Stars Out As "Hairspray" And "No Country" Win Big At Critics Choice

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"No Country for Old Men" was the big winner at Monday's Critics' Choice Awards, winning best picture, best director for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem.

Bardem accepted for the absent Coens, saying, "I'm the third brother, the Spanish one."

Awards came in pairs for three other films: "Hairspray," "Juno" and "There Will Be Blood."

The cast of "Hairspray" was named best acting ensemble and its breakout star, Nikki Blonsky, won best young actress.

The 19-year-old thanked "my mommy who's sitting here crying and my other mommy who's at home, John Travolta." Travolta famously cross-dressed to play Edna Turnblad.

The teen-pregnancy film "Juno" collected trophies for best comedy and for screenwriter Diablo Cody.

"There Will Be Blood" earned the best actor honor for star Daniel Day-Lewis, and composer Jonny Greenwood won best composer for his haunting score of the film.

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Comments

[boycottrightwingthings]

Ihaveadream, You and I are kind of on the same page, but instead of a toga or towel (which might be sexy on the right person) her outfit looks like she is wearing a shapeless burlap bag. She has no fashion sense, unlike the beautiful and glamourous Nicole. At least her unsightly knobby knees aren't showing, and her small waterbags are well hidden.

[Ihaveadream]

What's with the towel as toga on Mrs. Cruise? She needs to fire that scientologist sylist and get someone else.

[GQTaste]

I really dig Clooney's and Penn's hair plugs! Take a good look at Clooneys hairline in that first pic and tell me i'm wrong.

[wannakiss]

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[RevATHist]

The musical was amazing. I give the play slightly more props than the film, but they were both great.

[billyjoe]

Might I correct George Clooney's claim that LA is a "one-industry town?" That's likely true only in the city's far western region comprising the areas of Santa Monica, Brentwood, Westwood, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Hollywood.

Someone recently told me there are more manufacturing jobs in greater Los Angeles than Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and New York combined. Has Clooney ever been to San Pedro, Alhambra or Long Beach?

[billyjoe]

I saw the original "Hairspray," but not the Broadway musical or the movie of the musical. Was the most recent version really as good as the critics said it was?