Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
TV Movie: Taking Chance
Television Series: Mad Men
Comedy Series: Modern Family
Documentary – The Cove
Musical/Variety – Obama Inauguration
Reality TV – Build it Bigger
Timeline:
11:18 – Lifetime Achievement Recipient: Norman Jewison
10:53–Brad Pitt to introduce Tarantino
10:16–Jason Reitman’s turn to get his plaque and give a speech.
9:51pm — Lee Daniels finishes his speech – by all accounts, the best so far.
9:41: Daniels to Bigelow: “Your movie is as beautiful as your legs. You make me question my sexuality.” (via @stevepond)
9:34pm: Obama Inauguration wins Musical/Variety (via @stevepond)
9:14pm: The Cove wins Best Documentary
9:07pm: @stevepond tweets, “Cameron thanks people “down the food chain” who made movie happen, and folks at Fox who “wrote the big check.”
9:06pm: @stevepond tweets, “Cameron is Mr. Humble, paying tribute to the other nominees: “unutterably different” from each other, & how can you choose?”
8:58pm: Reality TV DGA winner: Build It Bigger
Update: Follow @stevepond and @thecarpetbagger @jeffreytz for DGA award info on Twitter.
8:39pm – Kathryn Bigelow presented with nominee’s plaque. She gives a speech, goes to the press room for photos. According to @stevepond, the stage manager says “that’s the best looking director I’ve ever seen,” or something to that effect.
