Round-Up: Awards Show Winners (Danny Boyle says "Dream hard")

It’s that time of year – when actors and filmmakers are glammed up at awards shows every night (or so it seems). Here’s a little round-up of some recent winners:

Danny Boyle wins outstanding directorial achievement in feature film for "Slumdog Millionaire," Director’s Guild of America. It’s the runaway hit of the season, and I’m sure this little flick will score big at the Oscars, too. In his acceptance speech, Boyle said, "Dream hard."

"Kung Fu Panda" wins best animated feature, Annie Awards. In fact, it picked up ten awards, which seems surprising to me, given that one of the other nominees was "Wall-E." 

Vikas Swarup and Simon Beaufoy win a Scripter Award for "Slumdog Millionaire." Wow, what a group of nominees, though, including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Reader," and "Revolutionary Road." I’m glad I don’t have to pick the best out of these great screenplays.

"Slumdog Millionaire" wins outstanding movie cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Heath Ledger wins best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight," which also took home the award for film stunt ensembles at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

"Slumdog Millionaire" earns a best picture award from the Producers Guild of America.

"Wall-E" wins best picture of the year from the Online Film Critics Society, while "The Dark Knight" picks up four awards, including director (Chris Nolan), best supporting actor (Heath Ledger), cinematography (Wally Pfister), and original score (James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer).

Stay tuned!

Image: Slumdog Millionaire, TM and copyright, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, All Rights Reserved; The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2008; Source: The Hollywood Reporter