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The Artist, Downton Abbey, Mildred Pierce top Golden Globe noms

Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, stars of "The Artist," have struck gold in black and white.

Todd Haynes's HBO miniseries remake of the 1945 film starring Bette Davis holds 4 nominations, including 1 for its star Kate Winslet.

The “indie” film critics and awards organizations apparently love to love, The Artist, leads all works nominated with 6 of the big ones. The Descendants and The Help follow closely with 5. Of the TV nominees, Todd Haynes’s Kate Winslet-starring period-piece remake Mildred Pierce and PBS’s Downton Abbey lead with 4 nominations.

Film

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• The Descendants
• The Help
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• War Horse

Best Motion Picture – Comedy

• 50/50
• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Midnight in Paris
• My Week with Marilyn

Acting nominees surprise, The Artist rolls, Harry Potter most awarded in San Diego

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 2" surprised at the 16th SDFCS Awards, walking away with the most awards of any film (2).

BEST FILM –
Winner: THE ARTIST
DRIVE
HUGO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
THE TREE OF LIFE

BEST DIRECTOR –
Winner: Nicolas Winding Refn, DRIVE
Martin Scorsese, HUGO
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE
Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

BEST ACTRESS –
Winner: Brit Marling, ANOTHER EARTH
Elizabeth Olsen, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Tilda Swinton, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Viola Davis, THE HELP

BEST ACTOR –
Winner: Michael Shannon, TAKE SHELTER
Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL
Brendan Gleeson, THE GUARD
George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dejardin, THE ARTIST

SAG Awards give most nominations to The Help, Modern Family

One of TV's all-time "funny women," Mary Tyler Moore has a statue of her as the iconic Mary Richards in Minneapolis. She'll get a much smaller but equally important one come January 29th.

The SAG Awards, the awards show without a “Best Picture” and “Best Director,” nominated The Help (film) 4 times over and Modern Family (TV) 5 times for its 18th annual outing (airing January 29th, 2012). Mary Tyler Moore, bajillion-time (really 6) Emmy Award winner and one-time Oscar nominee, will receive the Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild. Because it’s a more popular, bigger-name awards show, the SAG Awards usually skew toward the expected and often famous actors, films, TV shows. However, there are a few surprises of note.

Demián Bichir, who plays a father in East L.A. struggling with gangs, immigration, and providing for his son in the scantly seen A Better Life, knocked off more expected nominees like Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, and Gary Oldman for a spot on the 5-actor list. Armie Hammer and Jonah Hill,

The cast of "The Help" (pictured) leads all films with 4 nominations, but 2 in the same category (Female Actor in a Supporting Role).

supporting actors from more widely seen and well-known films like J. Edgar and Moneyball, made the list. Popcorn action flicks like Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Cowboys and Aliens assuredly made the “Stunt Ensemble” set, which also sports Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – Part 2 and X-Men: First Class. Kathy Bates does double duty for her work in Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris and David E. Kelly’s TV series Harry’s Law.

Twice a "Comedy Series" Emmy champion, "Modern Family" hopes to repeat at the SAG Awards as well.

As for the TV nominees, Patrick J. Adams (Suits) and Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) snuck into the “Drama Actor” spots. Betty White is nominated twice, once for Hot in Cleveland (assumed) and once for Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine (really?). But she’s having a renaissance and who am I to stand in her way? As expected, Modern Family dominated both “Actor in a Comedy Series”  lists. Maybe just maybe, though, the SAG Awards can make up for the Emmys’ glaring choice to shut Steve Carell out from an Emmy after creating one of the most memorable comedic characters of all time. It’s really only a hope though. Seeing two-time defending champ for “Lead Actor – Comedy Series,” Jim Parsons, omitted from the list could be just what Carell needs.

The Tree of Life, Malick reappear at 15th Toronto Awards

The 2011 TFCA (Toronto Film Critics Association) Award winners

Best Picture
The Tree of Life

Best Director
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life

Best Actor
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

Best Actress
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter

Best Screenplay
Moneyball

Best Foreign-Language Film
Mysteries of Lisbon

Best Documentary Feature
Nostalgia for the Light

Best First Feature
Attack the Block

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin

The Descendants best, Your Highness worst in Houston

Winners from the 5th annual Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Awards:

Best Picture

• The Descendants, Fox Searchlight

Best Director

• Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive

Best Actor

• Michael Fassbender, Shame

Best Actress

• Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Multiple surprises at 2011 LVFCS Sierra Awards

Melissa McCarthy was one of a few relative surprises that stole the Sierra Awards show.

No surprise here: The Artist beats all nominated films with 5 wins. Surprises: Melissa McCarthy and Jean Dujardin (acting), and Nicholas Winding Refn (directing).

LVFCS 2011 Top 10 List

The Artist
Hugo
Moneyball
The Descendents
Drive
The Help
50/50
Midnight in Paris
Shame
Warrior

Best Picture
The Artist

Best Director
Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive

Hugo and The Artist most nominated at 17th BFCA Awards

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" was one of a very few films added to the awards circuit by the BFCA.

"War Horse" was another one of those (un)expected nominees.

The BFCA Awards, more popularly known as the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, decided that this year was not the year to change it up. They usually don’t though. With a 10-nominee listing for movies and 6 nominees apiece for the acting and directing categories, the BFCAs usually provide that one hopeful/forgotten/unexpected nominee while still staying well within the bounds of expected nominees. In very expected fashion, Hugo and The Artist lead all nominees with 11 each. There are a few surprises, though. 9/11 family drama with a Hugo-esque father-son dynamic Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, directed by always Oscar-nominated director Stephe Daldry, and War Horse, Steven Spielberg’s World War I epic adapted from a novel and stage play of the same name, are recent additions to the “Best Picture” and “Best Director” fields; they’ll be showing up more often in future awards shows. Charlize Theron, Ryan Gosling, and Carey Mulligan were surprising but not entirely unexpected finds among the acting nominees. One glaring omission from the directing list is Terrence Malick, who about ties Martin Scorsese for most wins thus far. The more expected fare appears below.