Los Angeles Or Bust » Awards http://www.losangelesorbust.com Blog dedicated to making it in LA Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:26:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The EMMYs http://www.losangelesorbust.com/2008/09/the-emmys/ http://www.losangelesorbust.com/2008/09/the-emmys/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:10 +0000 Aadip http://nwsg.org/blog/?p=169 I was happy to see who the EMMYs recognized this year.  Many of my favorite
shows were awarded.  I’m really tired from day job stuff, so I’ll keep
it brief before I fall asleep. Still have a ton of writing to do.

30 ROCK: Best Comedy Series. Tina Fey got Best Actress
and Writer in a Comedy, while Alec Baldwin won Best Actor in a Comedy.

 

 

 

MAD MEN: Best Drama Series, Matt Weiner got
Best Writing in a Drama (nominated 2X).

 

 

BREAKING BAD: Bryan Cranston for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for Lynne Willigham.

 

 

ENTOURAGE: Jeremy Piven
got Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series,

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY SHOW: Best Variety,
Music or Comedy Series and Writing.

 

 

 

 

JOHN ADAMS: Best Miniseries and Best Writing in a Miniseries.
Stars, Laura Linney (I have a huge crush on her, by the way), Paul Giamatti,
and Tom Wilkinson were all winners.

Complete List of Winners

]]> http://www.losangelesorbust.com/2008/09/the-emmys/feed/ 0 Download Oscar Nominated Screenplays http://www.losangelesorbust.com/2008/02/download-oscar-nominated-screenplays-2/ http://www.losangelesorbust.com/2008/02/download-oscar-nominated-screenplays-2/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:13:51 +0000 Aadip http://nwsg.org/blog/?p=63 Hey all, we just got out of Wally Dalton’s workshop on pitching. Just got
home and realized that I’d like to read a bunch of scripts that are nominated
for the Oscar this year. I found a site where
you can download the screenplays (some shooting, some drafts, etc.) for There
Will Be Blood, Atonement, Ratatouille, Away From Her, Diving Bell…, The
Savages, Eastern Promises, Juno, and Michael Clayton, The Namesake, Bourne
Ultimatum, Elizabeth, Gone Baby Gone, Into The Wild, In The Valley of Elah,
Sweeny Todd, and many more. Enjoy.

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Writing (Original Screenplay):
Juno by Dibalo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille by Brad Bird. Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages by Tamara Jenkins

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
Atonement by Christopher Hampton (based on Ian McEwan’s novel)
Away From Her by Sarah Polley (based on Alice Munro’s The Bear Came Over The Mountain)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Ronald Harwood (based on Jean-Dominique Bauby’s novel, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)
No Country For Old Men by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel)
There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson (baed on Upton Sinclair’s Oil)

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