As Hollywood continues to make its way through awards season – which culminates Feb. 27 with the Academy Awards – other industry heavyweights continue to roll out their nominations: the latest being the writers and producers guilds, which were announced Tuesday and feature several notable LGBT favorites.
The Writers Guild of America recognized both Black Swan and Lisa Cholodenko‘s The Kids Are All Right with nominations for original screenplay. Their competition in the coveted category includes The Fighter, Inception and Nicole Holofcener‘s Please Give.
The Producers Guild of America also recognized both Black Swan and The Kids Are All Right with best picture mentions; competition there includes 127 Hours, Inception, The Fighter, The King’s Speech, The Social Network, The Town, Toy Story 3 and True Grit.
Featuring a much-publicized smooch between leads Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, I Love You Phillip Morris picked up a WGA nom for adapted screenplay, where it will go up against the James Franco starrer 127 Hours critical favorite The Social Network, Ben Affleck’s The Town and the Coen brothers’ True Grit.
On the TV side, HBO rookie Boardwalk Empire, which features Aleska Palladino‘s lesbian story line, picked up a WGA nom for drama series, where it will go up against January Jones and the lovely ladies of AMC’s Mad Men (which took home the award last year and introduced a lesbian character this year), AMC’s Breaking Bad Showtime’s Dexter and DirecTV/NBC’s Friday Night Lights.
The PGA drama series contenders are Breaking Bad Dexter Lost, Mad Men (last year’s winner) and Alan Ball’s very gay True Blood.
On the WGA comedy side, ABC’s Emmy winner Modern Family will go head-to-head again with everyone’s favorite #gaysharks on Glee, Showtime’s Edie Falco starrer/lesbian-penned Nurse Jackie, NBC’s aging The Office and NBC’s Tina Fey showcase 30 Rock which won the prize last year.
The PGA also recognized Ryan Murphy‘s Glee, Modern Family 30 Rock (last year’s winner), Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Office in the comedy category.
Boardwalk Empire landed a WGA nomination for best new series, where its competition includes FX’s Timothy Olyphant starrer Justified TNT’s Men of a Certain Age (which has a lesbian bit part played by Emily Rios), HBO’s New Orleans-set Treme and AMC’s zombie fest The Walking Dead.
The Good Wife, Modern Family, 30 Rock and The Sarah Silverman Program also picked up WGA episodic nominations.
The PGA will announce winners Jan. 22; the WGA on Feb. 5. Check out a full list of WGA and PGA nominations.
Do you think 30 Rock and Mad Men will sweep again? Who are you rooting for between Black Swan and The Kids Are All Right?
