DGA: Another big night for Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’?

By Associated Press
Published February 2, 2013 5:00am ET
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DGA: Another big night for Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’?
FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack O'Donnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. A best-picture win at the upcoming Oscars could be viewed as righting a wrong after Affleck inexplicably missed out on a best-director nomination. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claire Folger, File) | Claire Folger

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s strange awards season continues with another ceremony that could firm up a big Oscar win for Ben Affleck’s “Argo.”

The Directors Guild of America hands out prizes Saturday night in Los Angeles in what typically is a final blessing for the film that goes on to win best-picture and director at the Academy Awards.

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