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DGA Nommies
Hollywood Elsewhere — DGA Nommies Slumdog Millionaire 's Danny Boyle , The Dark Knight 's Christopher Nolan , Milk 's Gus Van Sant , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 's David Fincher and Frost/Nixon 's Ron Howard were announced this morning as Directors Guild nominees for top feature film of 2008. I'm fixing myself a coffee in the morning and I'm thinking Boyle, Fincher, Howard, Nolan and Van Sant. I'm taking the bus into the city and I'm thinking Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, The Dark Knight, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Milk . I'm walking down Varick St. in the ...

DGA Picks Five; Is This Race Over?
Cinema Blend News — ... win Best Director-- only six times since 1948 has there not been a direct match. And the DGA line-up often goes on to match the Academy roster five for five, though most years one director fails to make the final cut. But with all five of these films looking the likeliest Best Picture contenders, could this list be your Best Picture nominees come January 22? We'll talk about it all in more detail later this afternoon, in the Oscar Eye column. In the meantime, here's the list, from Variety . Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight Pictures & Warner Bros. ...

DGA Nominations
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — Christopher Nolan, second from right, with cast at The Dark Knight London premiere. If he had directed Bale in Newsies, I bet he would have gotten a DGA nomination.   More nominations! I share these whenever they’re interesting, and I thought there was something of note in this pack from the Directors’ Guild of America. Here they are: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon” Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight” Gus Van Sant, “Milk” What’s interesting? The inclusion of Christopher Nolan. ...