With final 12 months’s ceremony happening within the shadow of the 2023 strikes and this 12 months’s operate within the aftermath of the Southern California wildfires, the 2025 WGA Awards have quite a lot of work to do with regards to lifting the spirits of the leisure business. Fortunately, good writing all the time has.
As is custom, occasions for the east and west coast branches of the Author’s Guild are held concurrently at this time on the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York Metropolis. LA’s affair is hosted by actor/comic Joel Kim Booster and kicks off at 4:30pm PT. For many who wish to tune in at dwelling, you may watch the west coast soiree through livestream at the moment.
Whereas underneath regular circumstances, tonight’s outcomes wouldn’t essentially carry a lot water with regards to the Oscars, this 12 months’s awards race continues to maintain everybody on their toes. Many screenplays which can be nominated on the 97th Academy Awards, together with “Sing Sing,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” “September 5,” and “The Brutalist,” have been in reality not eligible for nomination with the WGA as they have been written by non-members. An identical circumstance arose final 12 months in that Justine Triet and Arthur Harari took dwelling the Oscar for Greatest Authentic Screenplay (“Anatomy of a Fall”), however weren’t thought-about for a similar prize by the WGA. Nonetheless, final 12 months’s WGA Award winner for Tailored Screenplay, Wire Jefferson (“American Fiction”), did go on to win in the identical class on the Oscars.
This 12 months, Sean Baker pulled off a guild trifecta with “Anora” after scoring Excellent Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Characteristic Movie on the DGA Awards, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Excellent Producer of Theatrical Movement Footage on the PGA Awards (an honor he shared together with his spouse, producer Samantha Quan), and now the WGA Award for Authentic Screenplay. In the meantime in tv and streaming, “Shōgun” made its mark, whereas returning sequence “Hacks” reclaimed its title after “The Bear” gained final 12 months. David Lynch additionally obtained a posthumous Display screen Laurel Award, whereas “Breaking Unhealthy” creator Vince Gilligan accepted the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Tv.
Preserve studying under for an inventory of nominees and comply with alongside stay to search out out who wins.
“A Actual Ache,” Written by Jesse Eisenberg; Searchlight Footage
*WINNER* “Anora,” Written by Sean Baker; NEON
“Challengers,” Written by Justin Kuritzkes; Amazon MGM Studios
“Civil Struggle,” Written by Alex Garland; A24
“My Previous Ass,” Written by Megan Park; Amazon MGM Studios
“A Full Unknown,” Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks, Primarily based on the E book “Dylan Goes Electrical!” by Elijah Wald; Searchlight Footage
“Dune: Half 2,” Screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Primarily based on the Novel “Dune” by Frank Herbert; Warner Bros. Footage
“Hit Man,” Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Glen Powell, Primarily based on the Texas Month-to-month Article by Skip Hollandsworth; Netflix
*WINNER* “Nickel Boys,” Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Primarily based on the E book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead; Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios
“Depraved,” Screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox, Primarily based on the musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and e-book by Winnie Holzman, From the Novel by Gregory Maguire; Common Footage
*WINNER* “Jim Henson: Concept Man,” Written by Mark Monroe; Think about Documentaries
“Kiss the Future,” Screenplay by Invoice S. Carter, Story by Invoice S. Carter and Nenad Cicin-Sain; Fifth Season
“Martha,” Written by R.J. Cutler; Netflix
“Struggle Recreation,” Written by Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss; Submarine Deluxe
“The Boys,” Written by Geoff Aull, Jessica Chou, Paul Grellong, Eric Kripke, Ellie Monahan, Judalina Neira, David Reed, Anslem Richardson; Prime Video
“The Diplomat,” Written by Peter Ackerman, Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Anna Hagen, Julianna Dudley Meagher, Peter Noah; Netflix
“Fallout,” Written by Jake Bender, Karey Dornetto, Zach Dunn, Kieran Fitzgerald, Chaz Hawkins, Lisa Pleasure, Carson Mell, Jonathan Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Gursimran Sandhu, Graham Wagner; Prime Video
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” Written by Carla Ching, Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Schuyler Pappas, Francesca Sloane, Yvonne Hana Yi; Prime Video
*WINNER* “Shōgun,” Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
“Abbott Elementary,” Written by Quinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Chad Morton, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Rebekka Pesqueira, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubenstein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner; ABC
“The Bear,” Written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Will Guidara, Matty Matheson, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer, Courtney Storer; FX/Hulu
“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Written by Larry David, Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz, Carol Leifer, Stephen Leff, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein; HBO | Max
*WINNER* “Hacks,” Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Man Branum, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Regulation, Carol Leifer, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky; HBO | Max
“What We Do within the Shadows,” Written by Jake Bender, Max Brockman, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Amelia Haller, Sam Johnson, Jeremy Levick, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Rajat Suresh, Lauren Wells; FX/Hulu
