2012 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

• Argo (George Clooney, Ben Affleck & Grant Heslov)
• Les Misérables (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward & Cameron Mackintosh)
• Lincoln (Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy)
• Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich & Russell Smith)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Avengers, Django Unchained, The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Director

• Ben Affleck - Argo
• Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom
• Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
• David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
  (Honourable Mentions: Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master, Tom Hooper - Les Misérables, Ang Lee - Life of Pi, Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained, Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Lead Actor

• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight
  (Honourable Mentions: Jack Black - Bernie, Richard Gere - Arbitrage, John Hawkes - The Sessions, Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Bill Murray - Hyde Park on the Hudson)

Best Lead Actress

• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible
  (Honourable Mentions: Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Keira Knightley - Anna Karenina, Helen Mirren - Hitchcock, Meryl Streep - Hope Springs, Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Supporting Actor

• Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Ezra Miller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Bruce Willis - Moonrise Kingdom
  (Honourable Mentions: Alan Arkin - Argo, Javier Bardem - Skyfall, Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook, Dwight Henry - Beasts of the Southern Wild, Matthew McConaughey - Magic Mike)

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
• Helen Hunt - The Sessions
• Emma Watson - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  (Honourable Mentions: Samantha Barks - Les Misérables, Judi Dench - Skyfall, Ann Dowd - Compliance, Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises, Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Original Screenplay

• Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
• Flight (John Gatins)
• The Intouchables (Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano)
• The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
• Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola)
  (Honourable Mentions: Amour, Brave, The Cabin in the Woods, Wreck-it Ralph, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Argo (Chris Terrio; based on the memoir "The Master of Disguise" by Tony Mendez and the article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (Lucy Aliban & Benh Zeitlin; based on the play "Juicy and Delicious" by Lucy Aliban)
• Lincoln (Tony Kushner; based on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky; based on the novel by Stephen Chbosky)
• Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell; based on the novel by Matthew Quick)
  (Honourable Mentions: 21 Jump Street, The Avengers, Life of Pi, The Sessions, Skyfall)

Best Cast Ensemble

• The Avengers [Sarah Finn & Randi Hiller] (Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgard & Samuel L. Jackson, et. al.)
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [Michelle Guish & Seher Latif] (Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Winton, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie, Tina Desai & Dev Patel, et. al.)
• Les Misérables [Nina Gold] (Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Daniel Huttlestone, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter, et. al.)
• Moonrise Kingdom [Douglas Aibel] (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban, Jason Schwartzman & Harvey Keitel, et. al.)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower [Venus Kanini & Mary Vernieu] (Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Mae Whitman, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott & Joan Cusack, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Argo, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Seven Psychopaths, Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

• Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
• Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
• Tom Holland - The Impossible
• Chloë Moretz - Dark Shadows
• Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
  (Honourable Mentions: CJ Adams - The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Elle Fanning - Ginger & Rosa, Zachary Gordon - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Daniel Huttlestone - Les Misérables, Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi)

Best Foreign Language Film [TIE]

• Amour [Austria] (Michael Haneke)
• The Intouchables [France] (Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano)
• Kon-Tiki [Norway] (Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg)
• A Royal Affair [Denmark] (Nikolaj Arcel)
• War Witch [Canada] (Kim Nguyen)
  (Honourable Mentions: Holy Motors, The Kid with a Bike, No, Rust and Bone, This is Not a Film)

Best Documentary Feature

• Bully (Lee Hirsch & Cynthia Lowen)
• The Imposter (Bart Layton & Dimitri Doganis)
• The Queen of Versailles (Lauren Greenfield & Danielle Renfrew Behrens)
• Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul & Simon Chinn)
• West of Memphis (Amy Berg, Damien Echols, Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Central Park Five, Chasing Ice, How to Survive a Plague, The Invisible War, Jiro Dreams of Sushi)

Best Original Score

• Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
• Brave (Patrick Doyle)
• The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer)
• Lincoln (John Williams)
• Moonrise Kingdom (Alexandre Desplat)
  (Honourable Mentions: Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli, Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin, Life of Pi - Mychael Danna, The Master - Jonny Greenwood, Skyfall - Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song

• "Into the Open Air" - Brave (Alex Mandel)
• "Safe and Sound" - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift, T-Bone Burnett, John Paul White & Joy Williams)
• "Skyfall" - Skyfall (Adele & Paul Epworth)
• "Suddenly" - Les Misérables (Claude-Michael Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer)
• "When Can I See You Again?" - Wreck-it Ralph (Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen & Brian Lee)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Ancora Qui" - Django Unchained, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" - Ted, "For You" - Act of Valor, "Still Alive" - Paul Williams Still Alive, "Touch the Sky" - Brave)

Best Sound Editing

• The Avengers (Christopher Boyes & Frank Eulner)
• Brave (Gary Rydstrom & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
• The Dark Knight Rises (Richard King)
• Django Unchained (Wylie Stateman)
• Skyfall (Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg)
  (Honourable Mentions: Argo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Life of Pi, Prometheus, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Sound Mixing

• The Dark Knight Rises (Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker & Ed Novick)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges & Michael Semanick)
• Les Misérables (Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson & Simon Hayes)
• Life of Pi (Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill & Drew Kunin)
• Skyfall (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell & Stuart Wilson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Argo, The Avengers, Cloud Atlas, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Animated Feature

• Brave (Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman & Katherine Sarafian)
• Frankenweenie (Tim Burton & Allison Abbate)
• ParaNorman (Chris Butler, Sam Fell, Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner)
• Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey, Christina Steinberg & Nancy Bernstein)
• Wreck-it Ralph (Rich Moore & Clark Spencer)
  (Honourable Mentions: From Up on Poppy Hill, Hotel Transylvania, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Rabbi's Cat)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Jude Law - Rise of the Guardians for voicing Pitch Black
• Kelly Macdonald - Brave for voicing Princess Merida
• Frances McDormand - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted for voicing Chantal DuBois
• John C. Reilly - Wreck-it Ralph for voicing Wreck-it Ralph
• Adam Sandler - Hotel Transylvania for voicing Dracula
  (Honourable Mentions: Peter Dinklage - Ice Age: Continental Drift, Seth MacFarlane - Ted, Catherine O'Hara - Frankenweenie, Imelda Staunton - The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Alan Tudyk - Wreck-it Ralph)

Best Cinematography

• The Dark Knight Rises (Wally Pfister)
• Django Unchained (Robert Richardson)
• Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
• Lincoln (Janusz Kamiński)
• Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
  (Honourable Mentions: Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey, Beasts of the Southern Wild - Ben Richardson, Les Misérables - Danny Cohen, The Master - Mihai Mălaimare Jr., Moonrise Kingdom - Robert Yeoman)

Best Film Editing

• Argo (William Goldenberg)
• The Dark Knight Rises (Lee Smith)
• Lincoln (Michael Kahn)
• Silver Linings Playbook (Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers)
  
• Zero Dark Thirty (William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor)
  (Honourable Mentions: Django Unchained - Fred Raskin, Les Misérables - Chris Dickens & Melanie Oliver, Life of Pi - Tim Squyres, The Master - Leslie Jones & Peter McNulty, Skyfall - Stuart Baird)

