'12 Years A Slave' Wins 2014 Critics' Choice Award For Best Picture!

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"12 Years a Slave" was the top choice at the Critics' Choice Awards, winning three of its 13 bids: Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o), and Adapted Screenplay. This comes after winning Best Drama Picture at the Golden Globes and earning nine Oscar nominations.

"Gravity" was also a multiple winner, claiming seven awards out of 10 nominations, including five in the main categories: Best Director (Alfonso Cuaron), Cinematography, Editing, Score and Visual Effects. It also won Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film and Sandra Bullock made merry (albeit while dropping the F-bomb) when accepting her prize for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

Despite 13 nominations, "American Hustle" was shut out in the major categories, but won Best Acting Ensemble and Makeup & Hair as well as Best Comedy Film and Best Actress in a Comedy (Amy Adams).

"Her" overtook "American Hustle" to win Best Original Screenplay. It also won for its script at the Golden Globes.

"Dallas Buyers Club" won both of its acting bids: Best Actor (Matthew McConaughey) and Supporting Actor (Jared Leto), while "Blue Jasmine" star Cate Blanchett took Best Actress.

Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor in a Comedy for "The Wolf of Wall Street."

"Blue is the Warmest Color" won Best Foreign Language Film, beating "The Great Beauty," which recently won the Globe and was nominated at the Oscars. "Blue" also won Best Young Actor/Actress for star Adele Exarchopoulos.

"Frozen" won Best Animated Film and Best Song ("Let It Go"), while "20 Feet from Stardom" won Best Documentary.

"The Great Gatsby" was a two-time winner in below-the-line categories, taking Costume Design and Art Direction.

The Critics' Choice Awards, handed out by the 250 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Assn., are one of the best barometers for predicting the Oscars. Over their 18-year history, these awards have proven to be one of the most accurate precursor prizes to the Oscars predicting 12 Best Picture, 12 Best Actor, 10 Best Actress, 11 Supporting Actress, and nine Supporting Actor winners.

Last year, they presaged the Best Picture win for "Argo" but went only two for four last year in the acting categories (Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"; Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"). Their Best Actress pick was Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty") over eventual Oscar champ Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook") while their choice for Supporting Actor was Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master") with eventual Oscar winner Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained") not even nominated.

Will the Critics' Choice winners influence the Oscars this year?

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Winners of the 19th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards were announced by the Broadcast Film Critics' Assn. on Thursday (Jan. 16). Aisha Tyler hosted the ceremony from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica which aired live on the CW. Leading with 13 bids apiece were "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave." (Read full report here.)

BEST PICTURE
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
X - 12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR
X - Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
X - Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

BEST ACTRESS
X - Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
X - Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson – Her
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
X - Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
X - Spike Jonze – Her
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Bob Nelson – Nebraska<

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tracy Letts – August: Osage County
Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena
X - John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ART DIRECTION
Andy Nicholson (Production Designer), Rosie Goodwin (Set Decorator) – Gravity
X - Catherine Martin (Production Designer), Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator) – The Great Gatsby
K.K. Barrett (Production Designer), Gene Serdena (Set Decorator) – Her
Dan Hennah (Production Designer), Ra Vincent (Set Decorator) – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Alice Baker (Set Decorator) – 12 Years a Slave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
X - Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska
Roger Deakins – Prisoners
Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Michael Wilkinson – American Hustle
X - Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsby
Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Daniel Orlandi – Saving Mr. Banks
Patricia Norris – 12 Years a Slave

BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers – American Hustle
Christopher Rouse – Captain Phillips
X - Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger – Gravity
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill – Rush
Joe Walker – 12 Years a Slave
Thelma Schoonmaker – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST MAKEUP
X - American Hustle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Rush
12 Years a Slave

BEST SONG
Atlas – Coldplay – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Happy – Pharrell Williams – Despicable Me 2
X - Let It Go – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez – Frozen
Ordinary Love – U2 – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Please Mr. Kennedy – Justin Timberlake/Oscar Isaac/Adam Driver – Inside Llewyn Davis
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey – The Great Gatsby<

BEST SCORE
X - Steven Price – Gravity
Arcade Fire – Her
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks
Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
X - Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
X - Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
X - Blue Is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
Wadjda

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Tim’s Vermeer
X - 20 Feet from Stardom

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield – Ender’s Game
X - Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Liam James – The Way Way Back
Sophie Nelisse – The Book Thief
Tye Sheridan – Mud

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
X - American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Iron Man 3
X - Lone Survivor
Rush
Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Henry Cavill – Man of Steel
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3
Brad Pitt – World War Z
X - Mark Wahlberg – Lone Survivor

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
X - Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gwyneth Paltrow – Iron Man 3

BEST COMEDY
X - American Hustle
Enough Said
The Heat
This Is the End
The Way Way Back
The World’s End

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – American Hustle
X - Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Simon Pegg – The World’s End
Sam Rockwell – The Way Way Back

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
X - Amy Adams – American Hustle
Sandra Bullock – The Heat
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Melissa McCarthy – The Heat

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
The Conjuring
X - Gravity
Star Trek into Darkness
World War Z

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What do Critics' Choice Awards mean for Oscars?

