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Paul Thomas Anderson's new dark comedy One Battle After Another
Hollywood heavy hitters flooded into the Fairmont Century Plaza in Beverly Hills on Saturday to await the news of the winners with breathless suspense.
The most hotly anticipated category, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, is filled with acclaimed movies that have emerged as contenders for the upcoming .
In 17 of the past 22 years, the winner of the Zanuck award has gone onto triumph in the best picture category at the Academy Awards.
Oscars victory inched that much closer Saturday night for One Battle After Another, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor and Regina Hall.
Anderson accepted the prize for his latest opus this Saturday night, accompanied by his fellow producer on the project Sara Murphy.
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Paul Thomas Anderson's new dark comedy One Battle After Another, in which Leonardo DiCaprio is pictured, nabbed the best picture prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards
Anderson accepted the prize for his latest opus this Saturday night, accompanied by his fellow producer on the project Sara Murphy
Its stars Teyana Taylor (left) and Regina Hall (right) had taken the stage together earlier that evening, joining a star-studded lineup of showbiz luminaries who presented at the fete
Taylor and Hall had taken the stage together earlier that evening, joining a star-studded lineup of showbiz luminaries who presented at the fete.
One Battle After Another triumphed over a category including the vehicle F1, and the starrer Marty Supreme helmed by Josh Safdie.
Bugonia - the latest collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthimos and his muse Emma Stone, both of whom were producers - was also a competitor in that field.
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Chloe Zhao's biopic Hamnet starring and was also in contention, as is 's Frankenstein, the Norwegian film Sentimental Value, the buzzy mystery Weapons and the rugged historical picture Train Dreams.
Ryan Coogler's vampire movie Sinners, which has achieved a record as the most Oscar-nominated film of all time,
Meanwhile the coveted Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama was given to the medical drama The Pitt, led by ER heartthrob Noah Wyle in a thunderous career comeback.
Facing off against it were the Keri Russell starrer The Comeback, the Star Wars spin-off Andor and The White Lotus, as well as Severance and Pluribus.
The wildly popular KPop Demon Hunters won Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, against Elio, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle and a brace of sequels, The Bad Guys 2 and Zootopia 2.
Joe Sachs, Michael Hissrich, Michelle Lankwarden, R. Scott Gemmill, Terri Murphy, Simran Baidwan and John Wells are seen accepting the TV drama award for The Pitt
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ER alumnus Noah Wyle is the leading man The Pitt, which has proven a massive Hollywood comeback for him and has shored up his status as a sex symbol
The now-canceled Late Show with Stephen Colbert won Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! had also been in contention for that prize, after both it host and Colbert's widely publicized scuffles with the Trump administration.
Also nominated were The Daily Show - with its original host Jon Stewart restored - as well as SNL50: The Anniversary Show and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Seth Rogen's new sitcom The Studio, featuring the recently deceased Catherine O'Hara, went home that night with the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy.
Its competitors included Only Murders in the Building - one of whose stars Martin Short suffered the shocking loss of his daughter Katherine's suicide this week -as well as South Park, The Bear and Hacks.
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Netflix's revered show Adolescence earned the David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television, besting Black Mirror, The Beast in Me, Black Rabbit and the Michelle Williams-led Dying for Sex.
Producer Jo Johnson gave the acceptance speech for Adolescence, surrounded by her colleagues Jeremy Kleiner, Nina Wolarsky, Peter Balm and Emily Feller.
The documentary John Candy: I Like Me - directed by Tom Hanks' son Colin Hanks - won Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures.
It triumphed over Renee Zellweger's new offering Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, as well as the sci-fi picture The Gorge starring Miles Teller, the satire Mountainhead directed by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong and the biopic Nonnas with a cast including Vince Vaughn and Lorraine Bracco.
The smash hit reality show The Traitors was once again the recipient of the gong for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television, brushing aside old favorites like Jeopardy!, Top Chef, The Amazing Race and RuPaul's Drag Race.
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