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A busy week in entertainment features Harvey Weinstein’s interview from Rikers Island where he maintains innocence but apologizes for cheating on his wives, a Tarantino-Arquette exchange over the N-word and payback claims, Live Nation striking a DOJ settlement to ease its monopoly concerns, and the Writers Guild Awards celebrating winners across film and TV.
At the Writers Guild Awards, Sinners won Best Original Screenplay and One Battle After Another won Best Adapted Screenplay, signaling strong Oscar potential; 2,000 Meters to Andriivka won Documentary Screenplay, while The Pitt led TV with multiple wins (New Series, Best Drama, Episodic Drama), The Studio captured Comedy, and Dying for Sex took Limited Series, with John Oliver's Last Week Tonight again winning Talk Series as the ceremony shifted East after a West Coast cancellation. The results align with other awards and bolster predictions for the upcoming Oscars.
The West Coast ceremony of the 78th Writers Guild Awards was canceled due to the WGA West staff strike, while the East Coast event in New York is proceeding; organizers may reschedule a West Coast ceremony later, as unions and management continue negotiations and picket lines influence the awards season.
The 78th Writers Guild Awards nominations were announced, with Sinners and One Battle After Another among the top film contenders, and a broad slate across TV drama, comedy, limited series, and documentary screenplay. Several Oscar contenders were ineligible under WGA rules, and the ceremony will be held March 8 hosted by Atsuko Okatsuka.
The 2026 Writers Guild Awards nominees span film, television and documentary, with Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Marty Supreme leading Original Screenplay nominations and Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams among Adapted contenders. Apple TV+'s Pluribus tops TV noms with four nods across Drama Series, New Series and two episodic categories, while other major TV contenders include Andor, Severance, The White Lotus, Hacks, Abbott Elementary, The Rehearsal, The Studio, The Chair Company and The Pitt. The awards will be handed out March 8 in concurrent LA and NYC ceremonies, with Don Reo receiving the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award and additional guild honors announced for TV writing on both coasts.
The 2024 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards celebrated the best screenwriting of 2023, with "The Holdovers" winning the Original Screenplay award and "American Fiction" winning for Adapted Screenplay. TV series "Succession" and "The Bear" took home awards for Drama Series and Comedy Series, respectively. The event marked a return to normalcy in the awards calendar after last year's strikes, and honored the impact of screenwriting on film and television.
The Writers Guild of America held its annual WGA Awards, honoring the best in television and film for 2023. The event took place at the Hollywood Palladium and New York’s Edison Ballroom, with Niecy Nash-Betts and Josh Gondelman hosting the West Coast and East Coast ceremonies, respectively. Notable winners included "American Fiction" for Adapted Screenplay, "The Last of Us" for New Series, and "Beef" for Limited Series. The event also featured presenters such as Bill Burr and Tony Hale, and honored individuals including David A. Goodman, Chris Keyser, Walter Hill, Linda Bloodworth Thomason, and Cord Jefferson.
The 2024 Writers Guild Awards nominations have been announced, with films like "Air," "Barbie," "Oppenheimer," and "May December" among the screenplay nominees. The awards favorites "Succession" and "The Bear" lead the TV categories with multiple nominations. Notably, the WGA Awards will take place after the Oscars this year, with winners to be announced on April 14.
The Writers Guild of America has announced that the 2024 WGA Awards will be held on April 14, more than a month after the 2024 Oscars, in order to give guild members more time to submit their work following the recently resolved strike against the AMPTP. This move further disconnects the WGA Awards from the rest of the awards season and reduces studio lobbying and talent attendance at the ceremony.