The Critics' Choice Awards are one of the best barometers for predicting the Oscars.

Over their 18-year, these awards bestowed by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.have proven to be the most accurate precursor prizes to the Oscars predicting 12 Best Picture, 12 Best Actor, 10 Best Actress, 11 Supporting Actress and nine Supporting Actor winners.

However, last year they only went three for six in foreseeing the winners of these major awards at the Oscars.

But, with many of the categories at these kudos having six slots, they do well at foreseeing the eventual five Oscar nominees. This year, they previewed 28 of the 34 Oscar nominees in the top six categories; last year, they went 29 out of 34.

Below, an analysis of this year's BFCA winners and nominations for these top six awards, including handicapping the likelihood of these prizes previewing the eventual winners slate at the Oscars. (Oscar nominees are in bold, with the BFCA winner in gold as well.)

BEST PICTURE
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Gravity"
"Her"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"

The BFCA lineup included eight onf the nine Oscar nominees for Best Picture. The BFCA snubbed "Philomena."

After being snubbed by the three major print critics awards -- the Gotham and LA groups and the national society -- "12 Years a Slave," which had won over many regional critics, picked up this prize.

Last year, the BFCA foresaw eight of the the nine Best Picture nominees: "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," Silver Linings Playbook," "Zero Dark Thirty." They opted for "The Master" and "Moonrise Kingdom" over eventual Oscar contender "Amour." Both the BFCA and the Oscars went with "Argo."

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
Spike Jonze, "Her"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Cuaron has claimed the lion’s share of critics awards and is the clear Oscar frontrunner. Three of the other BFCA nominees make the cut for the Oscar, with Alexander Payne ("Nebraska") reaping that fifth bid over DGA nominee Greengrass and Jonze.

Last year, the BFCA presaged three of the Best Director Oscar nominees: Ang Lee (“Life of Pi”); David O. Russell (“Silver Linings Playbook”); Steven Spielberg (“Lincoln”). Snubbed Ben Affleck won the Critics' Choice award while Lee took home the Oscar.

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Tom Hanks, "Captain Phillips"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Robert Redford, "All is Lost"

While the BFCA included eventual Oscar nominee Bale in this race, they snubbed Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Wolf of Wall Street") who had to settle for the Comedy Actor award.

McConaughey continues to build momentum, and wins over voters every time he delivers an acceptance speech.

Last year, the BFCA foresaw all five of the the eventual Best Actor nominees -- Bradley Cooper (“Silver Linings Playbook”), Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”), Hugh Jackman (“Les Miserables”), Joaquin Phoenix (“The Master”) and Denzel Washington (“Flight”) -- with Day-Lewis winning both awards.

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Brie Larson, "Short Term 12"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"
Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"

Oscar nominee Amy Adams ("American Hustle") had to be content with a Comedy Actress award at the BFCA.

Blanchett continues to pick up every precursor prize and is as close to a lock as you can get with the Oscars.

Last year, the BFCA predicted the Best Actress lineup at the Oscars -- Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (“Amour), Quvenzhane Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Naomi Watts (“The Impossible”) -- with Chastain winning over the critics but losing the Oscar to Lawrence.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Daniel Bruhl, "Rush"
Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"
James Gandolfini, "Enough Said"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

This BFCA lineup was our first hint that Tom Hanks ("Saving Mr. Banks") might be snubbed at the Oscars; Jonah Hill ("The Wolf of Wall Street") nabbed that fifth slot.

As with Blanchett, Leto is sweeping the precursor awards and is the clear frontrunner to take to the stage at the Dolby Theater on Oscar night.

Last year the BFCA foresaw four of the five Oscar nominees -- Alan Arkin (“Argo”), Robert De Niro (“Silver Linings Playbook”), Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”) and Tommy Lee Jones (“Lincoln”) -- but nominated Javier Bardem ("Skyfall#") and Matthew McConaughey (“Magic Mike”) over eventual Oscar winner Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained"). The BFCA winner was Hoffman.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson, "Her"
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyongo, "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"
June Squibb, "Nebraska"
Oprah Winfrey, "The Butler"

Golden Globe nominee Sally Hawkins ("Blue Jasmine") rounded out the Oscar lineup over SAG contender Winfrey; Johansson was always a longshot at the Oscars for her voice performance in "Her."

Nyongo deliverered yet another winning acceptance speech. She is poised to be a strong contender at the Oscars, with last year's Best Actress champ Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook") her closest rival.

Last year, the BFCA got four of the eventual Oscar nominees -- Amy Adams (“The Master”); Sally Field (“Lincoln”); Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables”); Helen Hunt (“The Sessions”) -- but went with Judi Dench (“Skyfall”) and Ann Dowd (“Compliance”) over eventual Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver ("Silver Linings Playbook"). Hathway won over both the BFCA and the academy.

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