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The Hollywood awards season is fully upon us (alas), and tonight's pre-Oscars warmup act was the Critics' Choice Awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Best picture went to "The Artist." George Clooney and Viola Davis grabbed the best actor wins, Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer the supporting actor wins.
On Sunday the Golden Globes do their thing. Adrienne Crew has some Globes-related events in this week's Angeleno Datebook.
Full list of winners below.
WINNERS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE
“The Artist”
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - "The Descendants"
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis - "The Help"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Thomas Horn - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“The Help”
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Midnight in Paris" - Woody Allen
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Moneyball" - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (TIE)
"The Tree of Life"
AND
"War Horse"
BEST ART DIRECTION
"Hugo"
BEST EDITING
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"The Artist"
BEST MAKE-UP
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
BEST SOUND
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Rango”
BEST ACTION MOVIE
“Drive”
BEST COMEDY
“Bridesmaids”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A Separation”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“George Harrison: Living in the Material World”
BEST SONG
"Life's a Happy Song" – The Muppets
Performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter
Written by Bret McKenzie and The Muppets
BEST SCORE
"The Artist"
JOEL SIEGEL AWARD
Sean Penn
CRITICS’ CHOICE MUSIC+FILM AWARD
Martin Scorsese