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AP - The Authors ­href="http://guild.livepress.c­om">Guild, which­represents thousands of­published authors and­freelance journalists, just­got a little funnier: ­href="http://roy.livepress.com­">Roy ­href="http://blount.livepress.­com">Blount Jr. has been­elected the organization's­president.

Reuters - The lush hand-painted kimonos from "Memoirs of a Geisha" helped Colleen Atwood earn a top Costume Design Guild honor for the second year in a row.

Reuters - "Walk the Line" won for production design on a contemporary film and "Memoirs of a Geisha" took the prize for period or fantasy film as the Art Directors Guild celebrated its 10th annual awards Saturday.

Reuters - A few nights before their union handed out its annual awards, seven Writers Guild Award nominees adopted tones in keeping with the spirit of their respective films as they gathered at a panel session in Beverly Hills Thursday.