Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Eric Heisserer (Arrival) each won a WGA last night. But they're in the same category at the Oscars.
Last night's Writers Guild Awards were a good sign that Moonlight will take Adapted Screenplay. Competing in Original with WGA (Oscar's writing branch put it in adapted) it blocked La La Land or Manchester from taking that prize. With less fearsome competition at the Oscars it should be able to win... although to do that it will have to fend off the surging Lion and the well regarded Arrival which took home the WGA prize for Adapted and is up for the same prize at the Oscars.
Extensive writing and makeup guild honors after the jump...
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Moonlight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Arrival
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY Command and Control
DRAMA SERIES The Americans
COMEDY SERIES Atlanta
NEW SERIES Atlanta
LONGFORM ORIGINAL Confirmation
LONGFORM ADAPTED American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson
ANIMATION Bojack Horseman "Fish Out of Water"
EPISODIC DRAMA This is Us "The Trip"
EPISODIC COMEDY Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Goes on a Playdate"
It's curious that they have prizes for drama and comedy series and then also prizes for individual episodes, yes? But Kimmy Goes on a Playdate was such an amazing amazing episode. That Anna Camp wasn't nominated for a Guest Emmy is just further proof that that great idea for a category has super lousy execution each year. It needs to be decided by a specialty panel within the Academy or something.
DAYTIME DRAMA General Hospital
COMEDY VARIETY TALK SERIES Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
COMEDY VARIETY SKETCH SERIES Saturday Night Live
COMEDY VARIETY SPECIAL Triumph the Primary Election Season 2016
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Hollywood Game Night
CHILDREN'S LONGFORM Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
CHILDREN'S EPISODIC Gortimer Gibbons Life on Normal Street "Mel vs The Night Mare of Normal Street"
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT - CURRENT EVENTS [tie] Frontline "The Choice 2016" and Frontline "Inside Assad's Syria"
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT -OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS Jackie Robinson, Part One
TV NEWS SCRIPT - REGULARLY SCHEDULED 48 Hours "Muhammad Ali: Remembering a Legend"
TV NEW SCRIPT -ANALYSIS FEATURE OR COMMENTARY CBS Sunday Morning "Sunday Morning Almanac June 12th, 2016"
SHORTFORM NEW MEDIA -ORIGINAL The Commute "The Party"
SHORTFORM NEW MEDIA -ADAPTED Fear the Walking Dead "Passage" Pt 4
ON AIR PROMOTION (TV, NEW MEDIA, RADIO) - CBS On-Air Reel
RADIO DOCUMENTARY Chernobyl: 30 Years Later
RADIO NEWS SCRIPT - REGULARLY SCHEDULED "World News This Week" Aug 26th, 2016
RADIO NEWS SCRIPT - ANALYSIS Morley Safer: A Journalists Life
TELEVISION GRAPHIC ART AND ANIMATION - "The Real History of Cinco de Mayo"
VIDEO GAME WRITING: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
We continue to be weirded out that promotion of regular programming also wins awards. This seems like a redundacy at best and why people hate awards at worst. They also do that at the makeup and hairstylists awards which follow...
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLISTS GUILD
Motion Picture Winners
CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
Nocturnal Animals Make-Up Artists: Donald Mowat, Malanie J. Romero, Elaine Offers
CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
La La Land Hair Stylists: Barbara Lorenz, Jackie Masteran, Frida Aradottir
PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
Suicide Squad Make-Up Artist: Alessandro Bertolazzi
PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING Hail, Caesar! Hair Stylists: Cydney Cornell, Pauletta Lewis-Irwin, Matt Danon
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS Star Trek Beyond Make-Up Artists: Joel Harlow, Richie Alonzo
With only two of these films up for the Makeup Oscar (Suicide Squad and Star Trek Beyond facing off against Man Named Ove it's hard to know what film might win.
Television Series and New Media Winners:
CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP Westworld Make-Up Artists: Christien Tinsley, Elisa Marsh, Rolf Keppler<
CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING Dancing With the Stars Hair Stylists: Kimi Messina, Gail Ryan, Dean Banowetz
PERIOD / CHARACTER MAKE-UP Game of Thrones Make-Up Artists: Jane Walker, Kay Bilk
PERIOD / CHARACTER HAIR STYLING Game of Thrones Hair Stylists: Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS Westworld Make-Up Artists: Christien Tinsley, Georgia Allen, Hiroshi Yada
Mini Series or Movie Made for Television Winners:
CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Lets Do The Time Warp Again Make-Up Artists: Julia Valente, Pip Ayote
CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING American Horror Story: Roanoke Hair Stylists: Michelle Ceglia, Valerie Jackson
PERIOD / CHARACTER MAKE-UP The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story Make-Up Artists: Eryn Krueger Mekash, Zoe Hay, Heather Plott
PERIOD / CHARACTER HAIR STYLING The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story Hair Stylists: Chris Clark, Natalie Driscoll
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS American Horror Story: Roanoke Make-Up Artists: Eryn Krueger Mekash, Michael Mekash, David Anderson
Commercials and Music Video Winners:
MAKE-UP American Horror Story: Roanoke - Promo Make-Up Artists: Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Cristina Waltz
HAIR STYLING Dior J'adore "The Absolute Femininity" Feat. Charlize Theron Hair Stylist: Enzo Angileri
I still don't understand how American Horror Story can compete in both series categories and commercials for itself categories. I think it won this prize in previous years too
Theatrical Productions Winner
MAKE-UP A Chorus Line Make-Up Artists: Vanessa Dionne, Donna Levy, Romain Markus Myers
HAIR STYLING Amadeus Hair Stylists: Laura Caponera, Melanie Hinchee
Children and Teen Programming Winners
MAKE-UP So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation Make-Up Artists: Tonia Green, Danielle Rush
HAIR STYLING So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation Hair Stylists: Dean Banowetz, Cory Rotenburg, Kimi Messina
Daytime Television Winners:
MAKE-UP The Real Make-Up Artists: Melanie Mills, Kevin Haney, Brian Penikas
HAIR STYLING The Young and The Restless Hair Stylists: Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio