
The road trip comedy Little Miss Sunshine has scooped best original screenplay at the Writers guild of America Awards. Steven Carell, who plays an academic in Little Miss Sunshine, picked up 2 further prizes for his work on The Office.
Screenwriter Michael Arndt, who penned Little Miss Sunshine, and was his debut feature said. “I wrote the script when I was unemployed and with no major credits to my name.”
Also honoured at the awards were, The Sopranos and Big Love for dramatic writing, and Ugly Betty was named best written new TV show.