Ben Affleck’s victory at the Directors Guild of America Awards suggests Argo is the unimpeachable favourite for Best Picture at the upcoming Oscars. This means the 85th Academy Awards could become one of the biggest rule-breakers in the history of the ceremony. Affleck was snubbed in the Best Director category at the Academy Awards, and perhaps that […]
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>The Social Network, Inception victorious at WGA awards
February 7, 2011 
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>Although The King’s Speech ran away with three of the four big guild awards (SAG, DGA, PGA) last month, a couple of other films were afforded the opportunity to shine at the Writers Guild of America awards. The Social Network writer (and frequent WGA criticiser) Aaron Sorkin picked up the prize for Adapted Screenplay, beating […]
Continue reading>The King’s Speech dominates SAG awards
January 31, 2011 0 Comments
>The King’s Speech is on track to take home the big awards at this month’s Oscar ceremony following its coronation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film picked up Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and star Colin Firth nabbed Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Along […]
Continue reading>The King’s Speech awarded by DGA
January 31, 2011 0 Comments
>Holster those scissors, Harvey! You may not need to censor The King’s Speech to ensure its Oscar victory. The Directors Guild of America have awarded TKS director Tom Hooper their top prize. In the past decade, eight of the ten winners of the DGA award have gone on to claim Best Director at the Oscars. […]
Continue readingThe Oscar season that was…
March 5, 2010 0 Comments
Is there anything else to say? We’ve been following the Oscar trail for almost 6 months, and we are literally days away from learning what the Academy has chosen as their favourite films and performances of the past year. Join us as we take a look back on the Oscar season that was… It all […]
Continue readingKathryn Bigelow named director of the year at DGA awards
February 1, 2010 1 Comment
source: dga.org The Hurt Locker continued its unparalleled awards season reign at the Director’s Guild of America awards this past weekend. Director Kathryn Bigelow was awarded Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Feature Film, the first female director in the history of the ceremony to do so. Bigelow received the honour over fellow nominees Quentin Tarantino […]
Continue readingSlumdog Millionare wins DGA’s top prize!
February 1, 2009 0 Comments
source: ninemsn.com Slumdog Millionaire has continued its awards season domination by picking up top honours at the annual Director’s Guild of America awards. Danny Boyle was named Best Director for helming the rags to riches tale of a hopeless romantic slum-dweller in Mumbai. It also picked up top awards at last week’s SAG awards and […]
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