'The Artist,' 'The Help' Big Winners at Critics' Choice Awards!

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As predicted by Gold Derby, "The Artist" won Best Picture and Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius) at the 17th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday. This Valentine to the silent film era, which had 11 nominations, also won Best Score (Ludovic Bource) and Best Costume Design (Mark Bridges). These kudos bestowed by the 250 members of the Broadcast Film Critics' Assn. often go to the eventual Oscar champs. (Complete list of winners here)

"The Help" won three of its eight races: Best Ensemble as well as Best Actress for Viola Davis and Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer. While Spencer was expected to win, Davis was in a close contest with Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady").

After losing seven bids in various categories over the years, George Clooney finally won over the BFCA and claimed Best Actor for "The Descendants." His was the only win out of seven nods for this domestic drama. Veteran Christopher Plummer claimed the Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."

The screenplay prizes went to Woody Allen for his original script for "Midnight in Paris" and the team that adapted the non-fiction book "Moneyball" (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin). Each film had three bids and these were their only wins.

"Hugo," which also had 11 nominations, had to settle for just one win -- Art Direction (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo).

The lensers for "War Horse" (Janusz Kaminski) and "The Tree of Life" (Emmanuel Lubezki) shared the Best Cinematography award which was the only victory for their films which had seven and five bids respectively.

"Drive," which reaped a surprising eight bids, won only Best Action Movie.

And "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" won one of its four races: Younger Actor/Actress for newcomer Thomas Horn.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" only reaped two bids with the BFCA and won one of them -- Best Editing (Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall).

Over the 16 years of these kudos, they have proven to be the most accurate precursor prizes to the Oscars. The BFCA has predicted 10 Best Picture, 11 Best Actor, 10 Best Actress, nine Supporting Actress and eight Supporting Actor Oscar winners.

Last year, all four of the Critic's Choice acting champs went on to win Oscars. However, this critics' group went with "The Social Network" for the top film of the year while the motion picture academy preferred "The King's Speech."

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The 17th annual Critics' Choice Awards bestowed by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn. took place on Jan. 12 and aired live on VH1.

BEST PICTURE
X - "The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Daldry – "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
X - Michel Hazanavicius – "The Artist"
Alexander Payne – "The Descendants"
Nicolas Winding Refn – "Drive"
Martin Scorsese – "Hugo"
Steven Spielberg – "War Horse"

BEST ACTOR
X - George Clooney – "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio – "J. Edgar"
Jean Dujardin – "The Artist"
Michael Fassbender – "Shame"
Ryan Gosling – "Drive"
Brad Pitt – "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS
X - Viola Davis – "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen – "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep – "The Iron Lady"
Tilda Swinton – "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Charlize Theron – "Young Adult"
Michelle Williams – "My Week With Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Kenneth Branagh – "My Week With Marilyn"
Albert Brooks – "Drive"
Nick Nolte – "Warrior"
Patton Oswalt – "Young Adult"
X - Christopher Plummer – "Beginners"
Andrew Serkis – "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo – "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain – "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy – "Bridesmaids"
Carey Mulligan – "Shame"
X - Octavia Spencer – "The Help"
Shailene Woodley – "The Descendants"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield – "Hugo"
Elle Fanning – "Super 8"
X - Thomas Horn – "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Ezra Miller – "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Saoirse Ronan – "Hanna"
Shailene Woodley – "The Descendants"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
"The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"The Descendants"
X - "The Help"
"The Ides of March"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Artist" – Michel Hazanavicius
"50/50" – Will Reiser
X - "Midnight in Paris" – Woody Allen
"Win Win" – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult" – Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"The Descendants" – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" – Eric Roth
"The Help" – Tate Taylor
"Hugo" – John Logan
X - "Moneyball" – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"The Adventures of Tintin"
"Arthur Christmas"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
X - "Rango"

BEST ACTION MOVIE
X - "Drive"
"Fast Five"
"Hanna"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Super 8"

BEST COMEDY
X - "Bridesmaids"
"Crazy, Stupid, Love"
"Horrible Bosses"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Muppets"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"In Darkness"
"Le Havre"
X- "A Separation"
"The Skin I Live In"
"Where Do We Go Now"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Buck"
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
X - "George Harrison: Living in the Material World"
"Page One: Inside the New York Times"
"Project Nim"
"Undefeated"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"The Artist"
Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan

X - "Hugo"
Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo

"The Tree of Life"
Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank

"War Horse"
Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Artist" – Guillaume Schiffman
"Drive" – Newton Thomas Sigel
"Hugo" – Robert Richardson
X - "The Tree of Life" – Emmanuel Lubezki
X - "War Horse" – Janusz Kaminski

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
X - "The Artist" – Mark Bridges
"The Help" – Sharen Davis
"Hugo" – Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" – Michael O’Connor
"My Week With Marilyn" – Jill Taylor

BEST EDITING
"The Artist" – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
"Drive" – Matthew Newman
X - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" – Thelma Schoonmaker
"War Horse" – Michael Kahn

BEST MAKEUP
"Albert Nobbs"
X - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"
"J. Edgar"
"My Week With Marilyn"

BEST SONG
"Hello Hello" – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – "Gnomeo & Juliet"

X - "Life’s a Happy Song" – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – "The Muppets"

"The Living Proof" – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – "The Help"

"Man or Muppet" – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – "The Muppets"

"Pictures in My Head" – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – "The Muppets"

BEST SCORE
X - "The Artist" – Ludovic Bource
"Drive" – Cliff Martinez
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
"Hugo" – Howard Shore
"War Horse" – John Williams

BEST SOUND
X - " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Super 8"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
X - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Super 8"
"The Tree of Life"

The Help was such an excellent movie. I fucking cried.

yay drive! congrats to some of the other winners too.

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