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Drew Carey was able to collect his well-deserved attaboys Sunday at the Writers Guild Awards, where he told the crowd that he covered the bills at Bob's Big Boy and Swingers for striking scribes last summer because “it’s the right thing to do.” With a plate full of food in hand, the host of The Pric…

The David Hemingson-scripted Alexander Payne dramedy The Holdovers and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction were the big film winners at the strike-delayed 2024 Writers Guild Awards, which were handed out Sunday in Los Angeles and New York. Jefferson — who also was honored with the WGA West’s Paul Selvi…

The writers strike ended seven months ago, but memories of the picket lines were fresh at the WGA Awards tonight. "The strike is over, the fight goes on," said former WGAW President David Goodman at the Hollywood Palladium. “As individuals we’re replaceable, but as a union we’re…

The Writers Guild of America West will present Designing Women and Evening Shade creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason with its highest honor — the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. The award is presented to a Guild member who has "advanced the literature of television and made…

This is fact: Oscar-winning American Fiction screenwriter Cord Jefferson will receive the WGA West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award next month. The first-time feature scribe will be feted during the West Coast ceremony for strike-delayed 77th Writers Guild Awards on April 14 at the Hollywood Palladium. He…

The WGA has written a new role for Niecy Nash-Betts: host of its strike-delayed 2024 Writers Guild Awards in Los Angeles next month. The Emmy winner for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story will emcee the West Coast ceremony on April 14 at the Hollywood Palladium. “A good writer is an actors'…

Walter Hill, who wrote and/or directed and produced such films as 48 Hrs., The Warriors, The Getaway and many more, will receive the WGA West’s 2024 Laurel Award. He will be presented with the career achievement honor April 14 during the strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards’ L.A. ceremony. The award…

The WGA East has penciled in Emmy winner Wanda Sykes for its 2024 Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence. She’ll be presented with the honor during the East Coast presentation of the strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards on April 14 at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan. Sykes, a 17-time Emmy nominee…

Ron Nyswaner, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind films including Philadelphia and The Painted Veil and most recently the Matt Bomer-starring Showtime miniseries Fellow Travelers, is receiving this year’s Walter Bernstein Award from the Writers Guild of America East. The honor will be bestowed…

EXCLUSIVE: The WGA East is honoring Tony Gilroy at the upcoming Writers Guild Awards with the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement. With the award, which was established in 1992, the Andor creator will be following in the footsteps of his father Frank D. Gilroy, who was honored with the…

The strike-delayed nominations for the 2024 Writers Guild Awards are out. Check out the list below. In a flipping of the script this season, the WGA Awards will be held on April 14 – more than a month after the Academy Awards. As always, the Writers Guild of America has different eligibility…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday morning, and expected to be strong contenders in the Screenplay categories are Golden Globe winner and BAFTA nominee Anatomy of a Fall in Originals and newly minted Adapted Screenplay BAFTA nominees Poor…