Austin goes for Black Swan; Oklahoma chooses The Social Network

"Black Swan" surprised when it won the "Best Picture" prize at Austin, breaking "The Social Network's" winning streak

Okay, so there was a slight surprise today: Black Swan beat out

Oklahoma reinstated order when it awarded "The Social Network" top honors.

“Best Picture” juggernaut The Social Network for the top prize… And then that excitement dissipated when Oklahoma set things back into place with another “Best Picture” honor going to David Fincher’s film. The AFCA awarded the “Picture” and “Director” accolades to the same film, so it should be no surprise that Darren Aronofsky was named “Best Director” for his work on Black Swan. This same director-picture pairing occurred at the Oklahoma awards. Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Christian Bale (The Fighter) continued their dominance in their respective races. Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) split the “Lead Actor” honors, and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Mila Kunis (Black Swan) each took home a “Supporting Actress” award.

LVFCS Sierra Awards: The Social Network, American actors light up The Strip

The LVFCS announced the winners of the 14th edition of its Sierra Awards today.

Adding still more accolades to The Social Network‘s burgeoning trophy case, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Awards — known as the Sierra Awards — awarded the Facebook-focused feature “Best Picture,” “Best Director” (David Fincher), “Best Screenplay” (Aaron Sorkin), and “Best Score” (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) — the most wins from this year’s ceremony. With 3 of the 4 main acting awards going to Americans from races in which British actors are heavy contenders, the awards season seems to be steering toward nationalistic lines. Early favorites — all from Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech — Colin Firth (Lead Actor), Helena Bonham Carter (Supporting Actress), and Geoffrey Rush (Supporting Actor) have fallen by the wayside yet again for American actors and winners here: James Franco (Lead Actor), Amy Adams (Supporting Actress), and Christian Bale (Supporting Actor). On a sidenote, Amy Adams’ win has given her a fighting chance in the “Supporting Actress” ring that threatened to give co-star Melissa Leo the KO win.

Toronto and San Francisco keep The Social Network at the top of the awards feed

The TFCA Awards butted heads with San Francisco over the top four acting performances of the year...

Both the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) gave what is quickly becoming the runaway favorite for the “Best Picture” Oscar, The Social Network, even more support. Showering David Fincher’s film with “Best Picture” praise, the two awards organization only aligned in two other major categories — “Best Director” and “Best (Adapted) Screenplay.” Oddly enough, both gave David Fincher and Darren Aronofsky top or runner-up prizes (depending on the organization’s rules), as well as Sorkin the “Screenplay” prize, but the two organizations went in completely opposite directions for the rest of the categories.

WINNERS OF THE 14TH TFCA AWARDS

BEST PICTURE

...Yet, the 2 organizations overwhelmingly agreed on The Social Network as "Best Picture"

The Social Network (Sony Pictures)
Runners-up:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (filmswelike)