Nicole Kidman arrives at SBIFF. [photo via Scott Feinberg]Busy night for gongs last night. Nicole Kidman accepted her Vanguard award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. [Photo left via Scott Feinberg.] I'm sure she'll cherish that one as much as her Film Experience Gold Medal ;)
The Annie Awards for animation also took place even. You can see the results here. It was a huge night for How To Train Your Dragon which is such a good film but the wins will undoubtedly be viewed as unimportant due to the Annies troubled relationship with Disney/Pixar. Pixar won only Best Short for Day and Night.
The ADG handed out their Art Direction honors [full info at Gold Derby] which went to The King's Speech (Period), Inception (fantasy) and Black Swan (contemporary). Swan wasn't nominated for Oscar but DePrez took the bronze medal here at the Film Experience. I'm sure that'll be great consolation.
Earlier that evening the WGA handed out their screenwriting honors.
Original Screenplay: Inception
Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network
(TSN also won the US Scripter yesterday)
Documentary Screenplay: Inside Job
Drama Series: Mad Men
Comedy Series: Modern Family
Complete List of Winners Here
Note: The King's Speech was not eligible for the WGA which is how the path was cleared for Best Original Exposition to win the prize. Don't expect that to happen at the Oscars.