Sure, the Academy Awards is just a few sleeps away but many award-giving bodies are still handing out trophies. Most recently, the London Critics' Circle gave out their kudos with "Amour," "Rust and Bone," and "The Imposter" taking home the major awards.
In the acting categories, Joaquin Phoenix beat out rival Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln") for his brave performance in "The Master." Philip Seymour Hoffman was also honored from the movie with a Best Supporting Actor win, while Emmanuelle Riva took home the Best Actress award for her memorable performance in "Amour."
The only one constant winner during our trek to the Oscars is Anne Hathaway, also taking home the Best Supporting Actress trophy for "Les Miserables."
Here's the full list of nominees. For winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
FILM OF THE YEAR
*** Amour (Artificial Eye)
Argo (Warners)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (StudioCanal)
Life of Pi (Fox)
The Master (Entertainment)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Amour (Artificial Eye)
Holy Motors (Artificial Eye)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave)
*** Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)
Tabu (New Wave)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
*** The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)
London: The Modern Babylon (BFI)
Nostalgia for the Light (New Wave)
The Queen of Versailles (Dogwoof)
Searching for Sugar Man (StudioCanal)
BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
*** Berberian Sound Studio (Artificial Eye)
The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Sightseers (StudioCanal)
Skyfall (Sony)
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (Fox)
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables (Universal)
Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt (Arrow)
*** Joaquin Phoenix – The Master (Entertainment)
Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour (Artificial Eye)
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)
Helen Hunt - The Sessions (Fox)
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook (Entertainment)
*** Emmanuelle Riva – Amour (Artificial Eye)
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Alan Arkin – Argo (Warners)
Javier Bardem – Skyfall (Sony)
Michael Fassbender – Prometheus (Fox)
*** Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master (Entertainment)
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln (Fox)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Amy Adams – The Master (Entertainment)
Judi Dench – Skyfall (Sony)
Sally Field – Lincoln (Fox)
*** Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables (Universal)
Isabelle Huppert – Amour (Artificial Eye)
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Craig – Skyfall (Sony)
Charlie Creed-Miles - Wild Bill (The Works/Universal)
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (Fox)
*** Toby Jones – Berberian Sound Studio (Artificial Eye)
Steve Oram – Sightseers (StudioCanal)
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt – Looper (eOne) and Your Sister's Sister (StudioCanal)
Judi Dench – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox) and Skyfall (Sony)
Alice Lowe – Sightseers (StudioCanal)
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock (Fox)
*** Andrea Riseborough – Shadow Dancer (Paramount)
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Samantha Barks – Les Miserables (Universal)
Fady Elsayed – My Brother the Devil (Verve)
*** Tom Holland – The Impossible (eOne)
Will Poulter – Wild Bill (The Works/Universal)
Jack Reynor – What Richard Did (Artificial Eye)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master (Entertainment)
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave)
Michael Haneke – Amour (Artificial Eye)
*** Ang Lee – Life of Pi (Fox)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master (Entertainment)
Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
*** Michael Haneke – Amour (Artificial Eye)
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained (Sony)
Chris Terrio – Argo (Warners)
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Ben Drew, writer/director – Ill Manors (Revolver)
Sally El Hosaini, writer/director – My Brother the Devil (Verve)
Dexter Fletcher, co-writer/director – Wild Bill (The Works/Universal)
Bart Layton, writer/director – The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)
*** Alice Lowe & Steve Oram, writers – Sightseers (StudioCanal)
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran, costumes (Universal)
Argo – William Goldenberg, film editing (Warners)
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson, cinematography (StudioCanal)
Berberian Sound Studio – Joakim Sundstrom & Stevie Haywood, sound design (Artificial Eye)
Holy Motors – Bernard Floch, makeup (Artificial Eye)
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda, cinematography (Fox)
*** Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, visual effects (Fox)
The Master – Jack Fisk & David Crank, production design (Entertainment)
My Brother the Devil – David Raedeker, cinematography (Verve)
Rust and Bone – Alexandre Desplat, music (StudioCanal)
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Helena Bonham Carter
Top 10 Films
Amour (Artificial Eye)
The Master (Entertainment)
Life of Pi (Fox)
Argo (Warners)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (StudioCanal)
Zero Dark Thirty (Universal)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave)
Django Unchained (Sony)
Tabu (New Wave)
Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)
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The Costume Designer Guild has announced the nominees for the 15th annual Costume Designer Guild Awards and the usual suspects have been rounded up -- "Anna Karenina," "Les Miserables," "Lincoln," "Mirror Mirror," and "Snow White and the Huntsman" will all duke it out in their respective categories.
Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Stephani Lewis
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Louise Stjernsward
Silver Linings Playbook – Mark Bridges
Skyfall – Jany Temime
Zero Dark Thirty – George L. Little
EXCELLENCE IN PERIOD FILM
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
Argo – Jacqueline West
Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
Moonrise Kingdom – Kasia Walicka-Maimone
EXCELLENCE IN FANTASY FILM
Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
The Hunger Games – Judianna Makovsky
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
Girls – Jennifer Rogien
Nashville – Susie DeSanto
Revenge – Jill Ohanneson
Smash – Molly Maginnis
Treme – Alonzo Wilson, Costume Designer. Ann Walters, co-Costume Designer
OUTSTANDING PERIOD/FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES
Boardwalk Empire – John Dunn, Lisa Padovani
Downton Abbey – Caroline McCall
Game of Thrones – Michele Clapton
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI SERIES
American Horror Story: Asylum, Season 2 – Lou Eyrich
Hatfields & McCoys – Karri Hutchinson
Hemingway & Gellhorn – Ruth Myers
EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL COSTUME DESIGN
Capital One: Couture – Roseanne Fiedler
Captain Morgan Black – Judianna Makovsky
Dos Equis: Most Interesting Man in the World – Julie Vogel
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Two big films this weekend, we have the horror flick, “Mama” and “The Last Stand.” In Universal’s “Mama,” Oscar-nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) stars as Annabel. She and her boyfriend, Lucas (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau) have been frantically searching for his nieces, Victoria and Lilly, who vanished from their suburban neighborhood without a trace. They find them alive, living in a cabin, but when they take them home, they may have taken an unwelcome presence the kids call Mama.
In “The Last Stand,” Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in full leading man role as a Sheriff of a small border town. He will soon meet his match with the fiery, dangerous drug kingpin, Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega).
So which one is my pick of the week? Take a look:
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Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Choose "Argo" for Best Picture! See Complete Dorian Awards Winners List! 
Ben Affleck's "Argo" continues its ascendance to Oscar glory. Adding to its treasure-trove of trophies was the big win at the Dorian Awards given by the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA).
In the acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis won Film Performance of the Year -- Actor for "Lincoln" and Anne Hathaway was given the Female Performance of the Year award for her memorable performance as Fantine in Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables."
The complete list of Dorian Award winners is below. A celebratory toast will be held Sunday, February 17 in Los Angeles.
For more information, please visit: galeca.com and https://www.facebook.com/galecadorianawards
Here are the winners (in bold); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
FILM OF THE YEAR
*** Argo (Warner Bros.)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Keep the Lights On (Music Box)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Lincoln (DreamWorks/Touchstone)
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - ACTOR
Alan Cumming / Any Day Now (Music Box)
Bradley Cooper / Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein)
*** Daniel Day-Lewis / Lincoln (DreamWorks/Touchstone)
Hugh Jackman / Les Miserables (Universal)
Joaquin Phoenix / The Master (Weinstein)
John Hawkes / The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - ACTRESS
*** Anne Hathaway / Les Miserables (Universal)
Emmanuelle Riva / Amour (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence / Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein)
Jessica Chastain / Zero Dark Thirty (Sony/Columbia)
Marion Cotillard / Rust and Bone (Sony Pictures Classics)
LGBT FILM OF THE YEAR
Any Day Now (Music Box)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Gayby (Wolfe Releasing/The Film Collaborative)
*** Keep the Lights On (Music Box)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit/Lionsgate)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (IFC)
Bully (Weinstein)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (Samuel Goldwyn)
*** How to Survive a Plague (Sundance Selects)
The Invisible War (Cinedigm)
The Queen of Versailles (Magnolia)
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Anna Karenina (Focus)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Les Miserables (Universal)
*** Life of Pi (Fox)
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus)
CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR
2016: Obama's America (Rocky Mountain)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
