PRODUCERS GUILD ADDS TO 'AVIATOR' HONORS.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer ``The Aviator'' took Academy Award front-runner status after being named top feature film by the Producers Guild of America on Saturday during its 16th annual awards ceremony at Culver Studios. The award from the producers is watched closely by the industry because the winner of the guild's Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902–December 22, 1979) was a producer, writer, actor and director who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career being rivalled only by that of Adolph Zukor). Producer of the Year Award has gone on to win the Academy Award for best picture The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. in 11 of the last 15 years, including three out of the last four. The Academy Award nominations will be announced today. The ``Aviator'' producing team of Michael Mann Michael Mann is the name of:
``This is your passion project,'' King said to DiCaprio from the stage. ``I truly believe it's the performance of a lifetime.'' HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy dominated in the television categories with ``Angels in America'' being named best miniseries, ``The Sopranos'' best drama series, and ``Curb Your Enthusiasm'' best comedy series. Other winners were ``The Amazing Race'' for best nonfiction program and ``The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' in the variety show category. Several special awards made up the bulk of the evening and made for some of the ceremony's most touching moments. ``Rescue Me'' star Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Leary paid tribute to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. firefighters while accepting the Visionary Award, and Laura Ziskin honored the memory of David O. Selznick while accepting the achievement award named in his honor. Jeffrey Katzenberg, recipient of the Milestone Award, even thanked foe Michael D. Eisner, who ``showed me that an executive can be both businessman and creative force.'' The films ``Hotel Rwanda'' and ``Innocent Voices'' received the Stanley Kramer Award, and ``The West Wing'' creator John Wells was given the David Susskind Achievement Award for Television. The star-studded ceremony was held for the first time at the studio lot in Culver City with such stars as DiCaprio, Will Smith, Virginia Madsen, Samuel L. Jackson “Samuel Jackson” redirects here. For the senator from Indiana, see Samuel D. Jackson. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor. , Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman there. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com |
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