![]() ![]() In New York, Lee was recognized with the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement by John Turturro, who wasn’t there to present the award in person after being called to set Paul Simms ( What We Do in the Shadows, Atlanta, The Larry Sanders Show, NewsRadio) was presented with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence by Donald Glover and Penelope Koechl was honored with the Richard B. The Writers Guild, as usual, also presented honorary awards across both ceremonies. ![]() There’s upwards of 10 of us in here.” Buteau also made a joke about her and James being “diversity hires” for the awards show. “As you can see in this room tonight, they were right. “White guys keep telling me, to my face, that we’re taking all the writing jobs, that we’re diversity hires,” she said. James also took her own jab at the lack of diversity in Hollywood. She also quipped that Dave Chappelle is the “GOAT” if that means “going off about trans people.” In her monologue, Buteau urged Steven Spielberg, who was in the audience, to make a movie about “happy Black people” Spike Lee, also in the audience, said he’d co-direct. ![]() ceremony, while comedian and actress Michelle Buteau ( The Circle, Welcome to Buteaupia) hosted the New York ceremony. show to accept for The White Lotus, saying, “I love living a writer’s life, and an award like this can let me keep living a writer’s life.”Ībbott Elementary actress and comedian Janelle James hosted the L.A. Mike White also made a rare appearance at the L.A. 'The Porter,' 'Sort Of' Take Top TV Prizes at Canadian Screen Awards What you do for the industry, you are a shining beacon,” and added, “This award is for all of you guys, thank you so much for being so inspiring. Upon accepting the night’s biggest award, Daniel Scheinert admitted, “Writing is confusing and hard and we felt so lost so often,” thanking their collaborators for sifting through “very, very rough drafts.” Daniel Kwan used the moment to address the Writers Guild’s upcoming negotiations, saying, “I’m so proud to be a part of the WGA. With the win, EEAAO completed a historic sweep of the top prizes at the guild awards, after also winning at the Spirit Awards on Saturday. The 2023 Writers Guild Awards were handed out Sunday night in simultaneous ceremonies held in New York and Los Angeles.Īmong the winners were Everything Everywhere All at Once, for original screenplay Women Talking, for adapted screenplay The Bear, for comedy series Severance, for drama series and for new series The White Lotus, for limited series Better Call Saul, for episodic drama and Hacks, for episodic comedy. ![]()
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