Best Production Design

• Brave (Steve Pilcher)
• Django Unchained (J. Michael Riva & Michael A. Pope)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright)
• Les Misérables (Eve Stewart & Anna Lynch-Robinson)
• Lincoln (Rick Carter & Jim Erickson)
• Moonrise Kingdom (Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran)
  (Honourable Mentions: Anna Karenina, Argo, Cloud Atlas, The Master, Skyfall)

Best Costume Design

• Anna Karenina (Jacqueline Durran)
  
• Les Misérables (Paco Delgado)
• Lincoln (Joanna Johnston)
• Mirror Mirror (Eiko Ishioka)
• Snow White and the Huntsman (Colleen Atwood)
  (Honourable Mentions: Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Moonrise Kingdom, A Royal Affair)

Best Makeup

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter "Swords" King, Richard Taylor & Tami Lane)
• Les Misérables (Lisa Westcott & Julie Dartnell)
• Lincoln (Lois Burwell & Kay Georgiou)
  (Honourable Mentions: Hitchcock, The Impossible, Looper, Men in Black III, Snow White and the Huntsman)

Best Visual Effects

• The Avengers (Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams & Dan Sudick)
• The Dark Knight Rises (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton & R. Christopher White)
• Life of Pi (Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer & Donald R. Elliott)
• Prometheus (Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley & Martin Hill)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Amazing Spider-Man, Cloud Atlas, John Carter, Skyfall, Snow White and the Huntsman)

2011 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

• Batman: Arkham City (Daniel Bailie & Nathan Burlow)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Craig Lafferty & Ashley Cheng)
• L.A. Noire (Josh Needleman & Naresh Hirani)
• Portal 2 (Gabe Newell & Bill van Buren)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Evan Wells & Christophe Balestra)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, LittleBigPlanet 2)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Alexandre Amancio)
• Batman: Arkham City (Sefton Hill)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Bret Robbins & Glen Schofield)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Hidemaro Fujibayashi)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Amy Hennig & Justin Richmond)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 3, Dead Space 2, Gears of War 3, L.A. Noire, Saints Row: The Third)

Best Game Design

• Batman: Arkham City (Ian Ball & Frank Rooke)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bruce Nesmith)
• L.A. Noire (Alex Carlyle)
• Portal 2 (Matt T. Wood)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Kenta Motokura)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bastion, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, From Dust, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, LittleBigPlanet 2)

Best Family/Casual Game

• Dance Central 2 (Kasson Crooker, Jon Carter & Naoko Takamoto)
• Just Dance 3 (Stephan Logier)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (Mark Healey & Siobhan Reddy)
• Rayman Origins (Michel Ancel & Sébastien Morin)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Koichi Hayashida)
  (Honourable Mentions: Jetpack Joyride, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, Mario Kart 7, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Sonic Generations)

Best Sport/Racing Game

• FIFA 12 (David Rutter)
• Kinect Sports: Season Two (Mark Findlay & Scott Henson)
• MLB '11: The Show (Chris Gill, Jody Kelsey & Jason Villa)
• NBA 2K12 (Jeffrey J. Thomas)
• NHL 12 (David Littman & Sean Ramjagsingh)
  (Honourable Mentions: Driver: San Francisco, Forza Motorsport 4, Madden NFL 12, Mario Kart 7, Need for Speed: The Run)

Best Technical Innovation

• Bastion (Gavin Simon & Andrew F. Wang)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Guy Carver)
• L.A. Noire (Franta Frulin)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Toshio Iwawaki & Kazuaki Morita)
• Portal 2 (Garrett Rickey & Jeep Barnett)
  (Honourable Mentions: Batman: Arkham City, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Rayman Origins, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception)

Best Multiplayer

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Hugo Simard)
• Battlefield 3 (Lars Gustavsson, Inge-Jøran Holberg & Niklas Åstrand)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Portal 2

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Natsuki Isaki)
• Dark Souls (Hidetaka Miyazaki)
  
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Jean-François Dugas)
• From Dust (Éric Chahi)
• Total War: Shogun 2 (Mike Simpson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Iron Brigade, Orcs Must Die!, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, Toy Soldiers: Cold War)

Best Sound Design

• Batman: Arkham City (Nick Arundel, Lee Banyard, Andrew Riley & Kevin Vail)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Stephen Miller)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Mark Lampert)
• L.A. Noire (Matthew Smith, Alastair McGregor & Jeffrey R. Whitcher)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Mark Jasper, Lydian Tone, Chris Pinkston & Ronald Dutch Hill)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bastion, Battlefield 3, Dead Space 2, Need for Speed: The Run, Portal 2)

Best Music

• Batman: Arkham City (Nick Arundel & Ron Fish)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Jeremy Soule)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (Kenneth C M Young, Paul Thomson, Richard Jacques, Winifred Phillips, Baiyon, Keith Tenniswood & Daniel Pemberton)
• Portal 2 (Mike Morasky)
  
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Greg Edmonson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Lorne Balfe & Jesper Kyd, Bastion - Darren Korb, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Brian Tyler, L.A. Noire - Andrew & Simon Hale, Rayman Origins - Christophe Héral & Billy Martin)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Shu Takumi)
• Infinity Blade II (Donald Mustard)
• Mario Kart 7 (Kosuke Yabuki)
• Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Usuke Kumagai)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Koichi Hayashida)
  (Honourable Mentions: Contre Jour, Dead Space, Jetpack Joyride, Kirby Mass Attack, Tiny Tower)

Best Fighting Game

• The King of Fighters XIII (Kei Yamamoto)
• Mortal Kombat (Ed Boon)
  
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Hiroyuki Nara & Go Usuma)

Best Art Direction

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Raphaël Lacoste)
• Batman: Arkham City (David Hego)
• Portal 2 (Jeremy Bennett & Randall Lundeen)
• Rayman Origins (Céline Tellier)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Erick Pangilinan & Robh Ruppel)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, LittleBigPlanet 2)

Best Animation

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Kama Dunsmore, Daniel Desjardins, Michael Donnell & Vincent Presseau)
• Batman: Arkham City (Zafer Coban, Max Fanning, David Houston & Adam Vincent)
• L.A. Noire (Jim Jagger, Felipe Busquets, Dermot Bailie & Francesca Howard)
• Rayman Origins (Anthony Le Du, Nicolas Athane, Anaïs Dusautois & Eric Verwaerde)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Josh Scherr, Eric Baldwin, Jeremy Yates & Kion Phillips)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Dead Space 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, LittleBigPlanet 2, Portal 2)

Best Story/Writing

• Bastion (Greg Kasavin)
• Batman: Arkham City (Paul Dini, Paul Crocker & Sefton Hill)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Emil Pagliarulo)
• Portal 2 (Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton & Chet Faliszek)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Amy Hennig)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Catherine, L.A. Noire, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Stephen Fry - LittleBigPlanet 2 for voicing The Narrator
• Mark Hamill - Batman: Arkham City for voicing The Joker
• Ellen McLain - Portal 2 for voicing GLaDOS
• Nolan North - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for voicing Nathan Drake
• Elias Toufexis - Deus Ex: Human Revolution for voicing Adam Jensen
  (Honourable Mentions: Troy Baker - Catherine, Logan Cunningham - Bastion, Stephen Merchant - Portal 2, Aaron Staton - L.A. Noire, J.K. Simmons - Portal 2)

