WGA drafts 'Sunshine,' 'Departed' for awards

February 12, 2007 The WGA shone a bright light on "Little Miss Sunshine" on Sunday night, bestowing upon the indie comedy its best original screenplay award, while Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" grabbed best adapted screenplay laurels to maintain its own Oscar momentum. Sunshine, a Fox Searchlight release written by Michael Arndt, overcame fellow category nominees Babel, The Queen, Stranger Than Fiction and United 93. Pictures release with a screenplay by William Monahan and based on the motion picture "Infernal Affairs" (written by Alan Mak and Felix Chong) -- bested "Borat," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Little Children" and "Thank You for Smoking."

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