The temperature on the awards season kettle went up another few degrees last night as the Producers Guild of America announced their awards, and The Artist reigned triumphant. The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn took the Animated category, and Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest took the Documentary prize.
The PGA awards (not to be confused with golf) are probably the single best predictor of the Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards - although a record of picking 15 of the last 22 winners is by no means a perfect score. Still, it will have given the Oscar hopes of both Michael Hazanavicius and Steven Spielberg a boost ahead of tomorrow's Academy Award nominations and February 26' ceremony.
The full list of Producers Guild winners is below:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
THE ARTIST
BRIDESMAIDS
THE DESCENDANTS
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
THE HELP
HUGO
THE IDES OF MARCH
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
WAR HORSE
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
**THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN **
CARS 2
KUNG FU PANDA 2
PUSS IN BOOTS
RANGO
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK
PROJECT NIM
SENNA
THE UNION
The television nominees and winners are:
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
Too Big To Fail
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
**The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television **
The Colbert Report
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The 64th Annual Tony Awards
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
American Masters
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Deadliest Catch
Undercover Boss
News Programs
Anderson Cooper 360
BBC World News America
NBC News with Brian Williams
The Rachel Maddow Show
60 Minutes
Sports Programs (*There was a tie, which is why there are six nominees.)
Monday Night Football
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Sports Center
30 for 30
2010 FIFA World Cup
U.S. Open Tennis Championship
Children’s Programs
Dora the Explorer
iCarly
Phineas and Ferb
Sesame Street
SpongeBob Squarepants
Web Series
Ask a Ninja
The Guild
Parks and Recreation Presents: ‘April & Andy’s Road Trip’
30 Rock Presents Jack Donaghy, Executive Superhero
Web Therapy