Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2009

2009 Richard Attenborough Film Awards
2009 regional British film critics’ Richard Attenborough Film Award winners: Jan. 29, 2009
 

Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
 

Film of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Rising Star Award: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
 
People’s Choice Awards
Film of the Year: The Dark Knight
Best British Film: Mamma Mia!
British Breakthrough Star: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film Score: The Dark Knight
 
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2009 Golden Globe Nominations

Golden Globe record holder Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! (top) and in Doubt (bottom)

The biggest surprise in the 2008 Golden Globe nominations’ list is that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t dig a spot for Nicole Kidman in Australia (which was totally shut out), especially considering that Kidman’s former husband Tom Cruise did garner a best supporting actor nod for Tropic Thunder. (Cruise’s nomination, by the way, elicited laughter from journalists present at the Golden Globes announcement ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Laughter also greeted James Franco’s nomination — not for Milk, mind you, but as best actor in a comedy or musical for Pineapple Express.)
Among other Golden Globe oddities was the fact that Milk [...]