*** (tie) Magic Mike (Warner Bros.)
*** (tie) The Paperboy (Millennium)
Pitch Perfect (Universal)
Rock of Ages (Warner Bros./New Line)
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
*** Bernie (Millennium)
The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate)
Chronicle (Fox)
Holy Motors (Indomina)
Looper (Sony)
Your Sister’s Sister (IFC)
TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR
*** American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
*** Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)
TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
*** Girls (HBO)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - ACTOR
Aaron Paul / Breaking Bad (AMC)
*** Damian Lewis / Homeland (Showtime)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson / Modern Family (ABC)
Jim Parsons / The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Jon Hamm / Mad Men (AMC)
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - ACTRESS
Claire Danes / Homeland (Showtime)
*** Jessica Lange / American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Julianne Moore / Game Change (HBO)
Edie Falco / Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Lena Dunham / Girls (HBO)
Sofia Vergara / Modern Family (ABC)
TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Darren Criss, "Teenage Dream," Glee (Fox)
De'Borah Garner, The Fray's "You Found Me," The Voice (NBC)
*** Jennifer Hudson, Tribute to Whitney Houston, The Grammys (CBS)
Megan Hilty and Katherine McPhee, "Let Me Be Your Star,” Smash (NBC)
Raza Jaffrey, Katharine McPhee and cast: "A Thousand and One Nights,” Smash (NBC)
LGBT TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Happy Endings (ABC)
*** (tie) Modern Family (ABC)
*** (tie) The New Normal (NBC)
Smash (NBC)
CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
666 Park Avenue (ABC)
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
GCB (ABC)
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
*** Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Smash (NBC)
UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Bunheads (ABC Family)
Catfish (MTV)
Fringe (FX)
GCB (ABC)
*** Happy Endings (ABC)
Parenthood (NBC)
TV OR MOVIE TITLE OF THE YEAR
*** Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23 (ABC)
GCB (ABC)
I Was Impaled (Discovery Fit & Health)
I'm Having Their Baby (Oxygen)
It's Christmas, Carol! (Hallmark Channel)
WE'RE WILDE ABOUT YOU (NEWCOMER AWARD)
Andrew Rannells
Anna Camp
Ben Whishaw
Eddie Redmayne
*** Ezra Miller
WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Bill Maher
Chelsea Handler
*** Jon Stewart
Lena Dunham
Sarah Silverman
Stephen Colbert
WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theatre and/or television)
Lena Dunham
Louis C.K.
*** Ryan Murphy
Tony Kushner
Tig Notaro
TIMELESS AWARD
(honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom and wit)
Sir Ian McKellen
ABOUT GALECA
The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, founded in 2008 by Us Weekly television critic John Griffiths, is comprised of over 80 established film and TV critics and entertainment journalists who cover those fields for recognized media outlets across America and the United Kingdom. Our members write or report for the likes of TV Guide, Us Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Movies.com, ETOnline, The Advocate, Out, The Huffington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, major TV network affiliates, and regional titles such as The Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury News, Frontiers L.A. and InsideOut Nashville. GALECA is home to the annual Dorian Awards, which honor movies and TV programs of all types. Overall, GALECA's aim is to generate camaraderie in an unsettling media environment, to preserve and champion the crafts of criticism and entertainment journalism, and to help elevate the screen arts and culture at large.
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I love the animated wonder, “How to Train Your Dragon,” from DreamWorks Animation voiced by Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and David Tennant.
But you know what I love even more? Watching the film’s live spectacular show now touring North America. This coming weekend, the show is flying to the Honda Center in Anaheim, California until January 20th. Watch the spellbinding show when it comes to your city – it will bring out the child in you. Here's our behind-the-scenes look at "How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular":
Here's more info on the show from Wikipedia:
How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular or How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is an arena show adaptation of the feature film How to Train Your Dragon. The show is being produced in partnership with Global Creatures, the company behind another arena show Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular, and directed by Nigel Jamieson. The score was composed by John Powell and Jónsi from Sigur Rós. Arena Spectacular features 24 animatronic dragons - 10 different species in various sizes: Nadder, Gronckle, Nightmare, Night Fury (Toothless), Red Death, Skrill, Stinger, Kite Dragon, Zippleback and Egg Biter. It also features villagers and Vikings, including Hiccup, Astrid, Stoick, and Gobber.
The show premiered on March 3, 2012, in Melbourne, Australia, under the title How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular. It continued its world tour in New Zealand in April 2012,[36] and has been touring the United States and Canada since June 2012 with the new title How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular.
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