Three Oscar nominees including Kirby Dick (The Invisible War), Malik Bendjelloul (Searching for Sugar Man) and David France (How to Survive a Plague) are among the five nominees for the Directors Guild of America's "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary" award.
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Quentin Tarantino and David O. Russell were edged out of the pack in today's Directors Guild Award nominations announcement, giving way to a rather conservative quintet of Oscar hopefuls. So let the DGA backlash begin: Between Ben Affleck (Argo), Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), Tom Hooper (Les Miserables), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), which nominee should have gotten the shaft to make the DGA race even remotely interesting?
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Also in Wednesday afternoon's round-up of news briefs, Kick-Ass 2 eyes an addition to its cast. The Katzenbergs will receive honors from a Gay group, and the Directors Guild of America appoints a new exec.
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