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The WGA Awards and The Oscars Have a Big Disagreement Over ‘Barbie’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Every year, the WGA, the Writerskill in America honors the
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Speaker 2: very best screen and teleplays of the year with their
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Speaker 2: WGA Awards, and they've just released their nominees. And what's
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Speaker 2: particularly noteworthy is how the WGA chose to honor one film, Barbie.
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Speaker 2: The oscars chose to designate Barbie an adapted screenplay since
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Speaker 2: it's based on a pre existing toy, which many in
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Speaker 2: the industry felt was a misplaced decision and didn't give
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Speaker 2: proper credit to Greta Gerwig and her writing partner and
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Speaker 2: husband Noah Bombach for creating the entirety of the story
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Speaker 2: and messaging themselves. And now the WGA, which obviously represents
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Speaker 2: the opinion of writers, seems to have agreed because the
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Speaker 2: WGA Award nominees for Original Screenplay are out there. Heir
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Speaker 2: the holdovers May December, Past Lives and last but not least,
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Speaker 2: Barbie made that list. The winners will be awarded uncharacteristically
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Speaker 2: late in the year April fourteen.
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