzella’s Beast in Heat! Below are descriptions, images, and special feature lists for each film and above is a trailer that highlights […] The post Severin’s June Releases See Night Killer Take On Robowar Like a Beast In Heat appeared first on Dread Central.

Screenwriter Susannah Grant, who recently penned HBO’s “Confirmation,” is set to receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2017 Paul Selvin Award, the guild announced Thursday. Grant, whose other credits include “Erin Brokovich” and “In Her Shoes,” recently earned a WGA nomination for Long Form Original for “Confirmation,” and will be honored at the Wgaw 2017 Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Feb. 19. “Confirmation” stars Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, the woman who accused then Supreme Court-nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her in the workplace years earlier. Also Read: Emmy Quickie: Zoe Lister-Jones Danced Between Takes of 'Confirmation' (Exclusive Video) “From ‘Erin.

Susannah Grant is set to receive the WGA West’s 2017 Paul Selvin Award for her Emmy-nominated Confirmation script. The award named for the guild’s late longtime general counsel is being presented for a work that "best embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties that are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere." An Oscar nominee for her original screenplay for Erin Brockovich, Grant’s writing credits also include The 5th Wave, The Soloi…...

Tate Taylor, who directed DreamWorks Studios’ Oscar-winning film, The Help, returns to direct its adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Girl On The Train.

DreamWorks acquired the rights to Paula Hawkins’ debut thriller in 2014, prior to the novel’s publication, and set Erin Cressida Wilson to adapt for the screen. Marc Platt will produce the film, while Jared LeBoff of Marc Platt Productions will serve as executive producer.

In “The Girl on the Train,” Rachel, who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

“With ‘The Help,’ Tate deftly adapted a beloved novel into a compelling film that stayed true to its origin while pleasing fans and moviegoers alike,” said Holly Bario,...

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) handed out top film honors to the screenplays of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Imitation Game" Saturday night. On the television side, "Louie" and "True Detective" were favorites, winning two prizes each. Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash" competed in the original category at the WGA Awards, while the Academy's Writers Branch, in a rare move outside of guild designation, deemed it adapted due to the fact that a scene from the feature script was the basis of a short film that screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. So if "The Imitation Game" is to go on to Oscar glory, it will have to compete with Chazelle's popular film for the first time this season at the Feb. 22 Academy Awards ceremony. Additionally, presumed Best Picture frontrunner "Birdman" was not eligible for WGA (making it still significant competition with "Grand Budapest" in the original category), nor was "The Theory of Everything,...

Frank Marshall will receive the American Cinema Editors’ Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker Of The Year Award in Los Angeles on January 30.

Prior Ace Golden Eddie honournees including Steven Spielberg, Norman Jewison, Alexander Payne, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Saul Zaentz and Paul Greengrass.

Margaret Nagle has been chosen by the Writers Guild Of America, West to receive the 2015 Paul Selvin Award for her screenplay The Good Lie.

Just when you thought you’d seen everything… here comes another 55 insane trailers to whip you into a frenzy in this collection of sick, depraved and hysterically brilliant movie previews from the golden age of Grindhouse cinema in Grindhouse Trailer Classics 4.

Following the successful and critically-acclaimed release of Grindhouse Trailer Classics 1, 2 & 3, Nucleus Films will once again take you on trip back to the “gory days” of cult and exploitation cinema with their latest unseen compilation of audacious theatrical trailers from the sleazy cinematic sub-genre known as “grindhouse”.

I’m a Huge fan of this series (check out this pic of my signed copies of the first 3 releases) so I’m super-excited to see what stupefyingly awesome trailers this collection has to offer. According to the press release, all of the trailers in this collection have been sourced from ultra-rare 35mm prints, many of which haven’t been seen since they...

Her, Stories We Tell and Captain Phillips took home top honors on Saturday night as the big winners of the 2014 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen. Television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing were also recognized at simultaneous ceremonies at the Jw Marriott L.A. Live in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. It’s the final precursor guild award leading up to the Oscars.

Below is a complete list of the winners.

