'Birdman' gets new Oscars boost with Directors Guild win

2015/02/08 09:59:39 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Dark comedy & quot;Birdman & quot; got another pre-Oscars boost, winning the top prize at the Directors Guild of America honors as Hollywood gears up for the all-important Academy Awards this month. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was crowned best director at the climax of the DGA show, barely two weeks before the Oscars on February 22. The 51-year-old & #039;s success repeated that of fellow Mexican Alfonso Cuaron, who won the DGA top prize last year for & quot;Gravity, & quot; and went on to win the Best Director prize at the Oscars. & quot;I never expected to be here talking to you tonight, & quot; Inarritu told his fellow filmmakers gathered at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Century City.
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