Congrats — again — to Slumdog Millionaire director and Critics Choice Award winner Danny Boyle, just about the nicest guy you've ever wished would please take his Oscar and end awards season, already.

Boyle and his film won five awards Thursday night at the annual Broadcast Film Critics Association honors, including Best Picture, Director, Writer, Composer, and "Young Actor/Actress" Dev Patel. Sean Penn claimed Best Actor for Milk while Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway shared Best Actress for Doubt and Rachel Getting Married, respectively; Heath Ledger's Best Supporting Actor prize was perhaps overshadowed by the only remotely surprising honor of the evening, Kate Winslet's Supporting Actress kudos for The Reader. WALL-E, Man On Wire, Waltz With Bashir, etc etc., you know how these things go. Here's the complete list; only another month-and-a-half of this to go.

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Doubt & Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married (tie)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Writer: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Documentary: Man On Wire
Best Acting Ensemble: Milk
Best Young Actor/Actress: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Song: "The Wrestler," by Bruce Springsteen (The Wrestler)
Best Action Film: The Dark Knight
Best Comedy Movie: Tropic Thunder

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