Open Road’s Spotlight won the marquee Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture honor tonight at the SAG Awards. The win gives solid Oscar Best Picture momentum to the the pic, which centers on the Boston Globe‘s Pulitzer-winning investigation into the Catholic Church child abuse … Read entire story.
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Mad Max: Fury Road and The Big Short were the big winners on the film side at tonight’s 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards. Inside Out took the animated feature prize and Amy Winehouse pic Amy won the docu award during the American Cinema Editors’ trophy show at the Beverly Hilton. … Read entire story.
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Trumbo scripter John McNamara will be this year’s recipient of the WGA’s Paul Selvin Award, which honors writers whose work “embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil right liberties that are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere.” McNamara will be recognized, along with other honorees, at … Read entire story.
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When Carol Burnett steps onstage January 30 at the SAG Awards to accept the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, somebody from the union should be waiting backstage to hand her a check. She and dozens of other stars expected to attend the guild’s annual awards show are owed unclaimed residuals that … Read entire story.
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Members of the WGA West are being asked to approve three amendments to the guild’s constitution to make it easier for members to run for guild office, and that once elected, for officers and board members to remain in office longer. If approved, the guild would no longer hold elections … Read entire story.
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