WGA Nominee 'Flight' (Photo: Paramount Pictures)Another guild has spoken! Following yesterday's Producers Guild of America announcements, today the Writers Guild of America (WGA) chose five screenplays in the race for best original: "Flight," John Gatins; "Looper," Rian Johnson; "The Master," Paul Thomas Anderson; "Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola; and "Zero Dark Thirty," Mark Boal.

On the adapted screenplay side, the WGA selected "Argo," Chris Terrio; "Life of Pi," David Magee; "Lincoln," Tony Kushner; "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," Stephen Chbosky; and "Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell.

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"Ewan, I've known you for years; you're one of my favorite actors, and I've always loved watching you," Angelina Jolie told the guests at a private screening of "The Impossible" and reception she hosted for Ewan McGregor last month in London. Jolie continued, "But I watched this and I didn't recognize you. It's strange to say it's one of the best performances of the year -- it really doesn't give it credit, because it doesn't feel like a performance. It comes from such an honest place. It was so deeply emotional; you rarely see this kind of emotion from a man onscreen. … As an actor I'm in awe."

'Amour' (Photo: Sony Picture Classics)2012 has been a particularly strong year for foreign language films, with Michael Haneke’s much-praised “Amour” leading many top-ten lists and immediately finding its place as Oscar frontrunner. With only nine slots, and seventy-one official entries from around the world, there are bound to be a few snubs, including the stark German character study “Barbara,” the black-and-white fairy-tale beauty, “Blancanieves” (translated Snow White) from Spain, as well as Australia’s “Lore” and South Korea’s “Pieta.” Another notable omission, “Rust and Bone,” was ineligible because France chose the sentimental favorite “The Intouchables” instead. The Golden Globe nominated drama about an animal trainer who loses her legs to a killer whale but finds her will to live afterwards stars Marion Cotillard, who will likely be represented in the Best Actress race.

Photo: Universal PicturesIt takes a strong marriage to pull off the intimate scene in “This is 40” between actress Megan Fox and Leslie Mann, written and directed by Mann’s husband and collaborator Judd Apatow. Or maybe it’s just the stuff of married men’s fantasies: Wife, mother and boutique owner Debbie (Mann) catches her best saleswoman Desi (Fox) in a lacy hot pink push-up bra and launches into an awkward discussion about the younger woman’s perky breasts. “Are those real?” Debbie asks, to which Desi replies matter-of-factly: “Yeah, I’m just young.” Talk leads to touch – and then more girl-on-girl touch. Well, the “Knocked Up” director never backed away from a sexual sight gag.

Photo: Universal PicturesLeslie Mann humorously unpacks her marriage to writer-director Judd Apatow in their fifth film together, "This Is 40." Mann plays Debbie, a wife who turns 40 and watches her marriage to Pete (Paul Rudd) sag while their daughters (Maude and Iris Apatow) observe -- and comment. "It's a weird time," Mann told Yahoo! about turning the big four-oh. "It's like, not everything is in front of you anymore. It seems like one day we're bawling our eyes, and the next day it's fine."

Photo: Weinstein/Fox Searchlight/Universal/DreamworksFor leading ladies, a supporting role can prove an actress's range -- and validate her talents -- without requiring her to carry a movie's box-office load. The Golden Globes' list of five supporting actress nominees -- Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Sally Field, Helen Hunt, and Nicole Kidman -- offers insight into the transformative power of supporting roles for actresses trying to repackage their onscreen images.