Screenwriter John August has written eight feature films, including “Go,” “Big Fish” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” At the moment, he’s writing the screenplay for “Creature,” based on the graphic novel, for Sam Mendes. But his latest project is a short story called “The Variant,” a mini-thriller about a mysterious library cataloguer whose secret life is revealed when a woman falls through his bathroom ceiling.
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They paid $459 each to attend the dinner at New York’s Cipriani’s Wall Street – and they had already paid about half of that to even be considered for a nomination -- but the 500 or so nominees at the Webby Awards Monday night were not complaining.
The famous five-word acceptance speeches were mostly amusing. Dinner was served amid a loose, upbeat atmosphere, with attendees – a few in jeans -- table-hopping and congregating at the bar during breaks in the ceremony.
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