Screen Winners

Original Screenplay (matched up with the Academy Awards nominations)

Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros.

Nominees included American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, Her and Nebraska.

Adapted Screenplay (3 for 5 Oscar nominations)

Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures

In addition to Captain Phillips,...

Almost a year after Alex Gibney first premiered his acclaimed and controversial documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" at Sundance, he has been chosen as the Paul Selvin Award recipient by the Writers Guild of America, West. This marks the first time a documentary film has won the honor. “Alex Gibney is one of the foremost documentary filmmakers of this generation," said Wgaw President Christopher Keyser. "His work has been a filmic conscience for our times. In "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks", Mr. Gibney tackles issues arising out of us living, increasingly, in a surveillance state – from the public’s right to know and the press’ right to publish, to the treatment of whistleblowers." The Paul Selvin Award (named after the late WGA counsel) is given to a script that "exemplifies the liberties and civil rights that are essential to writers everywhere," a cause that Selvin fervently promoted throughout his career.

Alex Gibney has become the first documentary filmmaker to receive the Writers Guild of America, West’s Paul Selvin Award, the Wgaw announced on Wednesday. The award goes to a WGA member whose script, in the words of the guild, “best embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties.” Gibney will receive it for his documentary “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WilkiLeaks.” The documentary follows the rise of Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, and focuses on the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to prison for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks. Also read: WikiLeaks Doc Director on Julian Assange: ‘The.

Alex Gibney, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, will be honored with the Paul Selvin Award at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony on Feb. 1. Gibney, whose other films include Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and The Armstrong Lie, will receive the award at the event at the Jw Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live. Named after the late Paul Selvin, who served as counsel to the Wgaw, the award is given to a WGA member whose script best embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties.

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Alex Gibey has been named the Wgaw’s 2014 Paul Selvin Award honouree for his screenplay for We Steal Secrets: The Story Of WikiLeaks.

This marks the first time in Writers Guild Awards history that a documentary has received the Selvin Award.

Gibney and his work will be recognized at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony on February 1.

The award is named after the late Wgaw counsel Paul Selvin and is presented to a WGA member “whose script best embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties.”...

Writer Don Payne, who began his writing career on TV in the mid-nineties with episodes of Hope and Gloria, Can’t Hurry Love, Men Behaving Badly, Veronica’s Closet and The Brian Benben Show before becoming writer, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer and consulting producer of The Simpsons, has passed at 48, losing his long battle with bone cancer. The Simpsons’ showrunner Al Jean stated: “Don was a wonderful writer and an even more wonderful man. He was beloved in the ‘Simpsons’ community and his untimely passing is terrible news to us all.” Payne either wrote or co-wrote 18 episodes of the long-running Fox series beginning in 2000. He segued into screenwriting in 2006 with My Super Ex-Girlfriend, followed by Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Thor, Maximum Ride and this fall’s Thor: The Dark World. In 2006, he told the website Cinematical that “I’ve always wanted to write features. That’s...

Don Payne, a co-executive producer of "The Simpsons" and "Thor" screenwriter, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after battling cancer. He was 48. The University of California, Los Angeles graduate won four primetime Emmys with "The Simpsons" since joining the Fox show's writing staff in 1998. Payne wrote 16 episodes, including "Fraudcast News," which earned him the 2005 Writers Guild Paul Selvin Award.  Also read: Henry Bromell, Writer-Producer on 'Homeland,' 'Homicide,' Dies at 65 "Don was a wonderful writer and an even more wonderful man," said "Simpsons" showrunner Al Jean in a statement. "He...

Don Payne, whose screenwriting credits include 2011′s Thor, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer and My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and who was an award-winning writer/producer on The Simpsons, has died. He had been battling cancer. Payne started out in TV, hooking up with writing partner John Frink before graduating with a screenwriting master’s from UCLA. They penned episodes for such series as Hope & Gloria, The Brian Benben Show and Veronica’s Closet. Payne and Frink eventually joined The Simpsons, sharing in four Emmys for Outstanding Animated Program. In 2005, Payne received the WGA’s Paul Selvin Award for penning the Simpsons episode “Fraudcast News”, which skewered the TV news business. Another Simpsons episode — co-written as was the usual case with Frink — was “The Bart Wants What It Wants,” was nominated for a WGA Award for animation in 2003. Among his projects in the works, Payne, who described himself in a...

