Wall-E

Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up at the Academy Awards, winning eight of the ten awards it was nominated for. Milk's star and writer were also lauded while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which had the most nods going into the night, twelve in total, but was only recognized for its visual and technical achievements.

And the winners are...

Peter Gabriel wants it all to be about Peter Gabriel.

The British singer, 59, is nominated with Thomas Newman for their song "Down To Earth" from the movie WALL-E. Gabriel has pulled out of the performance, protesting that, as per one of the changes for this year's ceremony, the Best Original Song nominees will combine to make a medley rather than getting to perform their pieces in their entirety.

In case you were keeping score, need to settle a bet or had a Golden Globes pool, here's a complete list of last night's winners in the order the awards were handed out.

The 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards were handed out last night and the big winner of the night was Slumdog Millionaire (holla!!!), taking home to prize for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Young Actor.

Anne Hathaway was given a major honor as well, by being honored alongside Meryl Streep, the greatest actress of our time, who Hathaway “tied with” in the Best Actress category.

We’re starting to think Hathaway’s performance in Rachel Getting Married is a pretty sure bet in the Oscar pool.

Breaking from other critics associations who have announced their choices for this year’s cream of the crop, the New York Film Critics bestowed the honor of Best Supporting Actor on…NOT HEATH LEDGER!

Thank God someone is dodging the sentimentality bullet!

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their picks for this year’s best last night. Heath Ledger continued his sweep, which will undoubtedly lead all the way to the Oscars, while Sean Penn edged out PR darling (though far inferior competitor) Mickey Rourke, and Danny Boyle sailed along on his well-deserved road of triumph.

The LAFCA winners included…

Award season is getting rolling and the Washington Critics Association is the first to pounce on proclaiming their best of the year including bestowing another posthumous honor on Heath Ledger (ya’ll know he’s winning that Oscar, right?).

According to Variety, Angelina Jolie’s action thriller Wanted scored the best opening ever for an R-rated film released in June and the 6th best opening of all time for any R-rated pic.

The film, which also stars James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman, placed No. 2 at the box office this past weekend behind Pixar’s Wall-E.

Wanted is fan-freakin-tastic.

Click here to read our review.

American Idol runner-up David Archuleta attends the premiere of Pixar’s Wall-E (which looks so good!) and gives the little ladies something to squeal about.

David is smart to keep it young and try to stay in the hearts and minds of the pre-teens who loved him so rabidly last season. If he’s smart, he’ll try to get himself a Disney or Nickelodeon show with a tie-in album.

It worked for Miley; it could work for Archuleta.