LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- "Slumdog Millionaire," Sean Penn and Meryl Streep may have taken a step toward Oscar gold after winning SAG Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night.

CHICAGO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she campaigned for a role in "Doubt," but John Patrick Shanley, the film's writer-director, turned her down.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The big-screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Doubt" was nominated for five Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles Thursday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- "Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" have each garnered nominations for eight Critics' Choice Awards, it was announced in New York Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI) -- Cable TV's Lifetime network Friday said preparations are under way to start shooting a movie about and starring "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino.

NEW YORK, May 17 (UPI) -- "Wicked," the Broadway show about the witches of Oz, won top honors, including best musical, in the New York media's Drama Desk Awards.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- "Lovely & Amazing," a comedy about the relationship among a mother and her three daughters, led the field with six nominations as the IFP Independent Spirit Award nominees for 2003 were announced in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Here is a list of nominees for the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards, announced Thursday in Los Angeles.

"Lovely & Amazing," "Far From Heaven" and "The Good Girl" were among the films nominated for multiple Independent Spirit Awards Wednesday.