The East Coast WGA Awards show got under way at New York's Bb Kings a good hour before the pokey West Coast, and attendees tweeted up a storm. Soon the trades ran with the news that the key film awards had gone to the adapted screenplay for "Argo" and original script for "Zero Dark Thirty." WGA West was still running clips from nominated screenplays like "Silver Linings Playbook" after the winners had been announced ("Argo"'s clip was the WGA joke, natch.) "Lincoln" writer Tony Kushner accepted his Paul Selvin award from Steven Spielberg as "Argo"'s win was revealed in NYC. Lena Dunham had already tweeted her "Girls" win from New York, to her accepting producer in La, Jenni Konner. (Full list of film and television winners is here and below.) At evening's end, Jessica Chastain gave out the adapted screenplay, finally; "Argo" earned the most applause, and won.

Deadline Editor in Chief Nikki Finke is writing from on-scene coverage by Deadline’s Awards Columnist, Awardsline’s Anthony D’Alessandro, and contributor Ray Richmond. The 2013 WGA award winners are named here. There will be an update to this post on Monday morning: Los Angeles… Refresh for latest… Speeches & Color To Come The 65th Annual Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles ceremony tonight honored outstanding achievement in writing in film, television, radio, new media, and other awards categories. The presentation at the Jw Marriott La Live was going on simultaneously with the New York City ceremony. (WGA East Awards 2013 Ceremony - Live). Or at least it was supposed to. Instead, the La event lagged NYC’s by almost an hour. Which meant award winners were being announced first by Wgae and then trickling into the Wgaw audience to ruin any suspense. ”This is outrageous,” one audience member emailed me from the scene.

Deadline Editor in Chief Nikki Finke is writing from on-scene coverage by Deadline’s Awards Columnist, Awardsline’s Anthony D’Alessandro, and contributor Ray Richmond. The 2013 WGA award winners are named here. There will be an update to this post on Monday morning: Los Angeles… Refresh for latest… Speeches & Color To Come The 65th Annual Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles ceremony tonight honored outstanding achievement in writing in film, television, radio, new media, and other awards categories. The presentation at the Jw Marriott La Live was going on simultaneously with the New York City ceremony. (WGA East Awards 2013 Ceremony - Live). Or at least it was supposed to. Instead, the La event lagged NYC’s by almost an hour. Which meant award winners were being announced first by Wgae and then trickling into the Wgaw audience to ruin any suspense. ”This is outrageous,” one audience member emailed me from the scene.

The WGA West has extended executive director David Young’s contract for an additional five years. The move means that he’ll preside over negotiations with the studios in both 2014 and 2017. Young has been executive director since 2006. He ran the 2007-08 writers' strike. Story: Tony Kushner to Receive WGA West's 2013 Paul Selvin Award “David is a proven leader and an invaluable strategic thinker,” said Wgaw president Chris Keyser. “He has helped guide us through challenging times of both technological change and economic turbulence in our industry." The vote by the WGA board to extend Young’s

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The Writers Guild of America, East announces screenwriter and director David Koepp will receive the Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement. The award, established in 1992, honors a WGA member for his or her body of work. It will be presented to Koepp at the 65th annual Writers Guild Awards on February 17. Koepp's impressive writing credits include "Spider Man," "Mission: Impossible," "Carlito's Way" and Steven Spielberg's soon-to-be-rereleased "Jurassic Park." Koepp has also collaborated with Spielberg on "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "War of the Worlds." Screenwriter Scott Frank ("Out of Sight," "Minority Report") will present the award to Koepp. Oscar-nominated "Lincoln" scribe Tony Kushner will receive the WGA's Paul Selvin Award.

