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The Producers Guild of America is out with the nominees for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures at its 31st annual Producers Guild Awards. They are: Advocate, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, about Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinian political prisoners. Amer…

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writer, producer and showrunner Marta Kauffman will be honored at this year’s Producers Guild Awards with the Norman Lear Achievement Award. The 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards will take place on January 18, 2020 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild of America…

In presenting the Producers Guild of America’s Milestone Award to Warner Bros. Pictures Group Chairman Toby Emmerich tonight, A Star Is Born director and star Bradley Cooper shared his experiences about the studio boss that underscored Emmerich’s innate ability to gamble on raw talent, and win. Not only did Emmerich…

Kenya Barris accepted the Visionary Award at the Producers Guild Award on Saturday night, but in his evocative comments from the stage it was clear that the forward-looking native of Inglewood, CA., still has a good view of his past. The Black-ish creator said his background — “a kid in the ‘hood” with asthma and…

Accepting the Producers Guild’s Norman Lear Achievement Award tonight to a standing ovation in the Beverly Hilton Ballroom, Amy Sherman-Palladino spoke of the TV legend as someone “who shared the wealth with those around them. He did well, everyone did well, and that’s important as producers, that your actresses don’t…

The 30th annual Producers Guild Awards are being handed out at the Beverly Hilton tonight, and Deadline is live blogging all the action. Trophies will be presented in 13 categories spanning film and television, and we will be updating the winners list live. The 10 films vying for the marquee Darryl F. Zanuck Award for…

Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is set to receive the Producers Guild of America’s 2019 Visionary Award. Barris will be honored at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards January 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild Visionary Award recognizes television, film, or new media producers…

The Producers Guild of America said Wednesday that Toby Emmerich, chairman of the Warner Bros Pictures Group, will be honored with the guild's most prestigious award: the Milestone Award. Emmerich will receive the honor at the 30th annual PGA Awards on January 19, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. As Warner Bros…

The Producers Guild of America honored Ryan Murphy with its Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television at this year’s PGA Awards. Accepting from his friend and frequent collaborator Gwyneth Paltrow, Murphy hat-tipped the award’s namesake. "That's what I want to do – I want to touch people,” said Murphy, recalling the…

Ava DuVernay was presented with the Visionary Award tonight at the PGA Awards by her Wrinkle in Time star Reese Witherspoon, but when taking the stage she shifted the focus off of her and used the opportunity to talk about social awareness, inclusion, and to remember the late Allison Shearmur. “I was excited to come…

The Producers Guild of America honored Charles Roven tonight with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award. “I’ve had many great experiences in this room, starting with my bar mitzvah,” Roven said after Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins introduced him. “I literally became a man on this stage.” He continues, “I…

Hollywood legend Norman Lear took the stage to present the 2018 Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award to Jordan Peele’s Get Out tonight at the PGA Awards, calling the film “terrifying and groundbreaking.” He added, “It’s a horror movie where a black guy isn’t the first one killed.” “Ummm…alright, that’s cool,” said…