2011 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "A Better Place" - Glen Campbell (Julian Raymond & Howard Willing)
• "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
• "Hollywood" - Michael Bublé (Bob Rock)
• "If I Had You" - Adam Lambert (Max Martin, Shellback & Kristian Lundlin)
• "Yeah 3x" - Chris Brown (DJ Frank E)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Black and Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa, "The Lazy Song" - Bruno Mars, "Marry You" - Bruno Mars, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" - Skrillex, "So Beautiful or So What" - Paul Simon)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "The Edge of Glory" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & Fernando Garibay)
• "Firework" - Katy Perry (Stargate & Sandy Vee)
• "F**kin' Perfect" - P!nk (Max Martin & Shellback)
• "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele (Paul Epworth)
• "Rumour Has It" - Adele (Ryan Tedder)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Back to December" - Taylor Swift, "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga, "Far Away" - Marsha Ambrosius, "Mr. Know-It-All" - Kelly Clarkson, "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "Body and Soul" - Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse (Phil Ramone)
• "The Cave" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
• "Holocene" - Bon Iver (Justin Vernon)
• "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 (Shellback & Benny Blanco)
• "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People (Mark Foster)
• "Titanium" - David Guetta, ft. Sia (David Guetta, Afrojack & Giorgio Tuinfort)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Good Life" - OneRepublic, "Just Can't Get Enough" - Black Eyed Peas, "The Lady is a Tramp" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, "Price Tag" - Jessie J, ft. B.O.B.)

Best Album

• 21 - Adele (Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Ryan Tedder & Fraser T Smith)
• Born This Way - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga, Fernando Garibay, Paul Blair, Mutt Lange & RedOne)
• Doo-Wops and Hooligans - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons, Needlz & Supa Dups)
• Torches - Foster the People (Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Rich Costey, Tony Hoffer & Greg Kurstin)
• Wasting Light - Foo Fighters (Butch Vig)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Duets II - Tony Bennett & various artists, Loud - Rihanna, Speak Now - Taylor Swift, Turtleneck & Chain - The Lonely Island)

Best Music Video

• "Firework" - Katy Perry (Dave Meyers, director; Robert Bray & Danny Lockwood, producers)
• "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (Nabil Elderkin, director)
• "Lotus Flower" - Radiohead (Garth Jennings, director/producer)
• "Perform This Way" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic, director; Cisco Newman, producer)
• "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele (Sam Brown, director; Hannah Chandler, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: "All is Not Lost" - OK Go, "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" - Coldplay, "First of the Year (Equinox)" - Skrillex, "Holocene" - Bon Iver, "Yonkers" - Tyler, the Creator)

Best Country Song [TIE]

• "Barton Hollow" - The Civil Wars (Charlie Peacock)
• "Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason Aldean (Michael Knox)
• "Just a Kiss" - Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley)
• "Mean" - Taylor Swift (Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift)
• "You and Tequila" - Kenny Chesney, ft. Grace Potter (Buddy Cannon)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" - Thompson Square, "God Gave Me You" - Blake Shelton, "Heart Like Mine" - Miranda Lambert, "A Little Bit Stronger" - Sara Evans, "Mama's Song" - Carrie Underwood)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Call Your Girlfriend" - Robyn (Klas Åhlund & Jayce Lewis)
• "Cinema (Skrillex remix)" - Benny Benassi, Gary Go & Skrillex (Benny Benassi)
• "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull, ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (Afrojack)
• "Hello" - Martin Solveig & Dragonette (Martin Solveig)
• "Save the World" - Swedish House Mafia (Swedish House Mafia)
• "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" - Skrillex (Sonny Moore)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Barbra Streisand" - Duck Sauce, "Champagne Showers" - LMFAO, ft. Natalia Kills, "Judas" - Lady Gaga, "On the Floor" - Jennifer Lopez, ft. Pitbull, "Tonight Tonight" - Hot Chelle Rae)

Best Pop Song

• "Firework" - Katy Perry (Stargate & Sandy Vee)
• "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
• "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5, ft. Christina Aguilera (Shellback & Benny Blanco)
• "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO (Redfoo & GoonRock)
• "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People (Mark Foster)
• "Someone Like You" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Dan Wilson)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga, "Good Life" - OneRepublic, "Just Can't Get Enough" - Black Eyed Peas, "Titanium" - David Guetta, ft. Sia)

Best Rap Song

• "All of the Lights" - Kanye West, ft. Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi (Kanye West)
• "Black and Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa (Stargate)
• "Otis" - Jay-Z & Kanye West, ft. Otis Redding (Kanye West)
• "The Show Goes On" - Lupe Fiasco (Kane Beatz)
• "Written in the Stars" - Tinie Tempah, ft. Eric Turner (iSHi)
  (Honourable Mentions: "I Need a Doctor" - Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skyler Grey, "Lighters" - Bad Meets Evil, ft. Bruno Mars, "Look at Me Now" - Chris Brown, Lil' Wayne & Busta Rhymes), "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj, "Yonkers" - Tyler, the Creator)

Best Rock Song

• "The Cave" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
• "Down by the Water" - The Decembrists (Tucker Martine)
• "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" - Coldplay (Markus Dravs, Rik Simpson & Daniel Green)
• "Hey Ahab" - Elton John & Leon Russell (T-Bone Burnett)
• "Walk" - Foo Fighters (Butch Vig)
  (Honourable Mentions: "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Back Down South" - Kings of Leon, "Lotus Flower" - Radiohead, "Perth" - Bon Iver, "Walk with Me" - Neil Young)

Best Songwriting

• "The Cave" - Mumford and Sons (Marcus Mumford, Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett & Country Wilson)
• "F**kin' Perfect" - P!nk (Alecia Moore, Max Martin & Karl Johan Schuster)
• "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Claude Kelly, Brody Brown & Andrew Wyatt)
• "Holocene" - Bon Iver (Justin Vernon)
• "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth)
  (Honourable Mentions: "All of the Lights" - Kanye West, ft. Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi, "Firework" - Katy Perry, "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People, "Someone Like You" - Adele, "Walk" - Foo Fighters)

Best Original Score

• Black Swan (Clint Mansell)
• The Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone)
• The King's Speech (Alexandre Desplat)
• The Social Network (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
• TRON: Legacy (Daft Punk)
  

Best Compilation Soundtrack

• Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series (Kevin Weaver, Randall Poster & Stewart Lerman)
• Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry & Tricky Stewart)
• Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (Adam Anders, Peer Åström & Ryan Murphy)
• Tangled (Alan Menken)
• True Blood: Volume 3 (Gary Calamar)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Christmastime is Killing Us" - Family Guy (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
• "I Believe" - The Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone)
• "I See the Light" - Tangled (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
• "So Long" - Winnie the Pooh (Zooey Deschanel)
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" - Burlesque (Diane Warren)

Best New Artist

• Bon Iver
• Foster the People
• Jessie J
• Nicki Minaj
• Skrillex
  (Honourable Mentions: Christina Perri, Ellie Goulding, Jackie Evancho, Marsha Ambrosius, Wiz Khalifa)

