<div id="subtitle">`Hurt Locker' wins LA Critics' best-picture prize; Jeff Bridges among acting winners</div><div><p>The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" has been chosen as the year's best picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.</p><p>Kathryn Bigelow, the filmmaker behind "The Hurt Locker," was picked as best director.</p><p>The group named Jeff Bridges as best actor for the country-music tale "Crazy Heart" and Yolande Moreau as best actress for the French film "Seraphine."</p><p>Mo'Nique won the supporting-actress award for "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire" and Christoph Waltz earned the supporting-actor prize for "Inglourious Basterds."</p><p>The critics' prizes are among early honors on Hollywood's long run-up to the Academy Awards on March 7. Oscar nominations come out Feb. 2.</p><p>THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.</p><p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo'Nique has won the supporting-actress award for "Precious" and Christoph Waltz has earned the supporting-actor prize for "Inglourious Basterds" from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.</p><p>Mo'Nique won for her role as a hateful welfare mother in "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire." Waltz won for playing a gleefully savage Nazi in "Inglourious Basterds."</p><p>Director Jason Reitman and writer Sheldon Turner shared the screenplay prize for "Up in the Air."</p><p>The Los Angeles critic group's is announcing other awards, including 2009's best picture, later Sunday.</p><p>The critics' prizes are among early honors on Hollywood's long run-up to the Academy Awards on March 7. Oscar nominations come out Feb. 2.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=65367327&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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