There are still a few wide-open categories for the Oscars this year, and it’s tough to see what might take the screenplay awards. The Writers Guild Awards can’t always help to predict them, what with several scripts, including **The Theory Of Everything **and Birdman deemed ineligible, but The Imitation Game** took home the adapted screenplay for Graham Moore, while Wes Anderson and story co-writer Hugo Guinness won for The Grand Budapest Hotel in the original screenplay category.
Scoring a gong against the likes American Sniper, Gone Girl, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Wild, Moore paid tribute to The Imitation Game’s subject, Alan Turing. "He was probably the greatest genius of his generation, and I’m a screenwriter from Chicago, so it’s very strange to be standing on this stage now when he should be," he said. “It’s on the shoulders of his genius that we made this film and that we’re so proud to stand.”
Anderson took a more comic route with his speech, which seems fitting given his film’s tone: “I’m very pleased to be here on this soil of Century City, which formerly, as you know, was the backlot of one of the great cinema studios and now is home to this wonderful Hyatt and a large community of entertainment attorneys."
Brian Knappenberger won the documentary award fro The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story Of Aaron Swartz, one of the docs that are not nominated for the Oscars this year.
In TV, Louis C.K. did well, taking home both the comedy series award and the individual episode award for ‘So Did The Fat Lady’. The Good Wife’s team won the individual episode award for drama with ‘The Last Call’ while True Detective nabbed best drama series and best new series. And there was success for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, as the first season of the show beat out the host's old home The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to win the comedy/variety category. 21 salmon cannon salute!