Guild favorite "Argo" may be closing in on "Lincoln" in the Best Adapted Screenplay race, but even if it continues its sweep, the WGA has ensured Tony Kushner won't go home empty-handed on February 17. The "Lincoln" scribe will be presented with the group's Paul Selvin Award for the script that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere." If that award sounds pretty much tailor-made for "Lincoln" (hey, it wasn't going to go to "Django Unchained") it isn't: last year's winner was Tate Taylor for "The...

Writers Guild and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Tony Kushner has been chosen to receive the Wgaw's 2013 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay for Lincoln. Named after the late Selvin, who served as counsel to the Guild, the award is given to the WGA member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere. Kushner will be recognized, along with other honorees, at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 17, at the Jw Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live.

The Writers Guild of America West has chosen screenwriter Tony Kushner to receive its 2013 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay for "Lincoln."  Named after the late counsel to the Guild, the Paul Selvin Award is given to the WGA member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitution, civil rights and civil liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere. Kushner will be recognized, along with other honorees, at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Jw Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles. "Tony...

"Lincoln" screenwriter Tony Kushner will receive the Writers Guild's 2013 Paul Selvin Award, in recognition of his script that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere." Kushner will join the Guild's other honorees at their awards ceremony on February 17. WGAW president Christopher Keyser states that Kushner's "eloquent script for 'Lincoln' reminds us that, though we like to think of ourselves as the land of the free, in practice, freedom and equality are never a given, and that they are won only through struggle, often by the narrowest of margins and the greatest of sacrifice." Kushner, who also worked with "Lincoln" director Steven Spielberg on 2005's "Munich," responds; “I’m happy and moved to learn that I’ve been selected as this year’s recipient for the Paul Selvin...

Los Angeles – Writers Guild and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Tony Kushner has been chosen to receive the Wgaw’s 2013 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay for Lincoln. Named after the late Selvin, who served as counsel to the Guild, the award is given to the WGA member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere. Kushner will be recognized, along with other honorees, at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 17, at the Jw Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live. “Tony Kushner’s eloquent script for Lincoln reminds us that, though we like to think of ourselves as the land of the free, in practice, freedom and equality are never a given, and that they are won only through struggle, often by the narrowest of margins and the greatest of sacrifice. The Guild...

The 2013 Writers Guild Awards, honoring outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional and graphic animation, will be held on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Here’s the timeline released today. TV Eligibility Period: Long Form, Episodic, Animation, and Children’s script categories: First broadcast between Dec 1, 2011 and Nov 30, 2012 All other script categories: First broadcast between Oct 1, 2011 and Sep 30, 2012 Screen Eligibility Period: Exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles for one week during 2012 Documentary Screenplays: Exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles or New York for one week during 2012 Videogame Eligibility Period: Originally released between Dec 1, 2011 and Nov 30, 2012 New Media Eligibility Period: First exhibited on a new media platform between Dec 1, 2011 and Nov 30, 2012 2012 October Fri. Oct 12 Deadline for submissions: TV-Radio and Paul Selvin Award scripts Fri. Oct 12 Deadline for submissions: Drama, Comedy, and New TV Series Tues. Oct 23 Preliminary TV Series online voting begins November Fri.

Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Woody Allen has been nominated for an astonishing 20 Writers Guild Awards, winning four times, each for Best Original Screenplay: Annie Hall (with Marshall Brickman, 1977), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). The first movie starred Allen's muse of the '70s, Diane Keaton; the other three featured Allen's muse of the '80s and early '90s, Mia Farrow. Though museless since his three efforts starring Scarlett Johansson, earlier this evening Allen won his fifth WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay: for Midnight in Paris, a comedy-drama fantasy featuring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, and Michael Sheen, among others. Midnight in Paris is perhaps Allen's best-received film since Bullets Over Broadway (1994), and sold more tickets than any other Woody Allen movie since Hannah and Her Sisters 25 years ago. [List of WGA motion picture winners/nominations.] The Best Adapted Screenplay...

