January 16, 2008–The Costume Designers Guild unveiled its nominations in seven film and TV categories on Wednesday. In the contemporary film category, nominations went to “Blades of Glory,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “Into the Wild,” “Juno,” and “Ocean's Thirteen.”
Nominations in a period film include “Atonement,” “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” “La Vie en rose,” “Sweeney Todd,” and “3:10 to Yuma.”
“Enchanted,” “The Golden Compass,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,” and “300” will compete in the fantasy category.
Nominations for a miniseries or made-for television movie went to “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” “Jane Eyre,” and “The Starter Wife.”
“Big Love,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Entourage,” “The Sopranos,” and “Ugly Betty” received nods for costuming in a contemporary television series.
In the period/fantasy television series category, “Pushing Daisies,” “Rome,” and “The Tudors” were named.
Rounding out the nominees in the commercial costume design category are spots from American Express, Burger King, and Capitol One.
UA chief Paula Wagner and filmmaking duo James Mangold and Cathy Konrad will be honored, too.
Wagner will receive the guild's president's award. Mangold and Konrad will be feted with the distinguished director/producer award. Ruth Myers will receive career achievement honors for film; while Ray Aghayan will be recognized with the television career achievement nod.
The award show will be held on February 19 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, with actress Anjelica Huston as host.
