Critics Choice Awards Winners
The nominees for the Critics Choice Awards were announced last December 9th and the live presentation aired last night, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
Dev Petal of Slumdog Millionaire emerged as this year’s Best Young Actor, besting Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees, David Kross - The Reader and Brandon Walters - Australia.
The complete list of winners come right after these photos from the said event:
BEST PICTURE
* Slumdog Millionaire
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Wrestler
BEST ACTOR
* Sean Penn - Milk
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS - TIE
* Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
* Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
James Franco - Milk
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Kate Winslet - The Reader
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
* Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Rachel Getting Married
BEST DIRECTOR
* Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk
BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay)
* Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* Wall-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Waltz With Bashir
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
* Dev Petal - Slumdog Millionaire
Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees
David Kross - The Reader
Brandon Walters - Australia
BEST ACTION MOVIE
* The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wanted
BEST COMEDY
* Tropic Thunder
Burn After Reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Role Models
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
* John Adams
Recount
Coco Chanel
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* Waltz With Bashir
A Christmas Tale
Gomorrah
I’ve Loved You So Long
Let the Right One In
Mongol
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* Man On Wire
I.O.U.S.A.
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Standard Operating Procedure
Young At Heart
BEST SONG
* “The Wrestler” - Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
“Another Way to Die” - Jack White and Alicia Keys/Jack White - Quantum of Solace
“Down to Earth” - Peter Gabriel/Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman - Wall-E
“I Thought I Lost You” - Miley Cyrus and John Travolta/Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele - Bolt
“Jaiho” - Sukhwinder Singh/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar - Slumdog Millionaire
BEST COMPOSER
* A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
Danny Elfman - Milk
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
