<div id="subtitle">Tracking the awards: A list of movie awards leading up to the Oscars</div><div><p>As awards season winds down and the Academy Awards near, "Avatar" has emerged as a favorite. Can "The Hurt Locker," "Up in the Air" or "Inglourious Basterds" compete with the box-office behemoth? Oscar nominations will be announced Feb. 2 and the ceremony will take place March 7.</p><p>A summary of the top film honors leading up to the Oscars:</p><p>___</p><p>AVATAR</p><p>Best Picture: Golden Globe (for drama), New York Film Critics Online</p><p>Best Director, James Cameron: Golden Globe</p><p>Best Cinematography: Critics Choice</p><p>Best Art Direction: Critics Choice</p><p>Best Editing: Critics Choice</p><p>Best Visual Effects: Critics Choice</p><p>Best Sound: Critics Choice</p><p>___</p><p>THE BEACHES OF AGNES</p><p>Best Documentary: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)</p><p>___</p><p>THE BLIND SIDE</p><p>Best Actress, Sandra Bullock: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice (co-winner)</p><p>___</p><p>BRIGHT STAR:</p><p>Best Supporting Actor, Paul Schneider: National Society of Film Critics (co-winner)</p><p>___</p><p>CORALINE</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>THE COVE</p><p>Best Documentary: Producers Guild, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)</p><p>___</p><p>CRAZY HEART</p><p>Best Actor, Jeff Bridges: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice</p><p>Best Score: Los Angeles Film Critics Association</p><p>Best Original Song, "The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett: Golden Globe</p><p>___</p><p>DISTRICT 9</p><p>Best Production Design: Los Angeles Film Critics Association</p><p>Best Makeup: Critics Choice</p><p>___</p><p>AN EDUCATION</p><p>Best Actress, Carey Mulligan: National Board of Review</p><p>___</p><p>FANTASTIC MR. FOX</p><p>Best Animated Film: New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Critics Association</p><p>Best Actor, George Clooney: New York Film Critics Circle</p><p>Best Production Design, Nelson Lowry: National Society of Film Critics</p><p>___</p><p>JULIE & JULIA</p><p>Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)</p><p>Best Actress, Meryl Streep: Golden Globe (comedy or musical), New York Film Critics Circle, Critics Choice (co-winner)</p><p>___</p><p>THE HANGOVER</p><p>Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>THE HURT LOCKER</p><p>Best Picture: Producers Guild, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice, Boston Society of Film Critics</p><p>Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice</p><p>Best Actor, Jeremy Renner: National Society of Film Critics</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>INGLORIOUS BASTERDS</p><p>Best Ensemble: Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice</p><p>Best Supporting Actor, Christoph Waltz: Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics (co-winner), New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice</p><p>Best Screenplay, Quentin Tarantino: Critics Choice</p><p>___</p><p>IN THE LOOP</p><p>Best Screenplay: New York Film Critics Circle</p><p>___</p><p>INVICTUS</p><p>Best Actor, Morgan Freeman: National Board of Review (co-winner)</p><p>Best Director, Clint Eastwood: National Board of Review</p><p>___</p><p>IT'S COMPLICATED</p><p>Best Ensemble: National Board of Review</p><p>___</p><p>THE LOVELY BONES</p><p>Best Young Actor/Actress, Saoirse Ronan: Critics Choice</p><p>___</p><p>THE MESSENGER</p><p>Best Supporting Actor, Woody Harrelson: National Board of Review</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>OF TIME AND THE CITY</p><p>Best Nonfiction Film: New York Film Critics Circle</p><p>___</p><p>PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL `PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE</p><p>Best Supporting Actress, Mo'Nique: Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice</p><p>Stanley Kramer Award: Producers Guild</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>A PROPHET</p><p>Best Foreign Language Film: National Board of Review</p><p>___</p><p>SERAPHINE</p><p>Best Actress, Yolande Moreau: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association</p><p>___</p><p>A SERIOUS MAN</p><p>Best Original Screenplay: National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>SHERLOCK HOLMES</p><p>Best Actor, Robert Downey Jr.: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)</p><p>___</p><p>A SINGLE MAN</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>SUGAR</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>SUMMER HOURS</p><p>Best Foreign Language Film: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association</p><p>___</p><p>UP</p><p>Best Animated Film: Golden Globe, Producers Guild, Critics Choice</p><p>Best Original Score, Michael Giacchino: Golden Globe</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>UP IN THE AIR</p><p>Best Picture: National Board of Review, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association</p><p>Best Actor, George Clooney: National Board of Review (co-winner), New York Film Critics Circle</p><p>Best Supporting Actress, Anna Kendrick: National Board of Review</p><p>Best Screenplay, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner: Golden Globe National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice</p><p>Top 10: American Film Institute</p><p>___</p><p>THE WHITE RIBBON</p><p>Best Foreign Language Film: Golden Globe</p><p>Best Cinematographer, Christian Berger: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association</p><p>___</p><p>THE YOUNG VICTORIA</p><p>Best Costume Design: Critics Choice</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67769196&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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