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    “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “1917,” “Marriage Story,” “Parasite” Among Writers Guild Award Nominees

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    Noah Harpster (l) and Micah Fitzerman-Blue, nominated for a Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay on the strength of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
    NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES --

    Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have unveiled nominations for outstanding achievement in feature screenwriting during 2019. Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles.

    Up for Original Screenplay honors are 1917, Booksmart, Knives Out, Marriage Story and Parasite.

    Nominated for best Adapted Screenplay distinction are A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker and Little Women.

    In the running for the Documentary Screenplay honor are Citizen K, Foster, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People, and The Kingmaker.

    Here’s a full rundown of feature nominees:

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    1917, Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns; Universal Pictures

    Booksmart, Written by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins and Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman; United Artists Releasing

    Knives Out, Written by Rian Johnson; Lionsgate

    Marriage Story, Written by Noah Baumbach; Netflix

    Parasite, Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, Story by Bong Joon Ho; Neon

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster, Inspired by the Article “Can You Say…Hero?” by Tom Junod; TriStar Pictures

    The Irishman, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian, Based upon the Book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt; Netflix

    Jojo Rabbit, Screenplay by Taika Waititi, Based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens; Fox Searchlight

    Joker, Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver, Based on Characters from DC Comics; Warner Bros. Pictures

    Little Women, Screenplay by Greta Gerwig, Based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott; Sony Pictures

    DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
    Citizen K, Written by Alex Gibney; Greenwich Entertainment

    Foster, Written by Mark Jonathan Harris; HBO Documentary Films

    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films

    Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People, Written by Robert Seidman & Oren Rudavsky; First Run Features

    The Kingmaker, Written by Lauren Greenfield; Showtime Documentary Films

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    Trump Names Brendan Carr To Lead The FCC

    Monday, November 18, 2024

    President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband.

    Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC's general counsel. He has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and was nominated by both Trump and President Joe Biden to the commission.

    The FCC is an independent agency that is overseen by Congress, but Trump has suggested he wanted to bring it under tighter White House control, in part to use the agency to punish TV networks that cover him in a way he doesn't like.

    Carr has of late embraced Trump's ideas about social media and tech. Carr wrote a section devoted to the FCC in " Project 2025," a sweeping blueprint for gutting the federal workforce and dismantling federal agencies in a second Trump administration produced by the conservative Heritage Foundation.

    Trump has claimed he doesn't know anything about Project 2025, but many of its themes have aligned with his statements.

    Carr said in a statement congratulating Trump on his win that he believed "the FCC will have an important role to play reining in Big Tech, ensuring that broadcasters operate in the public interest, and unleashing economic growth."

    "Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms, and held back our Economy," Trump said in a statement on Sunday. "He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America."

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