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· The Writers Guild of America nominations smile upon a few comedies this year: Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen, Stranger Than Fiction and United 93 for original screenplay, and The Departed, The Devil Wears Prada, Little Children, Thank You For Smoking, and Borat for adapted. Since Borat was based on a previously created character, it qualified for the latter category, but that does little to ease the sting for Clint Eastwood's screenwriters (Paul Haggis among them) of knowing their "important" work was nudged out by dialogue of the "I will look on your treasures, gypsy. Is this understood?"-variety. [Variety]
· The American Society of Cinematographers nominated Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men, Dick Pope for The Illusionist, Robert Richardson for The Good Shepherd, Dean Semler for Apocalypto and Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia for the top feature film award. The winner will be announced February 18 at the Century Plaza Hotel. It won't be broadcast, but you can be sure all the home video shot there will make stunning use of available light. [Variety]
· Here's what some Golden Globe nominees and past winners have to say about their peers, and we don't think we're giving too much away when we tell you that Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has Forest Fever. [The Envelope]
· The Costume Designers Guild nominated The Devil Wears Prada, The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine (really? The costumes?), Casino Royale, and Babel for contemporary film, and Marie Antoinette, Dreamgirls, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Illusionist, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest for period. There's a fantasy category as well, but we'll let you find out for yourselves how Eragon faired. [THR]
· The DGA named their TV directing nominees, with ABC getting three nominations for Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, and Ugly Betty. NBC's 30 Rock and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip got one each. [THR]