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‘Nomadland’s Chloé Zhao & ‘The Queen’s Gambit’s Scott Frank Win USC Scripter Awards

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Chloé Zhao won top honors Saturday night at the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards for Nomadland, her adaptation of Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. “This is so beautiful,” Zhao said, holding up the trophy, and thanking Bruder for her book and for her “love of the road and the American people.” Then she said, “I feel so lucky to be able to tell stories for a living.”The win makes Zhao a top contender for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, but not a sure bet.

The Scripters – which honor the year’s best film and TV adaptations and the works on which they’re based – have, over the past decade, been one of the most reliable bellwethers of Oscar gold – until recently.

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