'Sinners,' 'The Pitt' win big at Writers Guild Awards after L.A. ceremony cancellation
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The already highly decorated “Sinners” was among the top winners at the 78th Writers Guild Awards on Sunday in New York City.The horror film, directed and written by Ryan Coogler, won the award for original screenplay, and its biggest competitor for the best picture Oscar, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” clinched the win for adapted screenplay.
“Sinners” star Miles Caton accepted the award for the former, and “One Battle” cast member Shayna McHayle for the latter.In the TV realm, “The Pitt” made a splash with awards for drama series, new series and episodic drama.
As for lifetime achievement honors, Robert Smigel presented Stephen Colbert with the Walter Bernstein Award for critiquing the power elite on his late-night show, which will air its final episode in May.Terry George received the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement from Don Cheadle, and Diana Son earned the Richard B.
Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Guild from last year’s recipient, Kathy McGee.Awards Michael B.
Jordan won the Actor Award for lead male actor for his performance as twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners.”Most years, the Writers Guild holds simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.But the East Coast edition became a solo affair after WGA West canceled its ceremony amid an ongoing strike by its own staff union, who claimed guild management had “surveilled workers for union activity, terminated union supporters, and engaged in bad faith surface bargaining.”The L.A.
ceremony was set to honor James Cameron with the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, Don Reo with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement and Mstyslav Chernov with the Paul Selvin Award for “2,000 Meters to Andriivka,” which won the award for documentary screenplay Sunday evening.Hollywood Inc.
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