The event was preceded by a pre-awards ceremony at a neighbouring venue at which the majority of this year's prizes were handed out.
McConaughey, also a best-actor nominee at the Spirit Awards for "Killer Joe, " is a Hollywood A-lister but a relative newcomer to key film awards.
The trio proved to be box-office gold: They were two of the highest-grossing films of their time, winning a slew of awards -- including a best picture Oscar for the latter, a tale of con men in 1930s Chicago.
New funding from the UK Film Council will enable a stand-alone awards ceremony to be held on the penultimate night of the festival.
Aside from best director, the 3D film - based on the Booker-winning novel about a shipwrecked boy and a Bengal tiger - won awards for cinematography, score and visual effects.
New Orleans will have a starring role at the 2013 Academy Awards - a fitting tribute to its growing importance in the US film and television industry.
Only in exceptional circumstances - such as national awards - should a school publish a photograph of an individual pupil.
"I just wanted to be part of the night, because I loved it last year, obviously, " she said of winning a record-tying six awards in 2012.
The Football Writers award makes it a hat-trick of awards for the England international this season after he was also named the Premier League's fans' player of the season this week.
The News 12 stations for Long Island, Westchester-Yonkers and the Hudson Valley won a total of six first-place awards.
Chief Research Officer Victoria Kamsler, a former lecturer at Princeton on environmental ethics and a clean-tech entrepreneur, runs the awards and evaluation process as a volunteer.
Charles Koones, who publishes Variety for Reed Elsevier (nyse: ENL - news - people ), attributes increases this year to the lack of a clear front-runner for most awards, which gives studios more incentive to buy.
Before the steroid issue, Clemens was a first-ballot lock with a record of 354-184, an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards and 4, 672 strikeouts, second all-time to Nolan Ryan.
Supporters of the law noted that a similar outcry arose after New York instituted a formula for child-support awards in 1989, which is now widely regarded as fair.
The boxing drama, which won four Oscars had been gaining momentum ever since winning a clutch of pre-Oscar awards, including the top prize from the Directors' Guild of America.
The film, which won a record-breaking ten Academy Awards after its 1961 release, has been restored and will be reissued in Blu-ray form November 15 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Such a plan has the risk-shifting characteristics of a traditional pension, but awards credits in dollar amounts for every year worked, much in the way that a 401(k) grows.
Taylor Swift wore a prim gold metallic floral cocktail dress by Jenny Packham to the pre-telecast awards before changing into something a bit more revealing for the red carpet.
Alternately, we could encourage the university system to be more responsive to market forces by creating a no-frills, federal degree-granting body that awards certificates to students who pass exams in a given subject.
The duchess - a trained scout volunteer - also met youngsters who had received gallantry awards for their bravery.
Awards are a bi-product of good work but should never be the goal.
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Following in the footsteps of the movie, the musical has gone on to become a long-running hit, amassing awards and spawning several productions across the world.
Awards are a third-party endorsement of your expertise and credibility.
However, a number of other high-profile awards contenders - among them Django Unchained, Les Miserables and Beasts of the Southern Wild - have been ruled ineligible for this year's prizes.
Now, that deserves a giant granite monument, a flurry of awards and the greatest honor of all: a real-life president who emulates Lincoln's courage in times of crisis.
While Lee's remarkable home -- built from a pre-fabricated timbre frame of frost-hardy Siberian larch -- has won numerous architectural awards, that's not the only reason it has drawn a crowd.
In the 2006 World Wines Competition alone, American vintages--a 2000 Maverick Malbec and a 2000 Carpe Diem Special Reserve--won the platinum awards for red and white wines, respectively.
After only two years, the program enrolled hundreds of students and inspired a few creative geniuses along the way -- the ad agency also picked up a few prestigious awards for the trophy shelf.
With those wins, Moore, the eight-time Grammy nominee, can now take his total lifetime awards to six after going a perfect three-for-three Sunday.
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It is believed that she did not attend the entire two-and-a-half-hour show but arrived in time to present the top awards.
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