Slumdog Takes A Bite Out Of Critics Choice Competition - Page 4

• Crass act: Gere, after accepting the award and embracing Lane: “What a babe! I’ve done three with her; I want three more before I’m finished.”

• Most clueless: Don’t expect Superbad’s Christopher “McLovin” Mintz-Plasse or singer Katy "I Kissed A Girl" Perry to be cast in a Darren Aronofsky movie anytime soon. Clearly for many reasons but ... Neither presenter recognized the white-hot edgy director when he neared the stage to accept Springsteen’s award for The Wrestler. Perry actually said for all to hear, “I don’t know who he is.”

• Most irreverent (and best) presenter: Sarah Silverman, on the best picture made for television: “What better place to honor the year’s highest artistic achievement than on Video Hits 1. ... I think we can agree that all the best movies are made for television.”

• Hey, he can be funny, too: Penn, right, on accepting his best actor award: “At heart, this is a beauty contest, so I had an advantage.”

Complete List of 2009 Critics Choice Award Winners

Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best actress (tie): Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best supporting actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best acting ensemble: Milk
Best director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best writer (original or adapted screenplay): Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best animated feature: Wall-E
Best young actor/actress (under 21): Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best action movie: The Dark Knight
Best comedy: Tropic Thunder
Best picture made for television: John Adams
Best foreign language film: Waltz With Bashir
Best documentary feature: Man On Wire
Best song: "The Wrestler", Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
Best composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

Critics Choice Award Photo Credits: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for VH1

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