Last night the Broadcast Critic's Choice awards were held in Santa Monica. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner, and it's safe to say...Slumdog will stay on this track all the way to the Oscar.
Best Picture:
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Director:
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Actor:
SeanPenn, “Milk”
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep, “Doubt” & Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” (tie)
Best Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Supporting Actress:
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Best Writer:
Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Foreign Language Film:
“Waltz With Bashir”
Best Animated Film:
“WALL-E”
Best Documentary:
“Man On Wire”
Best Acting Ensemble:
“Milk”
Best Young Actor/Actress:
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Composer:
A.R. Rahman, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Song:
“The Wrestler,” by Bruce Springsteen ("The Wrestler")
Best Action Film:
“The Dark Knight”
Best Comedy Movie:
“Tropic Thunder
Sean Penn is looking pretty unstoppable as well, as he wins for Best Actor and receives a standing ovation. Another probable lock...Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight. Who doesn't want him to win an Oscar? And I think he deserves it.
Anne Hathaway split the Best Actress award with Meryl Streep, so she moves up one giant step. Also, as the story goes, Hathaway was accidently announced as the Golden Globe winner on their website yesterday. They removed the glitch after several people reported it over the internet. I'm quite sure this is how it will go down. With the Golden Globe in her pocket, Anne becomes the front runner. But, will the Actors follow suit? My guess is no. The SAG will go to Streep...setting up Best Actress as one of the few surprises left once the Oscars roll around.
I'm still thinking that the Academy will change the category placement for The Reader, and nominate Kate Winslet as Best Actress and NOT supporting actress. We'll see. They have been known to do this, and all it takes is a few of those 1st place ordinals. If that happens...watch out! Winslet deserves to win for The Reader, and I really think they're going to want to see her in Lead for this performance and not for Revolutionary Road.
Here is the full list of winners at last night's Critics Choice Awards.
Best Picture:
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Director:
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Actor:
SeanPenn, “Milk”
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep, “Doubt” & Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” (tie)
Best Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Supporting Actress:
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Best Writer:
Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Foreign Language Film:
“Waltz With Bashir”
Best Animated Film:
“WALL-E”
Best Documentary:
“Man On Wire”
Best Acting Ensemble:
“Milk”
Best Young Actor/Actress:
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Composer:
A.R. Rahman, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Song:
“The Wrestler,” by Bruce Springsteen ("The Wrestler")
Best Action Film:
“The Dark Knight”
Best Comedy Movie:
“Tropic Thunder
1 comment:
I keep having the sneaking suspicion that Gil will be announcing the nominees on TV in the morning and will pause at the final spot and go "Kate Winslet in... {dramatic pause} ... The Reader" and people will gasp.
But the only times that the Academy has denied category fraud to somebody is when the person doesn't have another film competing. Like, Take Keisha Castle-Hughes. Her ridiculous "supporting" campaign was rejected and she was nominated in lead. But then take Scarlett Johansson who had two lead turns in '03 and failed on both.
Still, there was Nicole Kidman in 2001 who had Moulin Rouge! and The Others competing against each other and many thought she'd fail to get a nomination because you can't be nominated twice and too many votes may be siphoned between the two. Thankfully one of her contenders was an eventual BP nominee so that probably helped.
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