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Full Winners List:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series – Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series – Toni Collette (United States Of Tara)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series – Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Mini-Series Or A Movie – Brendan Gleeson (Into The Storm)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Mini-Series Or A Movie – Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens)

Outstanding Comedy Series – 30 Rock

Outstanding Drama Series – Mad Men

Outstanding Made For Television Movie – Grey Gardens

Outstanding Miniseries – Little Dorrit

Outstanding Reality – Competition Program – The Amazing Race

Outstanding Variety, Music, Or Comedy Series – The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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With memorable performances from Nickelback and Sam Roberts, to Lights and and Bryan Adams- last night’s 2009 JUNO awards left a packed audience in awe at Vancouver’s General Motors Place.

Here is the complete list of winners:

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Best Motion Picture

WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
WINNER: Sean Penn in “Milk”

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role

WINNER: Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role

WINNER: Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”


Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role

WINNER: Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”


Achievement In Directing
WINNER: Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire”

Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” by Simon Beaufoy
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Original Screenplay

WINNER: “Milk,” by Dustin Lance Black


Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)

WINNER: “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)

WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman

Achievement In Cinematography

WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire”


Achievement In Film Editing

WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire,” Chris Dickens


Achievement In Costume Design

WINNER: “The Duchess”

Achievement In Art Direction

WINNER: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”


Best Animated Feature Film

WINNER: “WALL-E”

Best Animated Short Film

WINNER: “La Maison en Petits Cubes”

Best Live Action Short Film

WINNER: “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER: “Man on Wire”


Best Documentary Short Subject

WINNER: “Smile Pinki”

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER: “Departures” – Japan


Achievement In Visual Effects

WINNER: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Achievement In Makeup

WINNER: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Greg Cannom


Achievement In Sound Editing

WINNER: “The Dark Knight”

Achievement In Sound Mixing

WINNER: “Slumdog Millionaire”


Championship Gaming Series(CGS), the only worldwide professional gaming league, announced that Birmingham Salvo defeated San Francisco Optx 22-15 in the 2008 World Final Championship tonight to win $500,000 and the Mountain Dew World Champion trophy. The competition was broadcast live in the US on Directv’s The 101 Network.

I’m extremely proud of my team right now,” said Michael O’Dell, General Manager for Birmingham Salvo in a press release. “They truly deserve the title of World Champions. We faced a lot of tough competition throughout the season, but when our backs were against the wall, every player demonstrated the skills and the poise to step up when it mattered the most. My players spent hundreds of hours practicing this season, and their hard work paid off tonight.”

The CGS 2008 season began in March as gamers from across the world participated in various events in hopes of winning CGS professional gamer contracts. 18 teams competed in the final round of events to win the $500,000 prize. The top eight teams advanced to the World Final, which began mid-July and finished with tonight’s final battle.

It’s safe to say that Sarah Polley had a magical night at the Genie Awards on Monday.

Polley won for best director and best adapted screenplay for her film, “Away From Her.” The film also received best picture, and its stars, Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent and Kristen Thomson, won best actress, best actor and best supporting actress.

Polley, the one-time “Road to Avonlea” star, said that “The ridiculousness of me winning in this category is not lost on me,” as she accepted the award.

David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises” also won a slew of awards, though mostly for technical achievement.

Here’s a complete list of the winners:

Best picture: Away From Her.
Actor: Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her.
Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her.
Supporting actor: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises.
Supporting actress: Kristen Thomson, Away From Her.
Director: Sarah Polley, Away From Her.
Original screenplay: Steven Knight, Eastern Promises.
Adapted screenplay: Sarah Polley, Away From Her.
Editing: Ronald Sanders, Eastern Promises.
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky, Eastern Promises.
Art direction/production design: Rob Gray, James Willcock, Fido.
Costume design: Carlo Poggioli, Kazuko Kurosawa, Silk.
Original score: Howard Shore, Eastern Promises.
Original song: Valanga Khoza, David Hirschfelder, Kawa (From Shake Hands With the Devil).
Overall sound: Stuart Wilson, Christian Cooke, Orest Sushko, Mark Zsifkovits, Eastern Promises.
Sound editing: Wayne Griffin, Robert Bertola, Tony Currie, Andy Malcolm, Michael O’Farrell, Eastern Promises.
Documentary: Radiant City.
Live action short: Après Tout.
Animated short: Madame Tutli-Putli.

Despite being nominated twice in the same category, Michael Cera – along with his Canadian counterparts – lost at the 13th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards last night.

Cera was nominated in the Best Young Actor category for both his roles in “Superbad” and “Juno.” But it was Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (The Kite Runner) who picked up that trophy.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association also chose Julie Christie’s performance in “Away From Her” over Ellen Page’s “Juno.” That’s good news for fellow Canadian Sarah Polley, however, as she directed and adapted the screenplay for “Away From Her.”

Page and Cera didn’t go home completely unhappy, however. “Juno” was named Best Comedy Movie and screenwriter Diablo Cody won in the Best Writer category for the script – her first ever. The hip soundtrack to the film is out in stores today.

Ryan Gosling also lost the Best Actor award to Daniel Day-Lewis.

Director Yves Simoneau was the only Canadian who didn’t go home empty-handed. His TV movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” won in the Best Picture Made for Television category.

Here is the complete list of nominees and winners:

Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Best Actor
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises

Best Actress
Amy Adams – Enchanted
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page – Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Catherine Keener – Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Best Director
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright – Atonement

Best Writer
Diablo Cody – Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin – Charlie Wilson’s War

Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Young Actor
Michael Cera – Juno
Michael Cera – Superbad
Freddie Highmore – August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada – The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders – Sweeney Todd

Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb – Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement

Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad

Best Family Film
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

Best Song
“Come So Far”, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley – Hairspray
“Do You Feel Me”, Anthony Hamilton – American Gangster
“Falling Slowly”, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Once
“Guaranteed”, Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild
“That’s How You Know”, Amy Adams – Enchanted

Best Composer
Marco Beltrami – 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat – Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood – Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli – Atonement
Alan Menken – Enchanted

Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko

Receiver of the Joel Siegel Award: Don Cheadle