2011 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire [HBO] (Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson & Tim Van Patten)
• Dexter [Showtime] (John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Chip Johannessen, Manny Coto, Scott Buck & Michael C. Hall)
• Friday Night Lights [NBC] (Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey, David Hudgins & Jason Katims)
• Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff & D.B. Weiss)
• Justified [FX] (Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, Michael Dinner, Carl Beverly, Fred Golan & Sarah Timberman)
• Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner & Scott Hornbacher)
  (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• 30 Rock [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond & John Riggi)
• American Dad! [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan)
• The Big Bang Theory [CBS] (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Lee Aronsohn)
• Glee [FOX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan & Dante Di Loreto)
• The Office [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant, Ben Silverman & Paul Lieberstein)
• Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein & David Miner)
  (Honourable Mentions: Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Modern Family, The United States of Tara)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite [HBO] (Gavin Polone & Zanne Devine, executive producers; Karyn McCarthy, producer)
• Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes, Gareth Naeme & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Nigel Marchant & Liz Trubridge, producers)
• Mildred Pierce [HBO] (Christine Vachon, John Wells, Pamela Koffler & Todd Haynes, executive producers)
• The Pillars of the Earth [Starz] (Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David A. Rosemont, David W. Zucker, Jonas Bauer, Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin & Michael Prupas, executive producers; John Ryan, producer)
  
• Too Big to Fail [HBO] (Curtis Hanson, Paula Weinstein & Jeffrey Levine, executive producers; Ezra Swerdlow, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: Carlos, The Kennedys, Luther, Sherlock: A Study in Pink, Thurgood)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
• Conan [TBS] (Jeff Ross)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese & Josh Lieb)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
• Real Time with Bill Maher [HBO] (Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Brad Grey, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz & Billy Martin)
• Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)

Best Variety Special

• Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On [HBO] (Bette Midler, executive producer/producer; Seanne Farmer, producer)
• Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking [HBO] (Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, producers)
• The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Michael Stevens, producer)
• Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden [HBO] (Lady Gaga, Troy Carter, Vincent Herbert, Jimmy Iovine & Mo Morrison, executive producers; Dawn Robinson, producer)
• Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 [HBO] (Ricky Gervais, executive producer; John Moffitt & Pat Tourk Lee, producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 64th Tony Awards, 83rd Academy Awards, The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, Tina Fey: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Comedy)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
• Deadliest Catch [Discovery] (Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek & Tracy Rudolph)
• Hoarders [A&E] (Matt Chan, Dave Severson, Jodi Flynn, Robert Sharenow & Andrew Berg)
• MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Tracy Rudolph)
• Undercover Boss [CBS] (Eli Holzman, Stephen Lambert & Chris Carlson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Dirty Jobs, Intervention, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Who Do You Think You Are?)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
• American Idol [FOX] (Ken Warwick, Nigel Lythgoe, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
• America's Got Talent [NBC] (Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Ken Warwick, Jason Ruff & Georgie Hurford-Jones)
• So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman & Nigel Lythgoe)
• Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Andrew Cohen & Dave Serwatka)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, Survivor, The Voice)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
• Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
• Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters
• Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
  (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race, Heidi Klum - Project Runway, Padma Lakshmi - Top Chef, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "100 A.D." [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan, executive producers; Tim Parsons, director; Keith Heisler, writer)
• Family Guy - "Road to the North Pole" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Mark Hentemann & Steve Callaghan; executive producers; Greg Colton, director; Chris Sheridan & Danny Smith, executive producers/writers)
• Futurama - "The Late Philip J. Fry" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening, David X. Cohen & Ken Keeler, executive producers; Peter Avanzino, director; Lew Morton, writer)
• Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode III" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green & Matthew Senreich, executive producers/writers; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Chris McKay, director; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Matthew Beans, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Geoff Johns, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick, Hugh Sterbakov & Zeb Wells, writers)
• The Simpsons - "Donnie Fatso" [FOX] (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; Ralph Sosa, director; Chris Cluess, writer)
• South Park - "Crack Baby Athletic Association" [Comedy Central] (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "A Return to Normalcy")
• Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
• Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Episode: "My Bad")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
• Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "After Hours")
• Timothy Olyphant - Justified (Episode: "Reckoning")
  (Honourable Mentions: Sean Bean - Game of Thrones, James Badge Dale - Rubicon, Peter Krause - Parenthood, William H. Macy - Shameless)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "100")
• Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons (Episode: "Donnie Fatso")
• Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Benefactor Factor")
• Matt LeBlanc - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection")
  (Honourable Mentions: Louis C.K. - Louie, Charlie Day - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob Lowe - Parks and Recreation, Matthew Morrison - Glee, )

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey
• Idris Elba - Luther
• Greg Kinnear - The Kennedys
• Barry Pepper - The Kennedys
• Édgar Ramirez - Carlos
  (Honourable Mentions: Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock, Laurence Fishburne - Thurgood, William Hurt - Too Big to Fail, Ian McShane - The Pillars of the Earth, Patrick Stewart - Macbeth)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Kathy Bates - Harry's Law (Episode: "Innocent Man")
• Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
• Mireille Enos - The Killing (Episode: "Missing")
• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Getting Off")
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
• Anna Torv - Fringe (Episode: "Marionette")
  (Honourable Mentions: Lauren Graham - Parenthood, Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, Katey Segal - Sons of Anarchy)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Rat Falls")
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
• Laura Linney - The Big C (Episode: "Pilot")
• Melissa McCarthy - Mike & Molly (Episode: "First Date")
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Flu Season")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
  (Honourable Mentions: Toni Collette - The United States of Tara, Courteney Cox - Cougar Town, Lea Michele - Glee, Martha Plimpton - Raising Hope)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Taraji P. Henson - Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
• Diane Lane - Cinema Verite
• Jean Marsh - Upstairs, Downstairs
• Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey
• Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce
  

