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LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ANNOUNCE 2008 AWARD WINNERS CONTACT: Michael Lawson, mPRm Public Relations 323-933-3399 LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 9, 2008 "Wall-E" was voted Best Picture of the Year, it was announced today by Lael Loewenstein, President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association ...
BSFC Award Winners - Recent
thebsfc.org — Best Picture Tie: Slumdog Millionaire and WALL-E Best Actor Tie: Sean Penn for Milk and Mickey Rourke... for The Wrestler Best Actress Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight Best Supporting Actress ... (more) BSFC Award Winners - Recent
L.A. critics wired for 'Wall-E' - Entertainment News, Award Central News, Media
variety.com — The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. has named Disney/Pixar's "Wall-E" the best picture of the year, marking... the first time in its history that it has given its top prize to an animated film. Danny Boyle took the directing award for Fox Searchlight's ... (more) L.A. critics wired for 'Wall-E' - Entertainment News, ...
Inside the L.A. film critics' awards
Inside the L.A. film critics' awards
latimesblogs.latimes.com — The big surprise of the L.A. Film Critics Assn. awards, which were announced today, was that the... critics group gave its best picture award, along with the best picture runner-up, to two of the biggest-grossing movies of the year, "Wall-E"... (more) Inside the L.A. film critics' awards
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LA Film Critics Wild About Wall*E
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their 2008 awards today. They awarded Wall*E the best picture award, the first time in their history that they’ve chosen an animated film. The Dark Knight came in second for best picture and Christopher Nolan, that film’s director, was in second place for best director. Heath Ledger won best supporting. This is worth noting because The Dark Knight, along with Wall*E, was a huge commercial success–something usually considered to be a hindrance for awards. ...

Awards Watch: WALL-E Surprise in LA
Movie Dearest — ... Putting their money where their mouth is, a film critics group has given the best-reviewed movie of the year their top prize ... and it's an animated movie at that. Disney/Pixar's WALL-E has been named Best Picture of 2008 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. ...

L.A. film critics pick 'WALL-E' as year's best
The Screening Log — The Los Angeles Film Critics Association picked Pixar's animated adventure "WALL-E" as the best film of 2008. The award for best director went to Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire," while Mike Leigh won best screenplay for "Happy-Go-Lucky." Sean Penn won best actor for his excellent performance in Gus Van Sant's "Milk," the true story of the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in the U.S. Sally Hawkins picked up the best actress award for "Happy-Go-Lucky," while Penelope Cruz was named best supporting ...

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