Critics' Choice Awards: Winners List!

The 2012 Critics’ Choice Awardsbrought out the stars to celebrate the best in cinema on Thursday (January 12) at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
The Help and The Artist were standouts, each taking home major awards, whileWar Horse and Moneyball were also recognized.
Click inside to check out the winners at the 2012 Critics’ Choice Awards…



Best Picture
The Artist - WINNER
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse


Best Actor
George Clooney - The Descendants - WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar 
Jean Dujardin - The Artist 
Michael Fassbender - Shame 
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Brad Pitt - Moneyball


Best Actress
Viola Davis - The Help - WINNER
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene 
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk about Kevin 
Charlize Theron - Young Adult 
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn


Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer - Beginners - WINNER
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks - Drive 
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Patton Oswalt - Young Adult 
Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes


Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer - The Help - WINNER
Berenice Bejo - The Artist 
Jessica Chastain - The Help 
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids 
Carey Mulligan - Shame 
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants


Best Young Actor/Actress
Thomas Horn - WINNER
Asa Butterfield
Elle Fanning
Ezra Miller 
Saoirse Ronan
Shailene Woodley


Best Acting Ensemble
The Help - WINNER
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Ides of March


Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist - WINNER
Stephen Daldry - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Steven Spielberg - War Horse
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris - WINNER
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Will Reiser - 50/50
Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni - Win Win
Diablo Cody - Young Adult


Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball - WINNER
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - The Descendants
Eric Roth - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Tate Taylor - The Help
John Logan - Hugo


Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski - War Horse - WINNER
Newton Thomas Sigel - Drive
Robert Richardson - Hugo
Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist
Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life