WGA Awards 2021: Promising Young Woman, Borat 2 and Ted Lasso among winners
Daily MailHollywood celebrated its best and brightest writers at the 2021 Writers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night, with Promising Young Woman and Borat 2 coming up big. Writer-director Emerald Fennell took home the Best Original Screenplay award for her critically-acclaimed revenge thriller Promising Young Woman. Sacha Baron Cohen and his team of writers Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern took home Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat 2, while Ted Lasso took home two TV awards. Winner: Hollywood celebrated its best and brightest writers at the 2021 Writers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night, with Promising Young Woman and Borat 2 coming up big Emerald wins: Writer-director Emerald Fennell took home the Best Original Screenplay award for her critically-acclaimed revenge thriller Promising Young Woman Sacha wins: Sacha Baron Cohen and his team of writers Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern took home Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat 2, while Ted Lasso took home two TV awards Fennell's Promising Young Woman beat out Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7 for the Best Original Screenplay award. Best Original: Fennell's Promising Young Woman beat out Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7 for the Best Original Screenplay award Speech: 'I wish I could be the room see everyone in person.