'Slumdog,' 'WALL-E' win Eddies

February 16, 2009 "Slumdog Millionaire's" triumphant march across the Hollywood awards landscape continued Sunday night at the 59th annual ACE Eddie Awards, where the film's Chris Dickens took home the trophy for the best edited feature film drama. At the American Cinema Editors awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, "WALL-E" also made history for the organization by becoming the first animated feature film to win an Eddie, when its editor Stephen Schaffer captured the prize for best edited feature comedy or musical. "Man on Wire," the documentary about tightrope-walker Philippe Petit, was named best edited documentary, with the award going to Jinx Godfrey.

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