LA Film Critics Awards

Best Picture: "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

WHOA. Just when all the "There Will Be Blood" hype seemed to die....it came roaring back to life.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Again, this is a surprise considering that PTA isn't the most "Academy-friendly" director.

Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days"
good for Marion!!!

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Frank Langella, "Starting Out In The Evening"

There will be awards.......but where in the hell did this Langella performance come from?

Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"

Interesting..

Supporting actress: Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Runner Up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

now I'm 100% sure...she's in the race.

Supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner Up: Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild

And we never heard from this performance again. The end.

Animation: "Persepolis" and "Ratatouille" (tie)

Foreign language film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Documentary/Non-fiction film: "No End in Sight" directed by Charles Ferguson
Runner Up: "Sicko" directed by Michael Moore

Production design:Jack Fisk, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner Up: Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

odd I thought surely something like Sweeney Todd would be more popular in this dept...

Music: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"
Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
FINALLY!!!!!!

Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"

New generation: Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"

good choice.

Douglas Edwards Indie Award: "Colossal Youth" directed by Pedro Costa
Career Achievement: Sidney Lumet

There Will Be Blood just threw itself headlong into the Oscar race, and the whole affair just got more wild and confusing. No front runners = one hell of an exciting awards season...