The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards were  handed out at the Hollywood Palladium  to honor the finest achievements in 2009 filmmaking. THE HURT LOCKER  won Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow made history by becoming the first woman to take home the Best Director award  for her amazing work on THE HURT LOCKER.  I loved her acceptance speech! Afterwards, here’s what Bigelow had to say to Tom O’Neil over at The Gold Derby when he asked her what it felt like to beat her ex-husband, director James Cameron, twice:

As much as they claimed on Friday night  that  the Critics Choice awards are  the first stop on the “road to the Oscars,” the BFCA’s don’t carry much weight and they really need to stop acting like they’re somehow relevant to the Academy Awards….it was never more  evident than with another Best Actress kooky  tie two years in a row. However the lip lock  planted on Streep  by Bullock was hilarious.

I will say that Mo’Nique  gave an  extremely eloquent and gracious acceptance speech after her Best Supporting Actress win. This will help her immensely with ingratiating herself to  the fickle Oscar voters.  

The list of the winners:

• Best Picture: THE HURT LOCKER
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
• Best Original Screenplay: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• Best Adapted Screenplay: UP  IN  THE AIR
• Best Acting Ensemble: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
• Best Actress: (tie) Meryl Streep,  JULIE  & JULIA  and Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
• Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, PRECIOUS
• Best Young Actress: Saoirse Ronan, THE LOVELY BONES
• Best Documentary: THE COVE
• Best Foreign Language Film: BROKEN EMBRACES
• Best Animated Movie: UP
• Best Comedy Movie: THE HANGOVER
• Best Score: UP
• Best Song: The Weary Kind
• Best Costume Design: THE YOUNG VICTORIA
• Best Make-Up: DISTRICT 9
• Best Action Movie: AVATAR
• Best Cinematography: AVATAR
• Best Visual Effects: AVATAR
• Best Art Direction: AVATAR
• Best Editing: AVATAR
• Best Sound: AVATAR

Kevin Bacon was awarded the honorary,  third annual Joel Siegel Award for his charitable work with his SixDegrees.org web site. Meryl Streep presented Bacon with the award.

Source: bfca.org