Oscar Talk - Los Angeles Critics Association and Washington DC Critics Awards

2006 Los Angeles Critics Association winners:

Picture: "Letters From Iwo Jima" - (Runner-up: "The Queen")
Director: Paul Greengrass, "United 93" - (Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima")
Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat" and Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" (tie) (no runner-up)
Actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen" - (Runner-up: Penelope Cruz, "Volver")
Supporting actor: Michael Sheen, "The Queen" - (Runner-up: Sergi Lopez, "Pan's Labyrinth")
Supporting actress: Luminita Gheorghiu, "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" – (Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls")
Screenplay: Peter Morgan, "The Queen" – (Runner-up: Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine")
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Children of Men" – (Runner-up: Tom Stern, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima")
Production design: Eugenio Caballero, "Pan's Labyrinth" – (Runner-up: Jim Clay and Geoffrey Kirkland, "Children of Men")
Music: Alexandre Desplat, "The Queen" and "The Painted Veil" – (Runner-up: Thomas Newman, "The Good German" and "Little Children")
Foreign-language film: "The Lives of Others" – (Runner-up: "Volver")
Documentary/non-fiction film: "An Inconvenient Truth" – (Runner-up: "Darwin's Nightmare")
Animation: "Happy Feet" – (Runner-up: "Cars")
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Washington DC Critics Name United 93 Best Film

From Hollywood-Elsewhere:
The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) has announced winners of its 2006 awards.

Best Film – ‘United 93’
Best Director – Martin Scorsese ‘The Departed’
Best Actor – Forest Whitaker ‘the Last King of Scotland’
Best Actress – Helen Mirren ‘The Queen’
Best Supporting Actor – Djimon Hounsou ‘Blood Diamond’
Best Supporting Actress – Jennifer Hudson ‘Dreamgirls’
Best Adapted Screenplay - Jason Reitman ‘Thank You For Smoking’
Best Original Screenplay - Michael Arndt, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’
Best Animated Feature – ‘Happy Feet’
Best Documentary – ‘An Inconvenient Truth’
Best Foreign-Language Film – ‘Pan's Labyrinth’