The Writers Guild offered up a couple of upsets tonight at their awards dinner:
- Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
- Adapted Screenplay: Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
- Documentary: Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell
American Hustle was expected to win for original, but was trumped by Spike Jonze and Her, which probably makes it the favorite for the Oscar now, but only slightly. Adapted Screenplay going to Captain Phillips was something of a surprise, but since 12 Years a Slave was ineligible for consideration here, that will very likely not repeat at the Oscars. Meanwhile, the American Society of Cinematographers gave their top film award to Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity, which was not a shock, as it's practically guaranteed to take the Cinematography Oscar next month as well.
On another awards ceremony that took place tonight, Frozen dominated at the Annie Awards, winning five on its way to picking up the Oscar as well:
- Best Animated Feature: Frozen
- Best Animated Special Production: Chipotle Scarecrow
- Best Animated Short Subject: Get a Horse
- Best Animated Effects in Animated Production: The Croods
- Best Animated Effects in Live Action Production: Pacific Rim
- Character Animation in an Animated Production: The Croods
- Character Animation in a Live Action Production: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Character Design in an Animated Feature: The Croods
- Directing: Frozen
- Music: Frozen
- Production Design: Frozen
- Storyboarding: Monsters University
- Voice Acting: Josh Gad, Frozen
- Writing: Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises
- Editorial: Monsters University
