As hard as it may be to believe sometimes, someone (or someones) actually sits down and writes a movie or TV show before you end up seeing it at your local multiplex or on your favorite TV network. The people who do the sitting and the writing are, surprisingly, called writers and, like the Directors, the Golden Globes and the Oscars, they have their own awards show.
This week, the Writers Guild of America, which is the trade group and advocate for writers, announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in feature film and television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.
We realize that these nominations may not be as glamorous as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but we kinda like writers around here and think they do a pretty important job.
This week, the Writers Guild of America, which is the trade group and advocate for writers, announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in feature film and television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.
We realize that these nominations may not be as glamorous as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but we kinda like writers around here and think they do a pretty important job.
- 1/13/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
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Awards heavyweights "Mad Men," "30 Rock" and "The Office" and buzzed-about newcomer "Modern Family" led the TV field for the 2010 Writers Guild Awards with three nominations each.
AMC's "Mad Men" and NBC's "30 Rock" and "The Office" are in the running for best drama/comedy series, and each received two nominations for episodic writing. "Family" made the cut for best comedy series, best new series and best episodic writing for a comedy series.
ABC's "Family" was one of two new shows to break into the best series categories along with Fox's quirky high-school dramedy "Glee," which faces "Family" in the best comedy series and best new series fields.
While the WGA Awards are still in its nomination phase, Fox's "The Simpsons" can already uncork the champagne. The veteran series is assured to win the animation category after landing all five nomination slots.
The biggest surprise among the series nominees was HBO's low-key baseball comedy "Eastbound & Down,...
AMC's "Mad Men" and NBC's "30 Rock" and "The Office" are in the running for best drama/comedy series, and each received two nominations for episodic writing. "Family" made the cut for best comedy series, best new series and best episodic writing for a comedy series.
ABC's "Family" was one of two new shows to break into the best series categories along with Fox's quirky high-school dramedy "Glee," which faces "Family" in the best comedy series and best new series fields.
While the WGA Awards are still in its nomination phase, Fox's "The Simpsons" can already uncork the champagne. The veteran series is assured to win the animation category after landing all five nomination slots.
The biggest surprise among the series nominees was HBO's low-key baseball comedy "Eastbound & Down,...
- 12/14/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Harvey, the distinctly voiced news commentator whose radio career spanned nearly 60 years, died on Saturday in Arizona, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks tells the Associated Press. He was 90. A cause of death was not immediately available. Harvey's passing comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.
"My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and ... millions have lost a friend."
Known for his staccato voice and trademark delivery of "The Rest of the Story" (a feature through which he anecdotally recalled the lives of famous folk), Harvey's career ...
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"My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and ... millions have lost a friend."
Known for his staccato voice and trademark delivery of "The Rest of the Story" (a feature through which he anecdotally recalled the lives of famous folk), Harvey's career ...
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- 3/1/2009
- by Matt Mitovich
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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Actor Ashton Kutcher has written a touching tribute to Paul Harvey, crediting the late radio broadcaster with teaching him the art of storytelling.
Harvey, whose programmes aired in the U.S. for more than 60 years, died on Saturday at the age of 90.
And Kutcher, who grew up listening to Harvey's on-air commentaries, insists the broadcasts helped shape his approach to acting.
He writes on his official MySpace blog: "Today I celebrate the life and mourn the loss of one of our greatest storytellers. Paul Harvey enriched my life through his gifted voice and ability to deliver a tale with the most unsuspecting ending I'd ever heard.
"He made the countless hours of driving back and forth (to) my grandparents' house on Sunday morning bearable. I would sit in the back seat of the car, choking on my parents' cigarette smoke, hanging on to his every last word...
"It was like he was watching your reaction and knew that he had you hooked. I always felt like he was the smartest, wittiest person in the car.
"He would take you on a roller coaster of peaks and valleys (and) as we drove it felt like he had choreographed it to the road we travelled. And in the end we were allowed to find out 'the rest of the story' which we never saw coming. Thank you Paul for teaching me how to tell a story."...
Harvey, whose programmes aired in the U.S. for more than 60 years, died on Saturday at the age of 90.
And Kutcher, who grew up listening to Harvey's on-air commentaries, insists the broadcasts helped shape his approach to acting.
He writes on his official MySpace blog: "Today I celebrate the life and mourn the loss of one of our greatest storytellers. Paul Harvey enriched my life through his gifted voice and ability to deliver a tale with the most unsuspecting ending I'd ever heard.