“English Trainer,” Written by Brian Jordan Alvarez, Wally Baram, Jake Bender, Emmy Blotnick, Zach Dunn, Dave King, Stephanie Koenig, Jonathan Krisel, Paul Simms, Samantha Shier; FX/Hulu
“Fallout,” Written by Jake Bender, Karey Dornetto, Zach Dunn, Kieran Fitzgerald, Chaz Hawkins, Lisa Pleasure, Carson Mell, Jonathan Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Gursimran Sandhu, Graham Wagner; Prime Video
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” Written by Carla Ching, Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Schuyler Pappas, Francesca Sloane, Yvonne Hana Yi; Prime Video
“No one Needs This,” Written by Barbie Adler, Jane Becker, Jack Burditt, Vali Chandrasekaran, Craig DiGregorio, Erin Foster, Lindsay Golder, Steven Levitan, Pat Regan, Niki Schwartz-Wright, Neel Shah, Noelle Valdivia, Ron Weiner, Ryann Werner; Netflix
*WINNER* “Shōgun,” Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
*WINNER* “The Penguin,” Written by Vladimir Cvetko, Breannah Gibson, Erika L. Johnson, Lauren LeFranc, Corina Maritescu, Megan Martin, John McCutcheon, Shaye Ogbonna, Nick Towne, Noelle Valdivia, Kira Snyder; HBO | Max
“Presumed Harmless,” Written by Miki Johnson, David E. Kelley, Sharr White; Apple TV+
“Ripley,” Written by Steven Zaillian; Netflix
“Say Nothing,” Written by Clare Barron, Patrick Radden Keefe, Joe Murtagh, Kirsten Sheridan, Joshua Zetumer; FX/Hulu
“True Detective: Night time Nation,” Written by David Albright, Alan Web page Arriaga, Namsi Khan, Issa López, Chris Mundy, Wenonah Wilms; HBO | Max
*WINNER* “The Nice Lillian Corridor,” Written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone; HBO | Max
“Promenade Dates,” Written by D.J. Mausner; Hulu
“Insurgent Ridge,” Written by Jeremy Saulnier; Netflix
“Terry McMillan Presents Without end,” Written by Bart Baker; Lifetime
“Bottle Episode” (“The Simpsons”), Written by Rob LaZebnik & Johnny LaZebnik; Fox
“Cremains of the Day” (“The Simpsons”), Written by John Frink; Fox
“Night time of the Dwelling Wage” (“The Simpsons”), Written by Cesar Mazariegos; Fox
*WINNER* “Saving Favourite Drive-In” (“Bob’s Burgers”), Written by Katie Crown; Fox
“The Tina Desk: The Tables Have Tina-ed” (“Bob’s Burgers”), Written by Greg Thompson; Fox
“Winter Is Born” (“Blood of Zeus”), Written by Charles Parlapanides & Vlas Parlapanides; Netflix
*WINNER* “Anjin” (“Shōgun”), Written for Tv by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks; FX/Hulu
“The Starting” (“Fallout”), Written by Gursimran Sandhu; Prime Video
“Worry of the Finish” (“Evil”), Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon & Nialla LeBouef; Paramount+
“First Date” (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”), Written by Francesca Sloane & Donald Glover; Prime Video
“Olivia” (“Sugar”), Written by Mark Protosevich; Apple TV+
“Pilot” (“Elsbeth”), Written by Robert King & Michelle King; CBS
“AGG” (“Anyone Someplace”), Written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen and Bridget Everett; HBO | Max
*WINNER* “Bulletproof” (“Hacks”), Written by Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky; HBO | Max
“Linda” (“English Trainer”), Written by Jake Bender & Zach Dunn; FX/Hulu
“Napkins” (“The Bear”), Written by Catherine Schetina; FX/Hulu
“As soon as Upon a Time within the West” (“Solely Murders within the Constructing”), Written by John Hoffman & Joshua Allen Griffith; Hulu
“Petiole” (“The Sticky”), Written by Brian Donovan & Ed Herro; Prime Video
“The Every day Present,” Head Author Dan Amira Senior Writers Lauren Sarver Means, Daniel Radosh Writers David Angelo, Nicole Conlan, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Jennifer Flanz, Jason Gilbert, Dina Hashem, Scott Hercman, Josh Johnson, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Matt O’Brien, Joe Opio, Randall Otis, Zhubin Parang, Kat Radley, Lanee’ Sanders, Scott Sherman, Jon Stewart, Ashton Womack, Sophie Zucker; Comedy Central
“John Mulaney Presents: All people’s in L.A.,” Writers Anna Drezen, Jess Dweck, David Ferguson, Fran Gillespie, Langston Kerman, Jeremy Levick, John Mulaney, Alex Scordelis, Rajat Suresh; Netflix
“The Kelly Clarkson Present,” Head Author Jordan Watland Writers Kevin Hurley, Nik Robinson; Syndicated
*WINNER* “Final Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Senior Writers Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali Writers Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO | Max
“The Late Present with Stephen Colbert,” Head Writers Ariel Dumas, Jay Katsir Writers Delmonte Bent, Michael Brumm, Aaron Cohen, Stephen T. Colbert, Paul Dinello, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Michael Cruz Kayne, Eliana Kwartler, Matt Lappin, Caroline Lazar, Pratima Mani, Felipe Torres Medina, Opus Moreschi, Carley Moseley, Aaron Nemo, Asher Perlman, Michael Pielocik, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Brian Stack, John Thibodeaux, Steve Waltien; CBS
“Saturday Night time Stay,” Head Writers Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette Writers Rosebud Baker, Dan Bulla, Megan Callahan-Shah, Steven Castillo, Michael Che, Mike DiCenzo, Alex English, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Vannessa Jackson, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Ben Marshall, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O’Sullivan, Josh Patten, Gary Richardson, Pete Schultz, KC Shornima, Will Stephen, Bryan Tucker, Asha Ward, Auguste White, Celeste Yim;; NBC
“The 77th Annual Tony Awards,” Written by Dave Boone; CBS
“A Nearer Look with Seth Meyers: Primetime Stay Election Particular,” Head Author Alex Baze A Nearer Look Writing Supervised by Sal Gentile Writing Supervised by Mike Scollins Nearer Look Writing Supervised by Sal Gentile Written by Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Allison Hord, Mike Scollins, Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker; NBC
*WINNER* “Nikki Glaser: Sometime You’ll Die,” Written by Nikki Glaser; HBO | Max
“Ramy Youssef: Extra Emotions,” Written by Ramy Youssef; HBO | Max
