Slumdog's Danny Boyle Wins DGA Award

Notch another one for Slumdog Millionaire . The runaway hit cemented its status as Oscar frontrunner with another key precursor win, this time for helmer Danny Boyle at the Directors Guild of America Awards. Boyle was singled out for outstanding directorial achievement in a feature film, besting David Fincher ( The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ), Ron Howard ( Frost/Nixon ), Christopher Nolan ( The Dark Knight ) and Gus Van Sant ( Milk ). He'll go toe-to-toe with all of them except for Nolan at the Academy Awards again ( The Reader 's Stephen Daldry is the other Oscar nominee). Boyle's win bodes well for Oscar glory as the DGAs have only mismatched with Oscar winners six times in 60 years. The last time was six years ago when The Pianist 's Roman Polanski won the Oscar over the DGAs' choice of Rob Marshall ( Chicago ). On the TV side ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com The Wire Danny Boyle The Office The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon The Curious ... (link)