2012 Critics Choice Awards, Nominees, Winners, TV Schedule, Pictures

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Critics Choice Awards Sure, everybody's a movie critic.

However, the opinons that pull the most weight are from the 200 film critics that make up the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada.

This year, nominees for best critics' picks in acting and directing were announced on December 13, kicking off an initial round of buzz and rumors on the bumpy road to the 2012 Oscars.

Following the nominations, winners of the 17th annual edition of the Critics' Choice Movie Awards were announced in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 12, 2012, airing live from the Hollywood Palladium at 9PM ET/PT on VH1.

Critic's Choice Best Director, Best Picture WINNER: The Artist

Critics Choice Awards 2012 noms

Top contenders this year at the 17th annual Critics Choice Awards include Martin Scorsese's Hugo and Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, which lead the pack with 11 nominations each.

Best Picture nods also went to Steven Spielberg's War Horse, Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. Top nods for acting include The Artist star, Jean Dujardin, as well as George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. Nominees for Best Actress include Viola Davis, Elizabeth Olsen, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, Charlize Theron and Michelle Williams.

Critics Choice Awards around the Web

Check out the rest of the Web for more facts & information, gossip, red carpet pictures of the stars plus photo galleries dedicated to the Critics' Choice Awards, the first in a long line of show biz accolades that kick off this year's awards season...

Broadcast Film Critics Association - The official site of the Critics Choice Awards featuring complete coverage, lists of nominees and winners, current movie ratings, pictures of red carpet arrivals, association news and background information.

The Envelope.com - Critics' Choice Awards - Feature stories, photo gallery and related awards content, forum.

10 Years of Critics' Choice Awards - Archived feature story marking the award's anniversary with photos covering the best highlights, quotable quotes and memorable moments.

2012 Critics Choice Awards Nominees & * Winners

BEST PICTURE
* The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ACTOR
* George Clooney - The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Brad Pitt - Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS
* Viola Davis - The Help
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks - Drive
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Patton Oswalt - Young Adult
Andrew Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Octavia Spencer - The Help
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan - Shame
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
* Thomas Horn - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Asa Butterfield - Hugo
Elle Fanning - Super 8
Ezra Miller - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Saoirse Ronan - Hanna
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
* The Help
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Ides of March

BEST DIRECTOR
* Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Stephen Daldry - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Steven Spielberg - War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 - Will Reiser
Win Win - Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
Young Adult - Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin
The Descendants - Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Eric Roth
The Help - Tate Taylor
Hugo - John Logan

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* Rango
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots

BEST COMEDY
* Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* A Separation
In Darkness
Le Havre
The Skin I Live In
Where Do We Go Now

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated

MUSIC + FILM AWARD
* Martin Scorsese

also see -> Golden Globes | Cannes | Oscar Awards | People's Choice Awards