AWARDS SEASON: UPDATED: Detroit Film Critics announce winners

UPDATED 10/19/10 – Here is the complete list of winners for the Detroit Film Critics Association – "Winter's Bone" won the most awards, but "TSN" is on top again as best picture:

Best Picture: "The Social Network"

Best Director: Danny Boyle, "127 Hours"

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"

Best Actor: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, "The Fighter"

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "The Fighter"

Best Ensemble: "Winter's Bone"

Best Breakthrough Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
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(Detroit, Michigan – December 10, 2010)…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2010 nominees in eight categories.  The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 20 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough Performance.  From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category have been placed on the final ballot.   Two categories had ties and have 6 nominees. The 2010 winners will be announced on December 16th, 2010.

Leading with 6 nominations this year is “WINTER’S BONE”.  Other top nominees include “THE SOCIAL NETWORK” and “THE KING’S SPEECH”. 

THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2010

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

( in alphabetical order)

 

1.  BEST FILM

    * 127 HOURS
    * INCEPTION
    * THE KING’S SPEECH
    * THE SOCIAL NETWORK
    * WINTER’S BONE

 

2.  BEST DIRECTOR

    * DANNY BOYLE – 127 HOURS
    * DAVID FINCHER – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
    * DEBRA GRANIK – WINTER’S BONE
    * TOM HOOPER –THE KING’S SPEECH
    * CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – INCEPTION
    * EDGAR WRIGHT – SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

 

3.  BEST ACTOR

    * JEFF BRIDGES – TRUE GRIT
    * JESSE EISENBERG – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
    * COLIN FIRTH – THE KING’S  SPEECH
    * JAMES FRANCO – 127 HOURS
    * RYAN GOSLING – BLUE VALENTINE

 4.  BEST ACTRESS

    * NICOLE KIDMAN – RABBIT HOLE
    * JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE
    * CAREY MULLIGAN – NEVER LET ME GO
    * NATALIE PORTMAN – BLACK SWAN
    * MICHELLE WILLIAMS – BLUE VALENTINE

 

5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    * CHRISTIAN BALE – THE FIGHTER    
    * ANDREW GARFIELD – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
    * JOHN HAWKES – WINTER’S BONE
    * SAM ROCKWELL – CONVICTION
    * MARK RUFFALO – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
    * GEOFFREY RUSH – THE KING’S SPEECH

 

6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    * AMY ADAMS – THE FIGHTER
    * HELENA BONHAM CARTER – THE KING’S SPEECH
    * GRETA GERWIG – GREENBERG
    * MELISSA LEO – THE FIGHTER
    * JACKI WEAVER – ANIMAL KINGDOM
      

7.  BEST ENSEMBLE

    * THE FIGHTER
    * THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
    * THE KING’S SPEECH
    * SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD
    * WINTER’S BONE

 

8.  BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

    * ANDREW GARFIELD – THE SOCIAL NETWORK/NEVER LET ME GO
    * GRETA GERWIG – GREENBERG
    * JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE
    * CHLOE MORETZ – KICK ASS/LET ME IN
    * MIA WASIKOWSKA – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT