The winners of the 13th annual Satellite Awards were announced on Sunday and taking the top nods where Slumdog Millionaire for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Happy-Go-Lucky for Best Motion Picture (Comedy). The Happy-Go-Lucky win is no major surprise, but the Slumdog pull is just one more piece of hardware as it is slowly rising to the top of the pile in terms of becoming the Oscar Best Picture front-runner.

Slumdog Millionaire also took home prizes for Danny Boyle for Director and A.R. Rahman for his score. Happy-Go-Lucky also went home with two awards with Sally Hawkins continuing her impressive run as of late taking Best Actress. Richard Jenkins didn't hurt his chances at becoming an Oscar nominee by upping his cred with a Best Actor win.

Rosemarie Dewitt took hom Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Getting Married and Michael Shannon got a well deserved award for Best Supporting Actor from Revolutionary Road.

You can check out the complete list of film winners below and The Hollywood Reporter has all the TV winners right here.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture (Comedy): Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie Dewitt, Rachel Getting Married

Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign-language film: Gomorrah

Animated or mixed-media film: WALL•E

Documentary: Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer and Man on Wire

Original screenplay: Thomas McCarthy, (The Visitor)

Adapted screenplay: Peter Morgan, (Frost/Nixon)

Original song: "Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace

Cinematography: Mandy Walker, (Australia)

Visual effects: Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti, (Australia)

Editing: Dan Lebental, (Iron Man

Sound (editing and mixing): Richard King, (The Dark Knight)

Art direction and production design: Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy and Beverly Dunn (Australia)

Costume design: Michael O'Connor (The Duchess)

Related post categories: Kudos to You : Australia, Happy-Go-Lucky, Rachel Getting Married, Sally Hawkins, Satellite Awards, Slumdog Millionaire, The Visitor

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