Indie movie Slum Dog Millionaire was the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards last night in Los Angeles, taking home 5 awards---Best Picture, Best Young Actor (Dev Patel), Writer (Simon Beaufoy), Composer (A.R. Rahman) and Director (Danny Boyle).
Sean Penn won for Best Actor as his portrayal of Harvey Milk on the movie Milk.
Anne Hathaway, successfully shedding her Princess Diary/ Ella Enchanted growing pains, tied with Meryl Streep for Best Actress. Streep for Doubt and Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married.
The Dark Knight won Best Action Film, with Heath Ledger being voted Best Supporting Actor for his portrayel of the Joker.
Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress for The Reader and the Ben Stiller directed Tropic Thunder took home the award for Best Comedy.
And the winners were:
- Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"
- Actress: Tie: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married," and Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
- Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
- Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
- Acting ensemble: "Milk"
- Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Writer: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Animated feature: "WALL-E"
- Young actor/actress: Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Action movie: "The Dark Knight"
- Comedy movie: "Tropic Thunder"
- Picture made for television: "John Adams"
- Foreign language film: "Waltz With Bashir"
- Documentary feature: "Man On Wire"
- Song: "The Wrestler," Bruce Springsteen, "The Wrestler"
- Composer: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Joel Siegel award: Richard Gere
View a gallery of all the winners at The Critics' Choice Awards here! All our of 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards coverage can be found here.
Sean Penn won for Best Actor as his portrayal of Harvey Milk on the movie Milk.
Anne Hathaway, successfully shedding her Princess Diary/ Ella Enchanted growing pains, tied with Meryl Streep for Best Actress. Streep for Doubt and Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married.
The Dark Knight won Best Action Film, with Heath Ledger being voted Best Supporting Actor for his portrayel of the Joker.
Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress for The Reader and the Ben Stiller directed Tropic Thunder took home the award for Best Comedy.
And the winners were:
- Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"
- Actress: Tie: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married," and Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
- Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
- Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
- Acting ensemble: "Milk"
- Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Writer: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Animated feature: "WALL-E"
- Young actor/actress: Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Action movie: "The Dark Knight"
- Comedy movie: "Tropic Thunder"
- Picture made for television: "John Adams"
- Foreign language film: "Waltz With Bashir"
- Documentary feature: "Man On Wire"
- Song: "The Wrestler," Bruce Springsteen, "The Wrestler"
- Composer: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Joel Siegel award: Richard Gere
View a gallery of all the winners at The Critics' Choice Awards here! All our of 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards coverage can be found here.
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Jenna says:
I'm so excited for Slumdog Millionaire and Danny Boyle! It was an amazing movie.
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