And the winner is . . .

Catherine Quinlan, dean of the University of Southern California Libraries in Los Angeles, joins (from left) screenwriter Jason Reitman, author Walter Kirn, and screenwriter Sheldon Turner as they celebrate receipt of the 2010 USC Libraries Scripter Award for Up in the Air during a February 6 ceremony at USC’s Doheny Library. The Oscar-nominated film, based on Kirn’s novel and directed by Reitman, tells the story of Ryan Bingham—played by George Clooney—a “career transition counselor” who travels around the country firing employees during corporate downsizings.