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Complete Awards Season Coverage

up in the air

'Hurt Locker,' 'Up in the Air' Take Top WGA Awards (1)

-- Writers Guild also honors dolphin documentary "The Cove"

'Up in the Air' Author Snags Oscar Seat (1)

-- Paramount gives Walter Kirn Academy Award ticket

Snubbed 'Up in the Air' Novelist Needs to Relax

-- Walter Kirn is upset he hasn't been invited to the Oscars, but the controversy is silly

'Up in the Air' Gets DVD/Blu-ray Release Date

-- Awards contender will hit stores two days after the Oscars

'Up in the Air' Wins Scripter Award (3)

-- Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner take home top USC honor with novelist Walter Kirn

'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' Lead the Way at Oscar Nominations (2)

-- They receive 9 nods apiece; expanded Best Picture category includes "Blind Side," "Up"

'Up in the Air' Holds a Damage-Control Screening

-- In response to a minor Internet flap, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner clarify their unusual collaboration

If I Had a Vote ... (2)

-- ... this would be an Oscar ballot - but I don't, so it's a top 10 list

Paramount Hopes to Beam Up Profitability for 2009 (2)

-- Studio report card: It's been a big year, from "Star Trek" to Oscar contender "Up in the Air"

Ebert Names the Best Films of 2009

-- "Bad Lieutenant," "Hurt Locker" on mainstream list; also rates indies.