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| American Hustle strikes Oscars blow by winning NY Critics | American Hustle strikes Oscars blow by winning NY Critics |
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| David O Russell's star-studded period crime drama American Hustle picked up three of the top prizes at the New York Critics Circle awards last night, in the process placing itself front and centre in the race for next year's Oscars. | David O Russell's star-studded period crime drama American Hustle picked up three of the top prizes at the New York Critics Circle awards last night, in the process placing itself front and centre in the race for next year's Oscars. |
| Russell's film was named victor in the best picture and best screenplay categories, with Jennifer Lawrence cited as best supporting actress. The film, a fictional retelling of the FBI's famous Abscam sting of the 1970s and 80s, also features Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner. It has been widely tipped as an awards seasons favourite. | Russell's film was named victor in the best picture and best screenplay categories, with Jennifer Lawrence cited as best supporting actress. The film, a fictional retelling of the FBI's famous Abscam sting of the 1970s and 80s, also features Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner. It has been widely tipped as an awards seasons favourite. |
| Elsewhere, Cate Blanchett picked up best actress for her much-heralded turn in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine as a rich Manhattan socialite fallen into penury, while Robert Redford won best actor for his portrayal of a struggling solo yachtsman in the JC Chandor drama All Is Lost. Britain's Steve McQueen won best director for his acclaimed harrowing historical biopic 12 Years a Slave, while best supporting actor went to Jared Leto for his turn as a sick transvestite in Aids drama Dallas Buyers Club. Controversial lesbian sex epic Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the best foreign film prize. | |
| The New York Critics Circle Awards are considered a useful early bellwether for awards season success, with the winner of the best film prize having carried off the equivalent Oscar twice in the last four years. | The New York Critics Circle Awards are considered a useful early bellwether for awards season success, with the winner of the best film prize having carried off the equivalent Oscar twice in the last four years. |
| In other awards season news, the body which organises the Oscars yesterday named the 15 nominees for next year's best documentary prize. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cited likely frontrunners The Act of Killing, 20 Feet From Stardom, The Armstrong Lie and Blackfish, as well as Sarah Polley's family-themed Stories We Tell and the Pussy Riot film Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. Other nominees were God Loves Uganda, about American evangelicals in Africa, and Tim's Vermeer, about inventor Tim Jenison's quest to duplicate the painting techniques of Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Click here for a full lost of nominees. | In other awards season news, the body which organises the Oscars yesterday named the 15 nominees for next year's best documentary prize. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cited likely frontrunners The Act of Killing, 20 Feet From Stardom, The Armstrong Lie and Blackfish, as well as Sarah Polley's family-themed Stories We Tell and the Pussy Riot film Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. Other nominees were God Loves Uganda, about American evangelicals in Africa, and Tim's Vermeer, about inventor Tim Jenison's quest to duplicate the painting techniques of Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Click here for a full lost of nominees. |
| Finally, more than a dozen high profile scripts have been disqualified from the race for next year's Writers Guild of America awards. Screenplays for 12 Years a Slave, Philomena, Rush, Fruitvale Station and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom are not among the 95 deemed eligible for prizes. The ceremony commonly disqualifies large numbers of scripts on eligibility grounds. | |
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