Writers Infuse Serious WGA Awards Contenders ‘Parasite,’ ‘Little Women,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ with Humor

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

Brad Pitt has denied hiring writers to script his acceptance speeches throughout the 2020 awards season.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

We want the world for Taika Waititi — and an Oscar of his own is a good start.

“Look at me,” Taika Waititi exclaimed during an early afternoon interview at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, “it’s like asking you to play Adolf Hitler.”

The Oscars are just a few days away, which means it's officially time to reflect on all the and channel your inner movie critic to decide who you'd chose to win if you were an Academy member. For your consideration, just spoke with tree actress about how being a mother inspired her performance in Jojo Rabbit.

The Marriage Story actress spoke to People about being able to effortlessly portray a mother on screen as she is a mother in her real life. The actress who has a daughter named Rose Dorothy Dauriac, said that being a mother in real life helped her invaluably as she could easily relation to being a protective mother, who wants to make sure that the child is safe and happy.

The Chinese box office is gearing up for a starkly unsexy Valentine’s Day, with “Jojo Rabbit” and a local title formally pulling out of the mid-February line-up, while unconfirmed reports suggest that others – including “Little Women” – will soon pull the plug, amidst strict measures to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus.

By Anthony D'Alessandro, Dade Hayes

By Anthony D'Alessandro

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Moments ago, the 2020 Writers Guild Awards began. Interestingly, the show kicked off by announcing both of the big Film prizes, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay.

By Patrick Hipes

By Anthony D'Alessandro, Matt Grobar, Dade Hayes

The Writers Guild of America will hand out its top awards of the year in concurrent ceremonies on both the East and West Coasts on Saturday night.

Nancy Meyers Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement The first job screenwriter Meyers had in the industry was as a story editor for Oscar nominated producer Ray Stark. “It was an exciting job working for him,” says Meyers, recipient of the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

Taika Waititi owes a lot of this awards season to his mother, Robin Cohen. She’s the one who first told him that he should think about adapting Christine Leunens’ novel “Caging Skies” for the big screen.

By Erik Pedersen