17th ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Winners announced during broadcast.  Bold are the winners, italics were my choices.

BEST PICTURE
"The Artist"
"The Descendants" (2^nd choice)
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "J. Edgar"
Jean Dujardin - "The Artist" (2^nd choice)
Michael Fassbender - "Shame"
Ryan Gosling - "Drive"
Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis - "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady" (always great)
Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Charlize Theron - "Young Adult"
Michelle Williams - "My Week With Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh - "My Week With Marilyn"
Albert Brooks - "Drive"
Nick Nolte - "Warrior"
Patton Oswalt - "Young Adult"
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
Andy Serkis - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo - "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
Carey Mulligan - "Shame"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield - "Hugo"
Elle Fanning - "Super 8"
Thomas Horn - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"Ezra Miller - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Saoirse Ronan - "Hanna" (she was GREAT!)
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
"The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"The Descendants"
"The Help"
"The Ides of March"

BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Daldry - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
Alexander Payne - "The Descendants"
Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"
Martin Scorsese - "Hugo" (legend)
Steven Spielberg - "War Horse" (legend)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius
"50/50" - Will Reiser
"Midnight in Paris" - Woody Allen
"Win Win" - Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult" - Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"The Descendants" - Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - Eric Roth
"The Help" - Tate Taylor
"Hugo" - John Logan
"Moneyball" - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST COMEDY
"Bridesmaids"
"Crazy, Stupid, Love"
"Horrible Bosses"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Muppets"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"In Darkness"
"Le Havre"
"A Separation"
"The Skin I Live In"
"Where Do We Go Now?"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Buck"
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
"George Harrison: Living in the Material World"
"Page One: Inside the New York Times"
"Project Nim"
"Undefeated"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"The Adventures of Tintin"
"Arthur Christmas"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"