PGA Awards

PICTURE: Birdman
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself

Birdman wins PGA.  Does that open the door for a real race between Birdman and Boyhood?

Chicago Film Critics Association

Home court advantage for Oscar-bound documentary Life Itself about late film critic Roger Ebert

PICTURE: Boyhood
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself
FOREIGN FILM: Force Majeure 
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
ART DIRECTION: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
CINEMATOGRAPHY: (tie) Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki; The Grand Budapest Hotel- Robert Yeoman
EDITING: Whiplash- Tom Cross
SCORE: Under the Skin- Mica Levi
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Jack O'Connell, Starred Up and Unbroken
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Best Documentary Short-List

Fifteen movies move forward to compete for the Best Documentary Oscar.

• Art & Craft (directed by Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker)
• The Case Against 8 (directed by Ben Cotner, Ryan White)
• Citizen Koch (directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin)
• Citizenfour (directed by Laura Poitras)
• Finding Vivian Maier (directed by John Maloof, Charlie Siskel)
• The Internet's Own Boy (directed by Brian Knappenberger)
• Jodorowsky's Dune (directed by Frank Pavich)
• Keep on Keepin' On (directed by Alan Hicks)
• The Kill Team (directed by Dan Krauss)
• Last Days of Vietnam (directed by Rory Kennedy)
• Life Itself (directed by Steve James)
• The Overnighters (directed by Jesse Moss)
• The Salt of the Earth (directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders)
• Tales of the Grim Sleeper (directed by Nick Broomfield)
• Virunga (directed by Orlando von Einsiedel)

PGA: Docs and Televison Nominations

The Producers Guild of America announced a partial list of nominations.  The big one for Best Picture will be announced on January 5, 2015.

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• The Green Prince
• Life Itself
• Merchants of Doubt
• Particle Fever
• Virunga 

NORMAN FELTON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC DRAMA

• Breaking Bad
• Downton Abbey
• Game of Thrones
• House of Cards
• True Detective

DANNY THOMAS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC COMEDY

• The Big Bang Theory
• Louie
• Modern Family
• Orange is the New Black
• Veep

PRODUCER OF NON-FICTION TELEVISION

• 30 For 30
• American Masters
• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
• Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
• Shark Tank

PRODUCER OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT/TALK

• The Colbert Report
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Real Time with Bill Mahar
• The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

PRODUCER OF SPORTS PROGRAM

• 24/7
• Hard Knocks: Training Camp with The Atlanta Falcons
• Hard Knocks: Training Camp with The Cincinnati Bengals
• Inside: U.S. Soccer's March to Brazil
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

PRODUCER OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

• Dora the Explorer
• Sesame Street
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Toy Story of Terror
• Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts Masterclass

PRODUCER OF DIGITAL SERIES

• 30 For 30 Shorts
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
• Cosmos: A National Geographic Deeper Dive
• Epic Rap Battles of History
• Video Game High School Season 3