Another series of big wins for The Artist, which has become the de facto front runner this awards season. Nothing really unexpected here, though Refn’s win as best director is something of a surprise. In the seven major categories, this group has done amazingly well at pushing through nominations getting five for five in each of them. A few techs below those are also fairly good. Supporting Actor is the only one at four or more out of five for winner conversion, so don’t guarantee anything from these.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Award Tallies

(4) The Artist
(3) Hugo
(2) Drive

The Awards

Best Picture

The Artist

Best Animated Film

Rango

Best Director

Nicholas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor

Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Best Actress

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks – Drive

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids

Best Screenplay

Moneyball

Best Score

The Artist

Best Song

“Man or Muppet” – The Muppets

Best Film Editing

Hugo

Best Cinematography

The Tree of Life

Best Art Direction

The Artist

Best Visual Effects

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Foreign Film

13 Assassins

Best Documentary

Project Nim

Best Family Film

Hugo

Best Youth in Film

Asa Butterfield – Hugo

Best DVD

Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy (Blu-ray)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 1997 (15)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 3 (0-1-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Animated Feature: 3 (1-0-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Director: 3 (0-1-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actor: 2 (0-0-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actress: 3 (1-0-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actor: 4 (1-1-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actress: 2 (0-1-0-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Original/Adapted Screenplay: 2 (1-0-0-1-0) W / 3 (1-0-1-1-0) N / 2 (0-1-0-0-1) I
Original Score: 1 (1-0-0-0-0) W / 3 (1-0-1-0-1) N / 2 (0-1-0-1-0) I
Original Song: 1 (0-1-0-0-0) W / 2 (1-1-0-0-0) N / 3 (0-0-1-1-1) I
Film Editing: 3 (0-1-0-1-1) W / 4 (0-1-1-1-1) N / 1 (1-0-0-0-0) I
Cinematography: 2 (1-0-0-1-0) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) I
Art Direction: 2 (0-1-1-0-0) W / 3 (0-1-1-1-0) N / 2 (1-0-0-0-1) I
Costume Design: 2 (1-0-0-0-1) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) I
Visual Effects: 1 (1-0-0-0-0) W / 3 (1-0-1-1-0) N / 2 (0-1-0-0-1) I
Foreign Language Film: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 2 (0-0-0-1-1) N / 3 (1-1-1-0-0) I
Documentary Feature: 2 (0-0-1-0-1) W / 3 (0-0-1-1-1) N / 2 (1-1-0-0-0) I