Birdman gets a boost in the run-up to the Oscars

Michael Keaton's film, Birdman has been given a boost in the run-up to the Oscars after winning the Producers Guild of America's top award.

The Producers Guild has predicted the winner of best picture at the Oscars for the past seven years.
In Birdman, Keaton plays a washed-up star who tries to revive his career.

Many of the PGA's 6,700 members are also Oscar voters, and the winner of the top PGA prize has gone on to win best picture at the Oscars every year since 2007, and 18 times in the past 25 years.

Richard Linklater's epic Boyhood has until now been seen as the frontrunner for best picture at the Oscars, which take place in Hollywood on 22 February.
But the Producers Guild of America (PGA) decision means the Academy Awards race is still wide open.