So close ... Critic's Choice Award Winners & Pop Culture Predictions

January 8, 11:18 PMPop Culture ExaminerDominic Patten

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Well, I got seven of the main categories right, sort of. One of them was a tie but I'm counting it.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won nothing but there are so many more Awards shows to go before the Oscars. 

The Golden Globes are coming up on Sunday ... click here for a schedule of the major Awards up until the Oscars

For tonight at least, all the winners that matched my predictions are identified by a √

Check out my Critic's Choice Awards original predictions here

Check out the Broadcast Film Critic's Assn website here

Dark Knight won Best Action Film - Check out here why the Dark Knight could win Best Picture at the Oscars

Here are the winners at tonight's 14th Annual Critic's Choice Awards

Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

√ Best Director - Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle

√Best Actor - Sean Penn for Milk

Click here for more on Milk

√ Best Actress - A Best Actress tie - Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway

√Best Supporting Actor - the late Heath Ledger for the Joker in The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress - Kate Winslet for The Reader

√Best Foreign Language Film - Waltz With Bashir

√Best Documentary - Man on Wire

Click here for more on Man on Wire

√Best Song - "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen from The Wrestler

Check out my original predictions below

Best Picture - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by less than a nose hair  in front of Slumdog Millionaire. So close we might have to watch an instant replay

Best Director - Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle

Best Actor - Sean Penn for Milk

Best Actress - Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married. Having said that, like Best Picture, it is close and Meryl Streep could take it for her well calculated performance in Doubt

Best Supporting Actor - the late Heath Ledger for the Joker in The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

Click here for more on The Wrestler

Best Foreign Language Film - Waltz With Bashir

Best Documentary - Man on Wire

Click here for more on Man on Wire

Best Song - "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen from The Wrestler