THOMPSON'S 'SENSE' WINS AWARD.Byline: Associated Press Actress Emma Thompson won the top award from the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and on Sunday for her adaptation of the Jane Austen romance novel "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". ." The award for Thompson's first screenwriting effort made her the favorite to repeat at the Academy Awards. Thompson, who also co-stars in the film, won the screenwriters union's 48th annual prize for the best screenplay based on previously published material. Randall Wallace took the original screenplay award for his script of the 13th-century Scottish battle epic "Braveheart." Saturday night, "Braveheart" was named best edited film of 1995 by the American Cinema Editors. Both Thompson and Wallace are nominated for screenwriting Oscars, which will be handed out March 25. Thompson is the first actress to be nominated for writing and starring in the same film; Woody Allen pulled off the double feat as an actor-writer in "Annie Hall." In long-form television awards, novelist Michael Crichton won for penning NBC's "ER" pilot and Chris Gerolmo won for the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy movie "Citizen X." In TV series awards, Lance Gentile won for "ER" and Joe Keenan won for the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. sitcom "Frasier" Other television winners included the writing teams of HBO's "Dennis Miller Live"; "General Hospital" on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ; "The Human Quest," PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, ; "CBS' Schoolbreak Special"; "48 Hours," CBS; and "The American Experience," PBS. The awards were announced in ceremonies in Beverly Hills and New York. |
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