‘Spotlight’ wins best original screenplay at Writers Guild Awards

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Boston Globe

GLOBE STAFF FEBRUARY 14, 2016

“Spotlight,” the film about The Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, won best original screenplay at the 2016 Writers Guild Awards Saturday night.

The newspaper drama, which already won best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and is nominated for six Oscars, including best picture, was written by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy.

The Writers Guild Awards cermony was held concurrently in Los Angeles and New York. The guild honors excellence in film, television, new media, video games, news, radio, promotional and graphic animation.

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