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"Kristen Wiig is to give her Bridesmaids producer Judd Apatow an honorary prize at the Writers Guild of America&amp;#039;s East Coast Awards. Apatow will receive the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence in recognition of his career achievements at the WGA East&amp;#039;s February 19 gala.   His film Bridesmaids has been nominated in the &amp;#039;Original Film&amp;#039; category against 50/50, Midnight in Paris, Win Win and Young Adult. Ryan&amp;#039;s Hope creator Claire Labin will also be honored at the Writers Guild of America&amp;#039;s East Coast Awards when she receives the Ian McLellan Hunter Award. The Writers Guild of America&amp;#039;s East Coast Awards will be hosted by former Saturday Night Live star Rachel Dratch at BB King Blues Club in New York City. The WGA&amp;#039;s West Coast Awards will be held simultaneously in Los Angeles from the Hollywood Palladium with hosts New Girl star Zooey Deschanel and Community&amp;#039;s Joel McHale. McHale previously joked about co-hosting with Deschanel, saying: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m deeply excited to co-host the WGA Awards with Zooey Deschanel. She has that rare combination in that she&amp;#039;s beautiful, funny, and smells good.&amp;quot; The WGA recognises excellence in film, television, news media, gaming, radio and promotional writing and graphic animations. &amp;gt; Bridesmaids cast to present at Oscars 2012 &amp;gt; Chris O&amp;#039;Dowd: &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t want a Bridesmaids sequel&amp;#039; Watch a Bridesmaids trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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