"He made the countless hours of driving back and forth (to) my grandparents' house on Sunday morning bearable. I would sit in the back seat of the car, choking on my parents' cigarette smoke, hanging on to his every last word...
"It was like he was watching your reaction and knew that he had you hooked. I always felt like he was the smartest, wittiest person in the car.
"He would take you on a roller coaster of peaks and valleys (and) as we drove it felt like he had choreographed it to the road we travelled. And in the end we were allowed to find out 'the rest of the story' which we never saw coming. Thank you Paul for teaching me how to tell a story."...
- 3/1/2009
- WENN
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Legendary U.S. radio broadcaster Paul Harvey has died, aged 90.
The star passed away in a hospital near his home in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday.
The cause of death is yet to be released, but the star had suffered various illnesses - as well as the death of his wife Lynne "Angel" Harvey - in the past year.
Harvey's programmes were aired on more than 1,200 radio stations and his commentary appeared in 300 newspapers over his seven-decade career.
At the height of his fame, Harvey had an estimated 22 million listeners tuning in to hear his twice-daily broadcasts, in which he discussed current affairs and his observations on life.
ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson says, "Even after the passing of his loving wife Angel in May 2008, Paul would not slip quietly into retirement as he continued to take the microphone and reach out to his audience.
"We will miss our dear friend tremendously and are grateful for the many years we were so fortunate to have known him."...
The star passed away in a hospital near his home in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday.
The cause of death is yet to be released, but the star had suffered various illnesses - as well as the death of his wife Lynne "Angel" Harvey - in the past year.
Harvey's programmes were aired on more than 1,200 radio stations and his commentary appeared in 300 newspapers over his seven-decade career.
At the height of his fame, Harvey had an estimated 22 million listeners tuning in to hear his twice-daily broadcasts, in which he discussed current affairs and his observations on life.
ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson says, "Even after the passing of his loving wife Angel in May 2008, Paul would not slip quietly into retirement as he continued to take the microphone and reach out to his audience.
"We will miss our dear friend tremendously and are grateful for the many years we were so fortunate to have known him."...
- 3/1/2009
- WENN
Paul Harvey, whose eccentric but distinctive daily news broadcasts have been a staple of American radio, has died at age 90. Harvey was actively broadcasting until recently. He had been a radio personality since 1951, offering his popular and unique takes on the day's news. His delivery was always in a halting manner with long pauses between thoughts - a throwback to the earlier, less frantic days of talk radio. Harvey reported on the major stories of the day, but also slice of life angles as part of his daily 15 minute broadcast. At one point, his show was syndicated to 1200 radio stations and reached 24 million listeners. A die-hard conservative, Harvey had at one time supported Sen. Joseph McCarthy's efforts to weed out Communism. However, although initially a supporter of the Vietnam War, he had a change of heart and urged President Nixon to withdraw all troops. He is credited with coining...
- 3/1/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
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Paul Harvey, the radio legend whose clipped, folksy deliveries resonated on the radio airwaves for more than 50 years, has died.
Harvey died Saturday at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks said. The cause of death was not immediately available. He was 90.
Harvey was an institution, whose twice daily reports, "News and Comment," as well as his afternoon program, "The Rest of the Story," paved the way for such radio news commentators and pundits as Rush Limbaugh and Don Imus.
His signature greeting, "Hello, Americans," has been widely recognizable since the days of Dwight Eisenhower. Harvey's delivery was so fluid and engaging that news sometimes ran straight into commercial, punctuated by his clipped bark: "Page 2."
His one-man network, Paul Harvey News, encompassed more than 1,200 radio stations, including 400 armed Forces Network stations, with his broadcasts transmitted Monday-Saturday. His columns appeared in about 300 newspapers.
Harvey died Saturday at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks said. The cause of death was not immediately available. He was 90.
Harvey was an institution, whose twice daily reports, "News and Comment," as well as his afternoon program, "The Rest of the Story," paved the way for such radio news commentators and pundits as Rush Limbaugh and Don Imus.
His signature greeting, "Hello, Americans," has been widely recognizable since the days of Dwight Eisenhower. Harvey's delivery was so fluid and engaging that news sometimes ran straight into commercial, punctuated by his clipped bark: "Page 2."
His one-man network, Paul Harvey News, encompassed more than 1,200 radio stations, including 400 armed Forces Network stations, with his broadcasts transmitted Monday-Saturday. His columns appeared in about 300 newspapers.
- 2/28/2009
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category for the WGA's (Writers Guild Awards) 61st Anniversary awards show.
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
- 1/7/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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