LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2009
Writers Guild Honors "Milk," "Slumdog"
"30 Rock," "Mad Men," "As the World Turns" Take Television Writing Awards From WGA
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The WGA Award for best original feature screenplay went to Dustin Lance Black for "Milk," a biography of murdered slain gay-rights leader Harvey Milk. (Focus Features)
Dustin Lance Black won the original screenplay prize for "Milk," a biography of murdered slain gay-rights leader Harvey Milk.
The adapted screenplay award for "Slumdog Millionaire" went to Simon Beaufoy, who based it on a novel by Vikas Swarup about an Indian street orphan's journey of survival and love.
"Slumdog Millionaire" has been an unlikely hit. The low-budget feature has 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture, and also has taken awards at the Golden Globes and from the Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild.
"Milk" has eight Academy Award nominations, including best picture and best actor for Sean Penn.
Ari Folman won the documentary screenplay award for "Waltz with Bashir." The film, which is nominated in the foreign-language category at the Academy Awards, is an animated study of an Israeli soldier struggling to recall suppressed memories of his involvement in the war with Lebanon.
In television categories, writers for NBC's "30 Rock" and AMC's "Mad Men" won in the comedy and drama categories, respectively. Both also won WGA awards last year: "30 Rock" for TV comedy and "Mad Men" for new series.
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- the liberal vatican had spoken..the sheep follows
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- The great herd mentality on display once again.It is a kind of compulsion in the march to the third rate.
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