Hollywood Awards results announced

The Imitation Game leads the pack.

by Jennie Kermode

The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game and Gone Girl were the big winners at this year's Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles, the first big event in the awards calendar and the place where Oscar-related speculation begins. Despite a distracting turn from a drunken Johnny Depp, the stars were smiling at a show that boded well for British talent, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Jack O'Connell all receiving praise for their acting.

Those awards in full:-

Best Film

Gone Girl

Best Director

Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Best Actress

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Supporting Actress

Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall, The Judge

Ensemble Award

Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher

Breakout Performance Actress

Shailene Woodley, The Fault In Our Stars

Breakout Performance Actor

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything

Breakthrough Director

Jean-Marc Vallée, Wild

New Hollywood

Jack O'Connell

Best Animation

How To Train Your Dragon 2

Best Blockbuster

Guardians Of The Galaxy

Best Documentary

Mike Myers, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

Best Comedy

Chris Rock, Top Five

Best Screenwriter

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

Best Visual Effects

Scott Farrar, Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Composer

Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game

Best Costumes

Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Editing

Jay Cassidy and Dody Dorn, Fury

Best Production Design

Dylan Cole and Gary Freeman, Maleficent

Best Sound

Ren Klyce, Gone Girl

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

David White and Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, Guardians Of The Galaxy

Best Song

Janelle Monáe, What Is Love?, Rio 2

Career Achievement

Michael Keaton

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