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The Social Network Named Best Picture by L.A. Film Critics

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has chosen The Social Network as the year's best picture.

Natalie Abrams

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has chosen The Social Network as the year's best picture.

The movie,which chronicles the creation of Facebook and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake, also was cited Sunday for the film's screenplay, written by Aaron Sorkin. David Fincher garnered an award for directing as well. Fincher tied with Olivier Assayas, who directed Carlos.

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Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Kim Hye-Ja (Mother) took home top acting honors, while Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) and Niels Arestrup (A Prophet) were awarded for supporting roles.

Check out the full list of winners:

Picture: The Social Network
 Director: Olivier Assayas, Carlos; and David Fincher, The Social Network (a tie)
Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
 Actress: Kim Hye-Ja, Mother
 Supporting Actor: Niels Arestrup, A Prophet
 Supporting Actress: Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Animation: Toy Story 3
Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
 Music/Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Ghost Writer; and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network (a tie)
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Inception
 Cinematography: Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
 Foreign Language Film: Carlos
 Documentary/Nonfiction Film: Last Train Home
New Generation: Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture
 Douglas E. Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video: Jean-Luc Godard, Film Socialisme 
Legacy of Cinema Awards:
Serge Bromberg for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, and the F.W. Murnau Foundation and Fernando Pena for the restoration of Metopolis
Career Achievement: Paul Mazursky

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