Nomadland and Queen s Gambit Win USC Scripter Awards
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Top prizes at the USC Scripter event Saturday went to screenwriter Chloé Zhao and author Jessica Bruder for “Nomadland” as well as scripter Scott Frank and novelist Walter Tevis for Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.”
As in past years, the award goes to both the scriptwriter(s) as well as the writer(s) of the original material.
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Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” is based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.” Zhao thanked Bruder, the cast and crew of the film and Searchlight, concluding, “I feel so lucky to be able to tell stories for a living.” Bruder added that she had been reporting in 2014 for a magazine article that turned into the book and “It has been one hell of a ride.”
SAG Awards Producers Reveal Hour-Long Special Will Be Pre-Taped (EXCLUSIVE)
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This year’s SAG Awards are keeping it short and sweet in recognition of this socially distanced age of COVID-19. Executive producers Todd Milliner, Sean Hayes and Kathy Connell have revealed to
Variety that next month’s ceremony will be pre-taped, including winner reveals, and be limited to just a one-hour running time.
“We’re looking at trying to do a unique award ceremony in an hour and leave people saying, which they very rarely do [with an awards show], ‘Man, I wish we had more,’” Milliner said.
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Golden Globes 2021: Catch a rare view inside celebrity homes on the de facto Instagram red carpet
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Sofia Carson attends the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton and broadcast on February 28, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California.Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Cynthia Erivo attends the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton and broadcast on February 28, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California.Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
Ted Lasso, The Crown, The Queen s Gambit : Predicting the 2021 Golden Globe TV Winners
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Will the Golden Globes honor shows this year that already have been well-represented by Emmy wins, or will this year’s kudos aim to be the first out of the gate to recognize a new crop of critically acclaimed series? That’s one of the forever debates that comes in trying to guess how the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. members might vote.
This year, there’s no shortage of favorites in the key categories, although it does seem to come down to “The Crown” vs. “Ozark” in drama, “Ted Lasso” vs. “Schitt’s Creek” in drama and “The Queen’s Gambit” vs. “The Undoing” in limited series/TV movie. But who knows? With a membership of less than 90, small shifts in allegiances could impact the final results. Here’s where we’re currently leaning.
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