The Kids are All Right won Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
At the Globes, the movie was nominated for Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.
But the studio also surprisingly earned three nominations for The Tourist: Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Actor for Johnny Depp and Best Actress for Angelina Jolie.
The Help has four Oscar nominations, including best motion picture.
Ben Affleck, coming off winning Golden Globe Awards for best motion picture drama and director for the real-life drama, received the award handed out at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
One category loaded with competition is best song written for a motion picture or for television.
Morgan Freeman, who received a nomination for best actor in a dramatic motion picture for his role in "Invictus, " also called it an incredible honor.
Picks for best actress in a drama motion picture went to Kidman, Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball"), Judi Dench ("Iris"), Sissy Spacek ("In the Bedroom") and Tilda Swinton ("The Deep End").
Best performance by an actor in a drama motion picture: Crowe, Will Smith ("Ali"), Kevin Spacey ("The Shipping News"), Billy Bob Thornton ("The Man Who Wasn't There") and Denzel Washington ("Training Day").
And, if you'll recall, "The Deer Hunter" was also rewarded by the Motion Picture Academy -- as the best picture of the year.
Last year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded the Best Picture category from five to ten films in the hopes of including more populist hits.
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Best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy motion picture: Kidman, Thora Birch ("Ghost World"), Cate Blanchett ("Bandits"), Reese Witherspoon ("Legally Blonde") and Renee Zellweger ("Bridget Jones's Diary").
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doubled the number of movies nominated for best picture this year to 10, a move perhaps aimed at bolstering sagging ratings for the Academy Awards broadcast.
Since 2008, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has been playing with the formula for Best Picture in the hopes of getting more popular films nominated (and boosting viewership for the Oscar ceremony which last year was watched by fewer people than watched the Grammy Awards).
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The American film industry is extremely reluctant to discuss the China concessions Hollywood is making, and the industry's main lobbying group, the Motion Picture Association of America, tries to portray the practice in the best possible light.
When the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced in June that this year there would be ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, many assumed it was a ploy to gain more viewers for the ailing telecast in March.
Chastain will also be up for best actress at the Oscars, one of five nominations the film has received from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Which is why Hollywood was all atwitter last Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences failed to name the eligible producers on two of the 10 Best Picture nominees: The Hurt Locker and The Blind Side.
And the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering whether to nominate Nairobi Half Life for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category -- the first time a Kenyan movie has been considered.
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