February 22, 2010 01:28:12 GMT
The Iraq-set action movie and the George Clooney-starring drama comedy film are joined by 'Mad Men' and '30 Rock', which win big in TV categories.
"" and "" were the big winners at The Writers Guild of America awards on Saturday, February 20, landing the board's most prestigious honors. Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" received the prize for Best Original Screenplay for Mark Boal's writing, while "Up In The Air"'s scribes Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner were honored with Best Adapted Screenplay for their reworking of Walter Kirn's novel.
"", a film about the killing of dolphins in Japan, won the Best Documentary Screenplay for Mark Monroe.
In the TV categories, "" was named Best Drama Series, while "" landed the Best Comedy Series honor. Best New Series went to "".
Other winners included "", which was named Best Serial, and "", which won a Best Animation award at the simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Full winners list of 2010 Writers Guild of America Awards:
- Original Screenplay: "", Mark Boal
- Adapted Screenplay: "", Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
- Documentary Screenplay: "", Mark Monroe
- TV Drama Series: ""
- TV Comedy Series: ""
- New TV Series: ""
- TV Episodic Drama: "Broken, Part 1 and Part 2" ("")
- TV Episodic Comedy: "Apollo, Apollo" ("")
- Long Form Original: "Georgia O'Keeffe"
- Long Form Adaptation: "Taking Chance"
- Animation: "Wedding for Disaster" ("")
- Comedy/Variety Series: (tie) ""; ""
- Comedy/Variety Special: "Film Independent's 2009 Spirit Awards"
- Serial: ""
- Children's Episodic: "Welcome to the Jungle" ("The Troop")
- Children's Long Form: "Another Cinderella Story"
- TV Documentary (Current Events): "The Madoff Affair" ("Frontline")
- TV Documentary (Other): "The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer" ("American Experience")
- News: "World News With Charles Gibson"
- News Analysis, Feature or Commentary: "A Private War: Expose: America's Investigative Reports" ("Bill Moyers Journal")
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