DGA Nominations: "Brokeback," "Good Night,..," "Munich..."

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oh, it's a good ol' year for the "culture wars," especially with this morning's announcement that Jon Stewart will host the Oscars!. This from an e-mail bulletin from Variety:

DGA opts for dramas

'Munich' scores its first guild nomination

By DAVE MCNARY


The Directors Guild of America, favoring moderate-scale dramas for its best director nominations, has selected Bennett Miller for "Capote," Ang Lee for "Brokeback Mountain," George Clooney for "Good Night, and Good Luck," Steven Spielberg for "Munich" and Paul Haggis for "Crash." Nominations were announced Thursday morning by DGA VP Betty Thomas at DGA headquarters in Hollywood.

Of the five, only Lee and Spielberg have previously won before; Lee taking home the DGA trophy five years ago for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Spielberg for "Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List" and "The Color Purple."

The DGA winner and the Oscar winner for best director have matched in 51 of the last 57 years, including last year when Clint Eastwood won both trophies for "Million Dollar Baby." The DGA last diverged from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 2003 when it selected Rob Marshall for "Chicago" and the Oscar went to Roman Polanski for "The Pianist" and in 2001 when Lee won the DGA award and Steven Soderbergh took the Oscar for "Traffic."

The DGA will announce its winners Jan. 28 at the Century Plaza.

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