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The People's Choice Awards weren't the only big event last night. The National Board Of Review Awards Gala took place in NYC at Cipriani. Jennifer Hudson added one more award to her list winning its breakthrough performance award along with Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson's crackhead teacher. Penelope Cruz was on hand to present the foreign-film award for Volver and said about working with Pedro Almodovar, "It's too perfect. Sometimes it's scary. We're very good friends." SJP was at the event as well looking simply stunning.

For more pics including Sarah Jessica Parker, Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Hudson, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Helen Mirren, Clint Eastwood, Ryan Gosling, Mark Walhberg and to see the list of winners just read more

Best Foreign Film
Volver

Top Five Foreign Films
Volver, (and, in alphabetical order) Curse Of The Golden Flower, Days Of Glory, Pan's Labyrinth, Water

Top Five Documentaries
An Inconvenient Truth, (and, in alphabetical order) 51 Birch Street, Iraq In Fragments, Shut Up & Sing, Wordplay

Top Independent Films
(in alphabetical order) Akeelah And The Bee, Bobby, Catch A Fire, Copying Beethoven, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Half Nelson, The Illusionist, Lonesome Jim, Sherrybaby, 10 Items Or Less, Thank You For Smoking

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker, The Last King Of Scotland

Best Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen

Best Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actress
Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration

Best Acting By An Ensemble
The Departed

Breakthrough Performance - Male
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

Breakthrough Performance - Female
(2) Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls and Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best Directorial Debut
Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking

Best Adapted Screenplay
Ron Nyswaner, The Painted Veil

Best Original Screenplay
Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction

Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth

Best Animated Feature
Cars

Career Achievement Award
Eli Wallach

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing
Jonathan Demme

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Donald Krim

Career Achievement in Producing
Irwin Winkler

The Bvlgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
Water and World Trade Center

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