The 2010 National Board Of Review Of Motion Pictures Awards Gala were held last night on January 12 at Cipriani on 42nd Street in New York and some big names in film were in attendance.

NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Actress Carey Mulligan attends the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 12, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

The female stars that walked off with the gongs were Best Actress to Carey Mulligan (above)  in “An Education” and Best Supporting actress the newcomer Anna Kendrick who starred in “Up in the Air” alongside George Clooney who also won the Best Actor Award and the film itself won Best Film.

NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Actor George Clooney and model Elisabetta Canalis attend the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 12, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

The Guest List:

Amy Landecker, Anna Kendrick, Anthony Mackie, Ben Foster, Carey Mulligan, Elisabetta Canalis, Ellen Burstyn, Gabourey Sidibe, George Clooney, Hunter Parrish, Jason Reitman, Jeremy Renner, JJ Abrams, Joy Philbin, Lake Bell, Lee Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marlo Thomas, Meredith Vieira, Michael Douglas, Michael Stuhlbarg, Morgan Freeman, Pete Docter, Peter Sarsgaard, Regis Philbin, Renn Hawkey, Vera Farmiga, Wes Anderson, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Kazan

NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Actress Anna Kendrick attends the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 12, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal attends the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 12, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

The National Board Of Review Of Motion Pictures Awards Gala Awards List:

Awards for 2009:

Best Film
UP IN THE AIR

Top Ten Films
(In alphabetical order) AN EDUCATION, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, INVICTUS, THE MESSENGER, A SERIOUS MAN, STAR TREK, UP, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Best Foreign Language Film
A PROPHET

Top Five Foreign Films
(In alphabetical order) THE MAID, REVANCHE, SONG OF SPARROWS, THREE MONKEYS, THE WHITE RIBBON

Best Documentary
THE COVE

Top Five Documentaries
(In alphabetical order) BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY, CRUDE, FOOD, INC., GOOD HAIR, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order) AMREEKA, DISTRICT 9, GOODBYE SOLO, HUMPDAY, IN THE LOOP, JULIA, ME AND ORSON WELLES, MOON, SUGAR, TWO LOVERS

Best Actor
GEORGE CLOONEY, Up In The Air; MORGAN FREEMAN, Invictus

Best Actress
CAREY MULLIGAN, An Education

Best Supporting Actor
WOODY HARRELSON, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress
ANNA KENDRICK, Up In The Air

Best Ensemble Cast
IT’S COMPLICATED

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
JEREMY RENNER, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
GABOUREY SIDIBE, Precious

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut
DUNCAN JONES, Moon; OREN MOVERMAN, The Messenger; MARC WEBB, (500) Days of Summer

Best Director
CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus

Best Adapted Screenplay
JASON REITMAN and SHELDON TURNER, Up In The Air

Best Original Screenplay
JOEL AND ETHAN COEN, A Serious Man

Best Animated Feature
UP

Special Filmmaking Achievement
WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox

William K. Everson Award For Film History
JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG

Freedom Of Expression
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY; INVICTUS; THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

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