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 The big win by "La La Land" at the 28th annual awards set up
the film, which stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, as an odds-on
Oscar favorite, after it scored a record-tying 14 Oscar
nominations earlier this month.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA), which is among the leading
industry organizations representing makers of movies and TV
shows, also named its best animated film which went to "Zootopia,"
favorite documentary, won by “O.J.: Made in America" and honored
Netflix's "Stranger Things" as the top television drama.
Musician John Legend, a star of "La La Land", criticized the new
president's executive order placing curbs on people arriving in
the United States from certain Muslim-majority countries, which
spawned protests and confusion at several U.S. airports on
Saturday. "We encourage everybody out there to speak out against
it," Legend said.
Later, introducing the splashy, colorful musical film, Legend
said "Our vision of America is directly antithetical to that of
President Trump. I want to specifically tonight reject his
vision and affirm that America has to be better than that."
Accepting the award, "La La Land" producer Marc Platt continued
in a similar vein, saying "It is the power of cinema fueled by
free artistic expression that cannot be denied, that has no
borders, and will never be banned from our hearts, our minds and
our souls."
In past years, PGA best film winners have often gone on to win
the best picture Oscar, Hollywood's big prize.
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Among other honors for television productions, two FX shows
prevailed, as another look at the famous O.J. Simpson murder case,
"The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," won the
producers' award for long-form television and the comedy series
award was won by "Atlanta."
Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” won for non-fiction television, while
NBC's "The Voice" took home the prize for reality competition series
and PBS' "Sesame Street" scored for children's program.
Outstanding sports program went to "World of Sports," while "Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver" won the live entertainment and talk
television award.
The Academy Awards will be bestowed on Feb. 26 to producers,
directors, actors and actresses by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross and Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles and Chris
Michaud in New York; Editing by Susan Fenton)
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