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Josh Charles - The Good Wife (Episode: "Closing Arguments")
• Alan Cumming - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
• Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Baelor")
• Walton Goggins - Justified (Episode: "The I of the Storm")
• John Noble - Fringe (Episode: "The Firefly")
• John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Hands and Knees")
  (Honourable Mentions: Andre Braugher - Men of a Certain Age, Shawn Hatosy - Southland, Michael B. Jordan - Friday Night Lights, Michael Shannon - Boardwalk Empire)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Good Cop Bad Dog")
• Chris Colfer - Glee (Episode: "Duets")
• Scott Grimes - American Dad! (Episode: "Son of Stan")
• Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammy Part 2")
• Ed O'Neill - Modern Family (Episode: "The Kiss")
• Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family (Episode: "Mother's Day")
  (Honourable Mentions: Aziz Ansari - Parks and Recreaiton, Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men, Donald Glover - Community, Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• James Gandolfini - Cinema Verite
• Paul Giamatti - Too Big to Fail
• Guy Pearce - Mildred Pierce
• Tom Wilkinson - The Kennedys
• James Woods - Too Big to Fail
  (Honourable Mentions: Brendan Coyle - Downton Abbey, Martin Freeman - Sherlock, Brian F. O'Byrne - Mildred Pierce, Tim Robbins - Cinema Verite, Donald Sutherland - The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
• Michelle Forbes - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Summer Man")
• Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Family Limitation")
• Margo Martindale - Justified (Episode: "Brother's Keeper")
• Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (Episode: "Getting Off")
  (Honourable Mentions: Khandi Alexander - Treme, Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones, Monica Potter - Parenthood, Sara Ramirez - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Strangers on a Treadmill")
• Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "Queen of Jordan")
• Jane Lynch - Glee (Episode: "Funeral")
• Sofía Vergara - Modern Family (Episode: "Slow Down Your Neighbors")
• Betty White - Hot in Cleveland (Episode: "Free Elka")
• Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jane Lynch")
  (Honourable Mentions: Wendie Malick - Hot in Cleveland, Heather Morris - Glee, Busy Philipps - Cougar Town, Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Melissa Leo - Mildred Pierce
• Alison Pill - The Pillars of the Earth
• Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
• Mare Winningham - Mildred Pierce
• Evan Rachel Wood - Mildred Pierce
  (Honourable Mentions: Gillian Anderson - Any Human Heart, Eileen Atkins - Upstairs, Downstairs, Kim Cattrall - Any Human Heart, Cynthia Nixon - Too Big to Fail, Ruth Wilson - Luther)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Beau Bridges - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Brody")
• Jeremy Davies - Justified (Episode: "Reckoning")
• Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Poisoned Pill")
• Jack Huston - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Home")
• Jeremy Irons - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Mask")
• Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Blowing Smoke")
  (Honourable Mentions: Bruce Dern - Big Love, Hal Holbrook - Sons of Anarchy, Paul McCrane - Harry's Law, Jonny Lee Miller - Dexter)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Plan B")
• Matt Damon - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
• Idris Elba - The Big C (Episode: "Blue-Eyed Iris")
• Will Ferrell - The Office (Episode: "Training Day")
• Zach Galifianakis - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Zach Galifianakis")
• Nathan Lane - Modern Family (Episode: "Boys' Night")
  (Honourable Mentions: Darren Criss - Glee, Paul Giamatti - 30 Rock, Eddie Izzard - The United States of Tara, Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live)
  
  

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father")
• Loretta DeVine - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "This is How We Do It")
• America Ferrera - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
• Mary McDonnell - The Closer (Episode: "Help Wanted")
• Julia Stiles - Dexter (Episode: "In the Beginning")
• Alfre Woodard - True Blood (Episode: "Night in the Sun")
  (Honourable Mentions: Shorheh Aghdashloo - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Randee Heller - Mad Men, Gretchen Mol - Boardwalk Empire, Jessica Pare - Mad Men)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Elizabeth Banks - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
• Kristin Chenoweth - Glee (Episode: "Rumours")
• Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
• Cloris Leachman - Raising Hope (Episode: "Don't Vote for This Episode")
• Megan Mullally - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammy Part 2")
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Glee (Episode: "The Substitute")
  (Honourable Mentions: Carol Burnett - Glee, Shelley Long - Modern Family, Cynthia Nixon - The Big C, Parker Posey - Parks and Recreation)

Best Direction - Drama

• Frank Darabont - The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
• Patty Jenkins - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
• Neil Jordan - The Borgias (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice")
• Jeremy Podeswa - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Anastasia")
• Martin Scorsese - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Tim Van Patten - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
  (Honourable Mentions: Felix Alcala - Southland, Robert King - The Good Wife, Michael Slovis - Rubicon, Alan Taylor - Game of Thrones)

Best Direction - Comedy

• Bob Bowen - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
• Bill Condon - The Big C (Episode: "Pilot")
• Paul Feig - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
• Pamela Fryman - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Subway Wars")
• Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live Show")
• Michael Spiller - Modern Family (Episode: "Halloween")
  (Honourable Mentions: Eyal Gordin - Raising Hope, Steven Levitan - Modern Family, John Riggi - 30 Rock, Craig Zisk - The United States of Tara)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Olivier Assayas - Carlos
• Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini - Cinema Verite
• Todd Haynes - Mildred Pierce
• Curtis Hanson - Too Big to Fail
• Brian Percival - Downton Abbey
  (Honourable Mentions: Rupert Goold - Macbeth, Paul McGuigan - Sherlock, Saul Metzstein - Upstairs, Downstairs, Sam Miller - Luther, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan - The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Writing - Drama

• David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Baelor")
• Taylor Elmore - Justified (Episode: "Brother's Keeper")
• Jason Katims - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
• Veena Sud - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
• Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
• Terence Winter - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  (Honourable Mentions: Andre & Maria Jacquemetton - Mad Men, Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife, Erin Levy - Mad Men, Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman - Fringe)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Poker/Divorce")
• David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Greg Daniels - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
• Matt Hubbard - 30 Rock (Episode: "Reaganing")
• Laura McCreary - American Dad! (Episode: "Jenny Fromdabloc")
• Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
  (Honourable Mentions: Brad Falchuk - Glee, Andrew Guest - Community, Norm Hiscock - Parks and Recreation, Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman - Modern Family)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
• Peter Gould - Too Big to Fail
• Todd Haynes & Jonathan Raymond - Mildred Pierce
• Steven Moffatt - Sherlock
• David Seltzer - Cinema Verite
  

Best Casting - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire (Ellen Lewis & Meredith Tucker)
• Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy & John Brace)
• Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
• The Good Wife (Mark Saks)
• Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
  (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Killing, Rubicon, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Casting - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamra-Shroff & Katja Blichfeld)
• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Glee (Robert J. Ulrich & Eric Dawson)
• Modern Family (Jeff Greenberg)
• Nurse Jackie (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Big C, Community, The Office, Parks and Recreation, The United States of Tara)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Randi Hiller)
• Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
• Mildred Pierce (Laura Rosenthal)
• Too Big to Fail (Alexa L. Fogel & Christine Kromer)
  
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Andy Pryor)
  (Honourable Mentions: Carlos, Luther, The Pillars of the Earth, Sherlock, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena)

Best Cinematography - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Stuart Dryburgh (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Home")
• The Borgias - Paul Sarossy (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice")
• Game of Thrones - Alik Sakharov (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
• Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "The Summer Man")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire - Kramer Morgenthau, The Good Wife - Fred Murphy, The Killing - Peter Wunsdorf, Modern Family - James Bagdonas, The Walking Dead - David Tattersall)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Downton Abbey (David Katznelson)
• The Kennedys (David Moxness)
• Mildred Pierce (Edward Lachman)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Attila Szalay)
• Too Big to Fail (Kramer Morgenthau)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• The Borgias - Gabriella Pescucci (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")
• Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Pointy End")
• Glee - Lou Eyrich (Episode: "New York")
• Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "The Beautiful Girls")
  (Honourable Mentions: Big Love, Saturday Night Live, Sons of Anarchy, Treme, True Blood)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Suttitrat Anne Larlarb)
• Downton Abbey (Susannah Buxton)
• The Kennedys (Christopher Hargadon)
• Mildred Pierce (Ann Roth)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Amy Roberts)