The Descendants and Midnight in Paris have been honoured with awards from the Writers Guild of America. Midnight in Paris screenwriter Woody Allen triumphed over films including Bridesmaids and Young Adult to take the 'Original Screenplay' award, while The Descendants won the accolade for 'Adapted Screenplay' at Sunday night's ceremonies, held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles. Both movies are also nominated for screenwriting prizes at next week's Academy Awards. The Help screenwriter and director Tate Taylor was given the Paul Selvin Award for special achievement, while Eric Roth (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Forrest Gump) was honoured with the Laurel Award for Screen, a lifetime achievement award. Judd Apatow was presented with the Herb Sargent (more)...

HollywoodNews.com: Executive Producer Spike Jones, Jr. and Talent Producer Carole Propp have confirmed a top line-up of Hollywood talent set to present honors at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards L.A. ceremony coming up on Sunday, February 19, at the Hollywood Palladium. This year’s West Coast show will feature writers, actors, and directors who’ve collaborated to create memorable films, television series, videogames, new media, and other written programs.

In addition to previously announced 2012 WGA Hollywood show co-hosts Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) and Joel McHale (Community, The Soup), this year’s Writers Guild Awards presenters will include: Parks & Recreation star Amy Poehler with Parks & Recreation co-creator Michael Schur, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, 2 Broke Girls star Kat Denning with 2 Broke Girls co-creator Michael Patrick King, Web Therapy star/co-creator Lisa Kudrow with Web Therapy co-creator Don Roos, actor-comic Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) with director-screenwriter...

It would seem that the cast of “The Help” aren’t the only ones receiving accolades for their work on the film. The screenwriter and director of the film, Tate Taylor, has been announced as the recipient for the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2012 Paul Selvin Award. “Tate Taylor’s adapted screenplay for The Help artfully distills the empowering essence and core emotional truths of Kathryn Stockwell’s novel, translating it into a film that forcefully illustrates how ordinary people can impact positive social change. Evoking a specific time and place, the film’s message is ultimately universal and remains relevant today. Tate’s honor is well-deserved – and his script does Paul Selvin’s...

"The Help" director Tate Taylor will receive WGA West's 2012 Paul Selvin Award: "The Selvin Award recognizes work that 'embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties.' 'Tate Taylor’s adapted screenplay for "The Help" artfully distills the empowering essence and core emotional truths of Kathryn Stockett’s novel, translating it into a film that forcefully illustrates how ordinary people can impact positive social change,' said Wgaw president Christopher Keyser." Hollywood Reporter Tom Hanks tapped to be a presenter at the Oscars: "Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Hanks, who is a governor of the Academy, won consecutive Oscars in 1993 and 1994 for his lead performances in 'Philadelphia' and 'Forrest Gump.' He was also nominated for his leading roles in &#...

The Help writer-director Tate Taylor will be the recipient of the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2012 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay. He will be honored at the WGAw ceremony Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Hollywood Palladium. The Selvin Award recognizes work that "embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties." “Tate Taylor’s adapted screenplay for The Help artfully distills the empowering essence and core emotional truths of Kathryn Stockett’s novel, translating it into a film that forcefully illustrates how ordinary people can impact positive social change," said Wgaw

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Screenwriter-director Tate Taylor has been named recipient of the Writers Guild of America, West.s 2012 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay for the civil rights-era drama The Help.

The Guild.s Selvin Award recognizes written work which embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties. Filmmaker Taylor will be honored at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony on Sunday, February 19, at the Hollywood Palladium.

.Tate Taylor.s adapted screenplay for The Help artfully distills the empowering essence and core emotional truths of Kathryn Stockwell.s novel, translating it into a film that forcefully illustrates how ordinary people can impact positive social change. Evoking a specific time and place, the film.s message is ultimately universal and remains relevant today. Tate.s honor is well-deserved . and his script does Paul Selvin.s legacy proud by conveying the continuing power of the written word,. said Wgaw President Christopher Keyser.

The day after "The Help" won three SAG Awards, the Writers Guild of America, West has added to its awards haul by naming its writer-director Tate Taylor recipient of the 2012 Paul Selvin Award. The Selvin Award was established to honor work "which embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties," according to the Wgaw press release. Last year's winners were Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth for "Fair Game." Other recipients have included Michael Mann, Eric Roth and Dustin Lance Black. “Tate Taylor’s adapted screenplay for 'The Help' artfully distills the empowering...

Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced the 2012 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation awards categories. 2011-2012 WGA Media Timeline TV eligibility period: Long Form, Episodic, Animation, and Children’s script categories: First broadcast between Dec 1, 2010 and Nov 30, 2011 All other script categories: First broadcast between Oct 1, 2010 and Sep 30, 2011 Screen eligibility period: Theatrically exhibited in Los Angeles for at least one week during 2011 October 2011 Fri. Oct 14 Deadline for submissions: TV-Radio and Paul Selvin Award scripts Fri. Oct 14 Deadline for submissions: Drama, Comedy, and New TV Series Tues. Oct 25 Preliminary Drama/Comedy/New TV Series online voting begins November Fri. Nov 18 Deadline for submissions: Theatrical and Documentary Screenplays Fri.

Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced the 2012 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation awards categories. 2011-2012 WGA Media Timeline TV eligibility period: Long Form, Episodic, Animation, and Children’s script categories: First broadcast between Dec 1, 2010 and Nov 30, 2011 All other script categories: First broadcast between Oct 1, 2010 and Sep 30, 2011 Screen eligibility period: Theatrically exhibited in Los Angeles for at least one week during 2011 October 2011 Fri. Oct 14 - Deadline for submissions: TV-Radio and Paul Selvin Award scripts Fri. Oct 14 - Deadline for submissions: Drama, Comedy, and New TV Series Tues. Oct 25 - Preliminary Drama/Comedy/New TV Series online voting begins November Fri. Nov 18 - Deadline...

HollywoodNews.com: The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) tonight announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the Axa Equitable Center in New York City.

Screen Winners

Original Screenplay

Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.

Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures

Documentary Screenplay

Inside Job, Written by Charles Ferguson; Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt; Sony Pictures Classic

Television Winners

Drama Series

Mad Men, Written by Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla,Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy,

Tracy McMillan, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC

Comedy Series

Modern Family, Written by Jerry Collins,...

The west coast of edition of the WGA Awards will be handed out Saturday with "Modern Family" mates Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet co-hosting the awardsfest at the Renaissance Hotel. Among those presenting the prizes in Hollywood will be four performers with the men who have given them some of the their best lines: "Parks & Recreation" star Amy Poehler with the show's writer-producer Greg Daniels; "Fringe" femme fatale Anna Torv with writer-director-producer J.J. Abrams; "As the World Turns" grande dame Eileen Fulton with director-executive producer Christopher Goutman; and Hank Azaria with writer Mitch Albom ("Tuesdays with Morrie"). Wgaw President and writer-director-producer John Wells will present the Guild’s Paul Selvin Award -- given to those whose script highlights First Amendment and civil liberties issues -- to "Fair Game" scribes Jez and John Henry Butterworth. -Break- O...

Screenwriters Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth have been named recipients of the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2011 Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for “Fair Game.”

The award “recognizes written work which embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties.”

The Butterworth brothers, along with other Guild honorees, will be recognized at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony Saturday at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom.

Screenwriters Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth have been named recipients of the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2011 Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for “Fair Game.”

The award “recognizes written work which embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties.”

The Butterworth brothers, along with other Guild honorees, will be recognized at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony Saturday at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom.

Los Angeles – Screenwriters Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth have been named recipients of the Writers Guild of America, West’s 2011 Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for Fair Game. The award recognizes written work which embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties. The Butterworth brothers, along with other Guild honorees, will be recognized at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony this Saturday, February 5, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom. “Jez & John-Henry Butterworth’s Paul Selvin Award-winning screenplay for Fair Game expertly conveys both the impact and implications of a contemporary media climate where public and private worlds are often blurred for political gain. Their absorbing script articulates nuances of political and personal speech, while adeptly maintaining a tight focus on the human-scale drama, illuminating the all-too-personal costs when our basic rights are put in jeopardy,” said Wgaw President John Wells. “We think it's very cool to be given this award.