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Woody Harrelson, Crazy Heart, and Geoffrey Fletcher were the three first Spirit Award winners announced this evening in Los Angeles. The Last Station's Christopher Plummer received enthusiastic applause at the ceremony, but Woody Harrelson won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in the Iraq War-related drama The Messenger (above). "I wasn't expecting this," Harrelson told the crowd. "I guess everyone says that but [...]

Mo'Nique in Precious (Anne Marie Fox / Lionsgate) Like Christoph Waltz in the best supporting actor category, Mo'Nique — who plays a nasty mother in Lee Daniels' Precious — is by far the North American critics' top choice for best supporting actress of 2009: 17 wins and counting, in addition to awards at both the Sundance and Stockholm film festivals. Mo'Nique has also nabbed SAG, [...]

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) If US critics found only two lead actresses to vote for in 2009 (Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan), they had an even tougher time finding a supporting actor. Or perhaps it was just his own thespian brilliance that made Christoph Waltz walk away with nearly every critics' award out there. With more than 90 [...]

2009 Satellite Awards International Press Academy's 2009 Satellite Award nominations: Nov. 29, 2009 2009 Satellite Award winners: Dec. 20, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.)   Best Motion Picture (Drama) Bright Star An Education * The Hurt Locker [...]