Best Editing - Series

• 30 Rock - Meg Reticker (Episode: "100")
• American Dad! - Rob DeSales (Episode: "100 A.D.")
• The Big Bang Theory - Peter John Chakos (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection")
• Boardwalk Empire - Sidney Wolinsky (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Mad Men - Tom Wilson (Episode: "The Suitcase")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dexter - Louis Cioffi, Friday Night Lights - Angela Catanzaro, The Killing - Elizabeth Kling, Mad Men - Pattye Rogers & Leo Trombetta, The Walking Dead - Hunter M. Via)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Sarah Flack & Robert Pulcini)
• Downton Abbey (John Wilson)
• The Kennedys (Don Cassidy)
• Mildred Pierce (Camila Toniolo)
• Too Big to Fail (Barbara Tulliver & Plummy Tucker)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire (Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Dabney Coleman, Anthony Lacuira, Gretchen Mol, Vincent Piazza, Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlbarg, Shea Whigham & Michael Shannon, et. al.)
• Friday Night Lights (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Madison Burge, Grey Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Matt Lauria, Aimee Teegarden & Jurnee Smollett, et. al.)
• Game of Thrones (Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Richard Madden & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
• The Good Wife (Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming, Matt Czuchry, Chris Noth, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Mary Beth Peil & Makenzie Vega, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Kiernan Shipka, Rich Sommer & Robert Morse, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Justified, Rubicon, Shameless, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Keith Powell, John Lutz, Katrina Bowden & Judah Friedlander, et. al.)
• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito, et. al.)
• Modern Family (Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara & Ariel Winter, et. al.)
• Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Retta & Adam Scott, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Big Bang Theory, Community, Glee, The Office, The Simpsons)

Best Main Title Design

• Boardwalk Empire (Karin Fong, Michelle Dougherty, Lauren Hartshone & Cara McKenney)
• Game of Thrones (Angus Wall, Robert Feng, Kirk H. Shintani & Hameed Shaukat)
• Rubicon (Karin Fong, Jeremy Cox, Theodore Daley & Cara McKenney)
• Too Big to Fail (Michael Riley, Bob Swensen, Adam Bluming & Cory Shaw)
• The Walking Dead (Kyle Cooper, Paul McDonnell, Henry Hobson & Ryan Robertson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart, The Big C, Fairly Legal, The Killing, Mildred Pierce)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• The Borgias (Trevor Morris)
• Downton Abbey (John Lunn)
• Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
• Mildred Pierce (Carter Burwell)
• The Walking Dead (Bear McCreary & Steve Kaplan)
  (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart, Camelot, Episodes, The Kennedys, Rubicon)

Best Makeup - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Nicki Ledermann, Evelyne Noraz & Joseph Farulla (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Game of Thrones - Paul Engelen, Melissa Lackersteen & Conor O'Sullivan (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
• Glee - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Jennifer Greenberg & Mike Mekash (Episode: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show")
• Mad Men - Lana Grossman, Ron Pipes & Tricia Sawyer (Episode: "The Rejected")
• The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Cape, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Carlos (Christophe Giraud, Emmanuel Pitois & Dominique Plez)
• Cinema Verite (Mindy Hall & Julie Hewett)
• The Kennedys (Jordan Samuel, Linda Dowds & Colin Penman)
• Mildred Pierce (Patricia Regan & Linda Melazzo)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Colleen Quinton)

Best Music Composition - Series

• 30 Rock - Jeff Richmond (Episode: "100")
• Family Guy - Ron Jones (Episode: "Road to the North Pole")
• Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
• The Simpsons - Alf Clausen (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXI")
• The Walking Dead - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: American Masters - Garth Neustadter, Family Guy - Walter Murphy, Fringe - Chris Tilton, The Killing - Frans Bak, Rubicon - Peter Nashel)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Downton Abbey (John Lunn)
• Mildred Pierce (Carter Burwell)
• Sherlock (David Arnold & Michael Price)
• Thurgood (Rob Mathes)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Daniel Pemberton)
  (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart - Dan Jones, Cinema Verite - Rolfe Kent, The Kennedys - Sean Callery, The Pillars of the Earth - Trevor Morris, Too Big to Fail - Marcelo Zavros)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• Family Guy - "All I Want for Christmas" (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
• Family Guy - "Christmastime is Killing Us" (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
• Glee - "Get it Right" (Adam Anders, Nikki Hassman & Peer Åström)
• Saturday Night Live - "I Just Had Sex" (Jerrod Bettis, Justin Franks, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)
• Saturday Night Live - "Jack Sparrow" (Mike Woods, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)

Best Production Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Bob Shaw & Debra Schutt (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• The Borgias - François Séguin & Judit Varga (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")
• Game of Thrones - Gemma Jackson & Richard Roberts (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
• Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "Public Relations")
• True Blood - Suzuki Ingerslev & Laura Richarz (Episode: "Beautifully Broken")
  (Honourable Mentions: Glee, How I Met Your Mother, The Killing, Modern Family, The Walking Dead)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Downton Abbey (Donal Woods & Gina Cromwell)
• The Kennedys (Rocco Matteo & Enrico Campana)
• Mildred Pierce (Mark Friedberg & Ellen Christiansen)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Miljen Kreka Kljakovic & Franco Fumagali)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Eve Stewart & Julia Castle)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

• Adventure Time - "It Came from the Nightosphere" [Cartoon Network] (Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Larry Leichliter, supervising director; Adam Muto & Rebecca Sugar, writers)
• Regular Show - "Mordecai and the Rigbys" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez & Brian Sheesley, animation directors; Sean Szeles & Shion Takeuchi, writers)
• SpongeBob Squarepants - "That Sinking Feeling" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Alan Smart, supervising director; Andrew Overtoom, animation director; Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier & Mr. Lawrence, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty & Tom Fleischman (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Family Guy - Jordan Wilby, Patrick S. Clark & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Road to the North Pole")
• Game of Thrones - Stefan Henrix, Daniel Crowley & Mark Taylor (Episode: "A Golden Crown")
• Glee - Zeke Richardson, Doug Andham & Joe Earle (Episode: "The Substitute")
• The Walking Dead - Walter Newman, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Justified, Southland, True Blood)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Douglas Murray, Lora Hirschberg & Scott R. Lewis)
• The Kennedys (Mark Gingras, Frank Morrone & Stephen Traub)
• Mildred Pierce (Thomas O'Neil Younkman, Simone Corelli & Leslie Shatz)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Antoine Morin, Dominik Pagacz, Gavin Fernandes & Louis Gignac)
• Too Big to Fail (Michael Kirchberger, Bob Beemer & Chris Jenkins)

Best Visual Effects

• Boardwalk Empire - David Taritero, Robert Stromberg, Paul Graff & Justin Ball (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• The Borgias - Bob Munroe, Doug Campbell, Bill Halliday & Luke Groves (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin")
• Fringe - Robert Habros, Jay Worth, Bob Comer & Addie Manis (Episode: "Olivia")
• Game of Thrones - Adam McInnes, Angela Barson, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor & Henry Badgett (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
• The Walking Dead - Sam Nicholson, Jason Sperling, Kent Johnson & Gregory Nicotero (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: Gettsyburg, The Pillars of the Earth, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Stargate Universe, True Blood)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Joe Mantegna - The Simpsons for voicing "Fat Tony" D'Amico in "Donnie Fatso"
• Christopher Plummer - Moguls and Movie Stars for narrating "The Birth of Hollywood"
• Harry Shearer - The Simpsons for voicing C. Montgomery Burns in "The Fool Monty"
• Brenda Strong - Desperate Housewives for voicing Mary Alice Young in "Come on Over for Dinner"
• Marcia Wallace - The Simpsons for voicing Edna Krabappel in "The Ned-Liest Catch"
  (Honourable Mentions: Jeff Bergman - The Looney Tunes Show, John DiMaggio - Futurama, Maurice LaMarche - Futurama, Seth MacFarlane - American Dad!, Karl Pilkington - The Ricky Gervais Show)

