Penelope Milford, one of the youngest nominees (for “Coming Home”), recalls: “The minute the nominations were announced, the telephone started ringing. A lot of people now are telling me they always knew I had talent and how wonderful it is that I've been nominated. They're the same guys who wouldn't take a phone call from me last week."

"The Hurt Locker" won the Producers Guild of America award for best feature in an increasingly competitive awards season.

It happens to be my favorite picture of the year.

"Inglourious Basterds” was the big winner at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night. As far as individual film acting prizes, the 120,000-member guild followed the lead of the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, handing out trophies to Sandra Bullock for “The Blind Side,” Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart,” Mo’Nique for “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Waltz. All four were also first-time SAG Award winners.
 

Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet" led the race for the Cesars Friday as the French Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed its nominations. The violent and harrowing prison drama nabbed 13 noms, including picture, director, actor and breakthrough performance for Tahar Rahim, original screenplay and cinematography.