2011 Critics Choice Awards: the show, the winners

The 16th annual Critics’ Choice Awards was held last night at Hollywood Palladium to honor the best movies, actors and crews of the year.

The Social Network won four awards including the most prestigious one in the Best Movie category. Colin Firth was named the best actor for his work in The King’s Speech, while pregnant Natalie Portman nabbed the best actress honor for Black Swan.

Leonardo DiCaprio starring Inception won six awards in the best action movie, best visual effects, best editing, best cinematography, best art direction, and best sound categories.

Rising star Hailee Steinfield was named the best young actress for her work in True Grit (Hailee is the girl Justin Bieber will co-preset an award with at tomorrow’s Golden Globes.)

The complete list of 2011 Critics’ Choice Awards winners:

BEST PICTURE
The Social Network

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman – Black Swan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale – The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Leo -The Fighter

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Hailee Steinfeld -True Grit

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Fighter

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher -The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King’s Speech – David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inception – Wally Pfister

BEST ART DIRECTION
Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas

BEST EDITING
Inception – Lee Smith

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

BEST MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception

BEST SOUND
Inception

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 3

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Inception

BEST COMEDY
Easy A

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Pacific

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Waiting for Superman

BEST SONG
‘If I Rise’ by Dido and A.R. Rahman – 127 Hours

BEST SCORE
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

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