'Slumdog Millionaire' wins top WGA awards

The Oscar nominated "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire" won top honors Saturday at the Writers Guild of America Awards.

Script-writer Dustin Lance Black won the original screenplay award for "Milk," a biography of murdered slain gay-rights leader Harvey Milk.

The adapted screenplay award for "Slumdog Millionaire" went to Simon Beaufoy, who based it on a novel by Vikas Swarup about an Indian street orphan's journey of survival and love.

The low-budget flick "Slumdog Millionaire" has been an unlikely hit saved by cloud-nine angel. Being roped with 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture, and also has taken awards at the Golden Globes and from the Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild.