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“Gone Girl” wins top honor at Hollywood Film Awards last night

Ben Affleck accepting the award for "Gone Girl".
Ben Affleck accepting the award for “Gone Girl”.
The mystery thriller “Gone Girl” received the equivalent of the best picture award at tonight’s 18th annual Hollywood Film Awards, while “The Imitation Game” won for directing and in two acting categories as the movie industry’s awards season began.

Morten Tyldum won the Hollywood Director Award for helming the biopic of World War II codebreaker and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, set to be released in the U.S. on Nov. 28.

The lead acting awards went to Benedict Cumberbatch for his portrayal ofTuring and Julianne Moore for her title role in “Still Alice” as a psychologist diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. It is set for a weeklong Oscar-qualifying run next month and a wider release on Jan. 16.

The supporting acting awards went to Keira Knightly for “The Imitation Game” and Robert Duvall for “The Judge.”

Gillian Flynn won the Hollywood Screenwriter Award for the adaptation of her 2012 novel “Gone Girl.”

The ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium was televised for the first time, airing on CBS, and hosted by Queen Latifah.

Here is a complete list of winners announced last night:
— Film — “Gone Girl”;
— Director — Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”;
— Actor — Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”;
— Actress — Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”;
— Supporting Actor — Robert Duvall, “The Judge”; ;
— Supporting Actress — Keira Knightly, “The Imitation Game”;
— Ensemble — “Foxcatcher” (Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum);
— Breakout Performance Actress — Shailene Woodley, “The Fault in Our Stars”;
— Breakout Performance Actor — Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”;
— Breakthrough Director — Jean-Marc Vallee, “Wild”;
— New Hollywood — Jack O’Connell;
— Blockbuster — “Guardians of the Galaxy”;
— Animation — “How to Train Your Dragon 2”;
— Comedy — Chris Rock for “Top Five”;
— Screenwriter — Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl”;
— Song — Janelle Monae;
— Documentary — Mike Myers for “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon”; and
— Career Achievement — Michael Keaton;

Winners announced before tonight’s ceremony were:
— Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”;
— Visual Effects: Scott Farrar, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”;
— Composer: Alexandre Desplat, “The Imitation Game”;
— Costume Design: Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”;
— Editing: Jay Cassidy and Dody Dorn, “Fury”;
— Production Design: Dylan Cole and Gary Freeman, “Maleficent”;
— Sound: Ren Klyce, “Gone Girl”; and
— Makeup and Hairstyling: David White (special makeup effects) andElizabeth Yanni-Georgiou (hair and makeup designer), “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

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