2011 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

• The Help (Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan & Brunson N. Green)
  
• Hugo (Tim Headington, Graham King, Johnny Depp & Martin Scorsese)
• Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks & Gary Goertzen)
• Moneyball (Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz & Brad Pitt)
• Super 8 (J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg & Bryan Burk)
• War Horse (Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Separation, The Tree of Life)

Best Director

• David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
• Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
• Martin Scorsese - Hugo
• Steven Spielberg - War Horse
  (Honourable Mentions: J.J. Abrams - Super 8, George Clooney - The Ides of March, Bennett Miller - Moneyball, Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive, Steven Soderbergh - Contagion)

Best Lead Actor

• George Clooney - The Descendants
• Michael Fassbender - Shame
• Ryan Gosling - Drive
• Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball
  (Honourable Mentions: Demián Bichir - A Better Life, Jean Dujardin - The Artist, Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50, Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March, Michael Shannon - Take Shelter)

Best Lead Actress

• Viola Davis - The Help
• Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
  (Honourable Mentions: Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs, Olivia Colman - Tyrannosaur, Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene, Charlize Theron - Young Adult, Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids)

Best Supporting Actor

• Albert Brooks - Drive
• Jonah Hill - Moneyball
• Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners
• Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  (Honourable Mentions: Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn, Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March, Ezra Miller - We Need to Talk About Kevin, Nick Nolte - Warrior, Alan Rickman - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)

Best Supporting Actress

• Jessica Chastain - The Help
• Elle Fanning - Super 8
• Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus
• Julia Roberts - Larry Crowne
• Octavia Spencer - The Help
  (Honourable Mentions: Sareh Bayet - A Separation, Bérénice Bejo - The Artist, Bryce Dallas Howard - The Help, Carey Mulligan - Shame, Kate Winslet - Carnage)

Best Original Screenplay

• The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
• Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig)
• Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks & Nia Varadalos)
• Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
• Young Adult (Diablo Cody)
  (Honourable Mentions: 50/50, Margin Call, Rango, A Separation, Source Code)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon; based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hennings)
• The Help (Tate Taylor; based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett)
• The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon; based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon)
• Moneyball (Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian & Stan Chervin; based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan; based on the novel by John le Carré)
  (Honourable Mentions: Drive, Hugo, The Muppets, War Horse, We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Cast Ensemble

• Bridesmaids [Allison Jones] (Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Chris O’Dowd, Jill Clayburgh, Matt Lucas & Rebel Wilson, et. al.)
• The Help [Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee] (Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Ahna O’Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Chris Lowell, Mike Vogel & Cicely Tyson, et. al.)
• The Ides of March [Ellen Chenoweth] (Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella, Gregory Itzin & Jennifer Ehle, et. al.)
• Larry Crowne [Jeanne McCarthy] (Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Bryan Cranston, Rami Malek & George Takei, et. al.)
• Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol [April Webster & Alyssa Weisberg] (Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Lea Seydoux & Anil Kapoor, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, Carnage, Contagion, Margin Call, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

• Asa Butterfield - Hugo
• Elle Fanning - Super 8
• Dakota Goyo - Real Steel
• Chloë Moretz - Hugo
• Saoirse Ronan - Hanna
  (Honourable Mentions: Robert Capron - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules!, Joel Courtney - Super 8, Zachary Gordon - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules!, Thomas Horn - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hunter McCracken - The Tree of Life)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Bullhead [Belgium] (Michaël R. Roskam)
• In Darkness [Poland] (Agnieszka Holland)
• Pina [Germany] (Wim Wenders)
• A Separation [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
• The Skin I Live In [Spain] (Pedro Almodóvar)
  (Honourable Mentions: 13 Assassins, Certified Copy, Footnote, Miss Bala, Mysteries in Lisbon)

Best Documentary Feature

• Buck (Cindy Meehl & Julie Goldman)
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog & Erik Nelson)
• Hell and Back Again (Danfung Dennis & Mike Lerner)
• Project Nim (James Marsh & Simon Chinn)
• Undefeated (Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Seth Gordon & Ed Cunningham)
  (Honourable Mentions: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, The Interrupters, Page One: Inside the New York Times, Senna)

Best Original Score

• The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
• Hugo (Howard Shore)
• Thor (Patrick Doyle)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias)
• War Horse (John Williams)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams, Drive - Cliff Martinez, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Hanna - The Chemical Brothers, Super 8 - Michael Giacchino)

Best Original Song

• "Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs (Brian Byrne & Glenn Close)
• "Life's a Happy Song" - The Muppets (Bret McKenzie)
• "The Living Proof" - The Help (Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman & Harvey Mason Jr.)
• "Pictures in My Head" - The Muppets (Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis & Chen Neeman)
• "So Long" - Winnie the Pooh (Zooey Deschanel)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Collision of Worlds" - Cars 2, "Hello Hello" - Gnomeo & Juliet, "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets, "Masterpiece" - W.E., "Star Spangled Man" - Captain America: The First Avenger)

Best Sound Editing

• The Adventures of Tintin (Brent Burge & Chris Ward)
• Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Richard Hymns)
• Super 8 (Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood)
• Thor (Richard King)
• War Horse (Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns)
  (Honourable Mentions: Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Source Code, Transformers: The Dark of the Moon)

Best Sound Mixing

• Drive (Robert Eber, Robert Fernandez & Dave Paterson)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Bo Persson)
• Super 8 (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tom Johnson & Mark Ulano)
• Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush & Peter J. Devlin)
• War Horse (Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson & Stuart Wilson)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, Moneyball, The Tree of Life)

Best Animated Feature

• The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Peter Jackson)
• Chico & Rita (Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Cristina Huete & Martin Pope)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Melissa Cobb)
• Rango (Gore Verbinski, Graham King & John B. Carls)
• Winnie the Pooh (Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall, Peter Del Vecho & Clark Spencer)
  (Honourable Mentions: Arthur Christmas, A Cat in Paris, Puss in Boots, Rio, Wrinkles)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Michael Caine - Cars 2 for voicing Finn McMissile
• Jim Cummings - Winnie the Pooh for voicing Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
• Johnny Depp - Rango for voicing Rango
• Zach Galifianakis - Puss in Boots for voicing Humpty Alexander Dumpty
• Gary Oldman - Kung Fu Panda 2 for voicing Lord Shen
  (Honourable Mentions: Antonio Banderas - Puss in Boots, Jack Black - Kung Fu Panda 2, Jemaine Clement - Rio, Ashley Jensen - Arthur Christmas, Bill Nighy - Arthur Christmas)

Best Cinematography

• Drive (Newton Thomas Sigel)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth)
• Hugo (Robert Richardson)
• The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
• War Horse (Janusz Kamiński)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman, Moneyball - Wally Pfister, Source Code - Don Burgess, Take Shelter - Adam Stone, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Hoyte van Hoytema)

Best Film Editing

• Drive (Mat Newman)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall)
• Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker)
• Super 8 (Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey)
• War Horse (Michael Kahn)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius, The Descendants - Kevin Tent, Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol - Paul Hirsch, Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen, The Tree of Life - Hank Corwin, Billy Weber, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende & Mark Yoshikawa)

Best Art Direction

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan)
• Hugo (Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo)
• Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Maria Djurkovic & Tom Brown)
• War Horse (Rick Carter & Lee Sandales)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, The Help, Kung Fu Panda 2, Midnight in Paris, Thor)

Best Costume Design

• The Artist (Mark Bridges)
• The Help (Sharen Davis)
• Hugo (Sandy Powell)
• Jane Eyre (Michael O'Connor)
• Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (Jenny Beavan)
  (Honourable Mentions: Anonymous, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Immortals, My Week with Marilyn, W.E.)

