...also was nominated for best actor and actress for Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, director Sam Mendes, screenwriter Alan Ball for best original screenplay, as well as for cinematography, film editing and original score. Besides best picture...

...little of that to make the statement intended by the film: golly, life in suburbia really sucks. Duh! Screenwriter Alan Ball's premise assumes the audience doesn't know this already and will have to suspend its collective beliefs in order...

...nine acting bids for its ensemble cast and guest performers along with a best drama series nomination. Series creator Alan Ball welcomed the recognition for TV newcomers. "I think that's exciting because things are always evolving," he said...

...Under," which entered the Emmy competition with a leading 23 nominations, won only a directing nod for series creator Alan Ball on Sunday to add to four won in the creative arts presentations a week earlier. "Sex and the City" added just a directing...

...Jack Ikewuono, Wisconsin; Broderick Rogers, Wisconsin P - Jeremy Kapinos, Penn State HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: Alan Ball, Vontae Davis, Jason Reda; IOWA: Scott Chandler, Mike Elgin, Miguel Merrick, Bryann Mattison, Marcus Paschal...

...five awards: best picture, best actor for Kevin Spacey, best director for Sam Mendes, best original screenplay for Alan Ball and best cinematography for Conrad L. Hall. Might the success of the dark yet wildly absurd ''American Beauty...

...DVD has more than 3 1/2 hours of bonus material: -- A special commentary by Mendes and award-winning scriptwriter Alan Ball. -- Access to the screenplay via a DVD/CD-ROM feature that enables the viewer to watch the film on one side of the...

...culturally provocative, it breathes the same rarified dramatic air as "The Sopranos." Created by Academy Award winner Alan Ball ("American Beauty"), the series dares to look death cold in the eye and, in so doing, brings a new kind of existential...

BROOTEN - Gregg Matlock and Alan Ball each carded 84s as Pierz shot a team score of 348 to take third...Tonn (B-B-E), Natt Goodwin (B-B-E) 78 Pierz results: Alan Ball 84, Gregg Matlock 84, Dustin Harold 90, Brandon Meyer 90, Brian...

...BROWNS-Claimed DB DeAngelo Smith off waivers from Detroit. Waived DB Matterral Richardson. DALLAS COWBOYS-Signed DB Alan Ball. WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Signed DE Trey Jacobs and S Anderson Russell. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Recalled...