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Nominees for the DGA Awards

Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron received a nomination today for the DGA Awards.
Gravity’s Alfonso Cuaron received a nomination today for the DGA Awards.

The Directors Guild of America announced its nominees for its feature film awards today. Three of the picks are first time nominees, which include Captain Phillip’s Paul Greengrass, Gravity’s Alfonso Cuaron and 12 Years a Slave’s Steve McQueen. David O. Russell, nominated for American Hustle, previously received a nomination for 2010’s The Fighter, and The Wolf of Wall Street’s Martin Scorsese, a DGA Award winner for 2006’s The Departed, also received a nomination this year.

The nominees in the television and commercials categories are set to be announced on Thursday, while the documentary nominees will be known on Monday. The winners will all be announced at the 66th Annual DGA Awards, which will take place on Saturday, January 25th. Jane Lynch is set to host the award show at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Other special awards will be given out at the ceremony, including the guild’s diversity award, which will be presented to Shondaland’s Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. Lee Blaine will be receiving The Frank Capra Achievement Award, which is given to assistant directors or unit production managers in recognition of career achievement and service to the DGA. The Franklin J. Schaffner Award recognizes an associate director or stage manager for their career achievements and service to the DGA, and this year the honoree is Vince DeDario.

View full story at The Hollywood Reporter.

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AFI names 10 best movies, TV shows of 2013

'The Good Wife' is one of ten television shows picked for the AFI Award.
‘The Good Wife’ is one of ten television shows picked this year for an AFI Award.

With December quickly coming to an end, The American Film Institute has announced its pick of top 10 films and 10 television shows of 2013. AFI reveals its nominees each year of movies and shows that “best advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form, inspire audiences and artists alike and/or make a mark on American society.” The American Film Institute presents the AFI Awards each year, which are carefully selected by a jury of AFI members, scholars, film and television artists, critics and AFI Trustees.

Below are this year’s top picks (in alphabetical order):

Film
1. American Hustle
2. Captain Phillips
3. Fruitvale Station
4. Gravity
5. Her
6. Inside Llewyn Davis
7. Nebraska
8. Saving Mr. Banks
9. 12 Years a Slave
10. The Wolf of Wall Street

Television
1. The Americans
2. Breaking Bad
3. Game of Thrones
4. The Good Wife
5. House of Cards
6. Mad Men
7. Masters of Sex
8. Orange is the New Black
9. Scandal
10. Veep

AFI aims to appreciate the community of talented storytellers by awarding them this honor. Last year, eight of the overall nine best picture Oscar nominees made AFI’s list.

View full story at The Hollywood Reporter.