Ladies and gentlemen, this is what you call a frontrunner.
Unlike other prestigious trophy givers who bother with nominations, the National Board of Review cut right to the chase today and named The Social Network the Best Picture of the Year.
Which is just one of the leading four awards it picked up. But you'll never guess who the Board thinks is the new George Clooney...
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It's Jesse Eisenberg!
Along with the main prize, the Facebook-conceiving flick also earned its main star a Best Actor award, the prize taken home by Clooney last year, as well as the Best Director nod for David Ficherand writing kudos for Aaron Sorkin, who won Best Adapted Screenplay.
Which could either be really good news for the film, or really, really good news for the film.
While the National Board of Review isn't the most accurate harbinger for Oscar night, like all awards shows that take place in the lead up to the Academy Awards, it does count for something. While last year's Best Picture winner, Up in the Air, failed to score the same prize at the Oscars, the previous two recipients of the Board's honor, Slumdog Millionaire and No Country For Old Men, did wind up at the podium come Oscar night.
So, get those grains of salt ready.
Meanwhile, the Best Supporting Actor prize went to Christian Bale, for his work in The Fighter, and Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall need to collectively clear a space on their mantles, as the group nabbed the award for Best Ensemble Cast.
Rounding out the acting categories were Another Year's Lesley Manville, and Animal Kingdom's Jacki Weaver, who took home Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress honors, respectively. Winter's Bone star Jennifer Lawrence, coming off a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination, earner the Breakthrough Performance award.
Toy Story 3 was named Best Animated Feature, and the plaudits didn't stop there. As always, the Board named a heap of other honorable mentions for the year, breaking down the top 10 films, top 10 independent films, 5 best documentaries (including one from our own Fashion Police chief Joan Rivers!), and 5 best foreign films.
The ceremony, hosted by Meredith Vieira, will take place Jan. 11. Here's the complete list of winners:
Best Film: The Social NetworkBest Director: David Fincher, The Social NetworkBest Actor: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social NetworkBest Actress: Lesley Manville, Another YearBest Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The FighterBest Supporting Actress: Jacki Weaver, Animal KingdomBest Foreign Language Film: Of Gods and MenBest Documentary: Waiting for "Superman"Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3Best Ensemble Cast: The TownBreakthrough Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's BoneDebut Directors: Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, RestrepoSpotlight Award: Sylvain Chomet and Jacques Tati, The IllusionistBest Original Screenplay: Chris Sparling, BuriedBest Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social NetworkSpecial Filmmaking Achievement Award: Sofia Coppola for writing, directing, and producing SomewhereWilliam K. Everson Film History Award: Leonard MaltinNBR Freedom of Expression: Fair Game, Conviction, HowlProduction Design Award: Dante Ferretti, Shutter Island
10 Best FilmsAnother YearThe FighterHereafterInceptionThe King's SpeechShutter IslandThe TownToy Story 3True GritWinter's Bone
5 Best Foreign-Language FilmsI Am LoveIncendiesLife, Above AllSoul KitchenWhite Material
5 Best DocumentariesA Film UnfinishedInside JobJoan Rivers: A Piece of WorkRestrepoThe Tillman Story
Top 10 Independent FilmsAnimal KingdomBuriedFish TankThe Ghost WriterGreenbergLet Me InMonstersPlease GiveSomewhereYouth in Revolt
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