Best Makeup

• Captain America; The First Avenger (David White & Lisa Westcott)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight & Lisa Tomblin)
• The Iron Lady (Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland)
  (Honourable Mentions: Albert Nobbs, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, J. Edgar, Thor, X-Men: First Class)

Best Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler & John Richardson)
• Real Steel (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor & Swen Gillberg)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White & Daniel Barrett)
• Super 8 (Steven Riley, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri & Dennis Muren)
• Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler & John Frazier)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin, Hugo, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Source Code, Thor)

2010 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Vincent Pontbriand)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Charles Connoy, Pat Dwyer & Sam Nouriani)
• Heavy Rain (Charles Coutier)
• Mass Effect 2 (Casey Hudson, Jesse Houston & Nathan Plewes)
  
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Yoshiaki Koizumi & Takashi Tezuka)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dance Central, God of War III, Limbo, Red Dead Redemption, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Patrick Plourde)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (David Anthony)
• Halo: Reach (Marcus Lehto)
• Heavy Rain (David Cage)
• Red Dead Redemption (Adam Fowler & Ted Carson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BioShock 2, God of War III, Limbo, Super Mario Galaxy 2)

Best Game Design

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Steven Masters)
• Epic Mickey (Robert Chase Jones)
• Heavy Rain (Raoul Barbet & Gabriel Esteves)
• Red Dead Redemption (Christian Cantamessa)
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Kenta Motokura)
  (Honourable Mentions: BioShock 2, God of War III, Limbo, Mass Effect 2, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)

Best Family/Casual Game

• Angry Birds (Raine Mäki & Harro Grönberg)
• Dance Central (Kasson Crooker)
• Epic Mickey (Warren Spector)
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (Kentarou Sei)
• Rock Band 3 (Daniel Sussman & Josh Randall)
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game (Garrett Young & Randy Chua)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bejeweled 3, Kinect Sports, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX)

Best Sport/Racing Game

• FIFA 11 (David Rutter & Andrew Wilson)
• Gran Turismo 5 (Kazunori Yamauchi)
• NBA 2K11 (Erick Boenisch)
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Alex Ward, Craig Sullivan & Fiona Sperry)
• NHL 11 (Sean Ramjagsingh)
  (Honourable Mentions: F1 2010, Kinect Sports, Madden NFL 11, MLB '10: The Show, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing)

Best Technical Innovation

• Call of Duty: Black Ops (David King & Trevor Walker)
• Dance Central (Marc Flury)
• Heavy Rain (Ronan Marchalot)
• Red Dead Redemption (Ted Carson)
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Takeshi Hayakawa)
  (Honourable Mentions: Angry Birds, Halo: Reach, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Limbo, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)

Best Multiplayer

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Hugo Simard & Sébastien Bessette)
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Kristoffer Bergqvist)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Garrett Akira Oshino & Shamen'e Childress)
• Halo: Reach (David Allen, Chris Carney, Chad Armstrong & Derek Carroll)
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

• Civilization V (Sid Meier & Barry Caudill)
• Fallout: New Vegas (Josh Sawyer)
• Napoleon: Total War (Mike Simpson)
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Frank Pearce Jr. & Chris Metzen)
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (Mark Noseworthy)

Best Audio Design

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Mathieu Jeanson, Hugo Bastien, Hayden Whiting & Justin Phillips)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Brian Tuey, Chris Cowell & Stephen McCaul)
• Halo: Reach (C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell & Jay Weinland)
• Heavy Rain (Xavier Despas, Chris Babelian, Mathieu Muller & Mathieu Fiorentini)
  
• Limbo (Martin Stig Andersen)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BioShock 2, God of War III, Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption)

Best Music

• Alan Wake (Petri Alanko)
• Heavy Rain (Normand Corbeil)
• Mass Effect 2 (Jack Wall, Sam Hulick, Jimmy Hinson & David Kates)
• Red Dead Redemption (Bill Elm & Woody Jackson)
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu & Koji Kondo)
  (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Jesper Kyd, Donkey Kong Country Returns - Kenji Yamamoto, Fable III - Russell Shaw, Final Fantasy XIII - Masashi Hamauzu, Halo: Reach - Martin O'Donnell)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

• Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Akihiro Hino & Jin Fujisawa)
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Dana Jan)
• Infinity Blade (Donald Mustard)
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Hideo Kojima)
• Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Usuke Kumagai & Jun Suzuki)
  (Honourable Mentions: Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Sonic Colors, Super Scribblenauts)

Best Fighting Game

• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Toshimichi Mori & Yūki Katō)
• Super Street Fighter IV (Taisaku Okada)
• UFC Undisputed 2010 (Hiromi Furuta)

Best Art Direction

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Mohamed Gambouz)
• ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West (Stuart Adcock & Alessandro Taini)
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (Tetsuya Notoya, Rieko Kawahara & Yumiko Sano)
  
• Red Dead Redemption (Joshua Bass, Daren Bader & Nikola Trifunovic)
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Kazunori Hashimoto)
  (Honourable Mentions: Alan Wake, Epic Mickey, God of War III, Heavy Rain, Limbo)

Best Animation

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Marc-André Clearmont, François Lévesque, Kama Dunsmore & Chi Chun Ng) 
• God of War III (Bruno Velazquez, Michael Biancalana, Jason Hall & Mehdi Yssef)
• Heavy Rain (Clément Castanier)
• Mass Effect 2 (Parrish Ley, Bradley Kinley, Cristian Enciso & Kiaran Ritchie)
• Red Dead Redemption (Sangsoon Park, DongJun Kim, Eliot Tokoroyama & Sean Letts)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Black Ops, ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West, God of War III, Halo: Reach, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction)

Best Story/Writing

• Alan Wake (Sam Lake, Mikko Rautalahti & Petri Järvilehto)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Craig Houston, David Anthony & Corky Lehmkuhl)
• Heavy Rain (David Cage)
• Mass Effect 2 (Mac Walters & Drew Karpyshyn)
• Red Dead Redemption (Dan Houser, Michael Unsworth & Christian Cantamessa)
  (Honourable Mentions: BioShock 2, ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West, Fallout: New Vegas, Halo: Reach, Metro 2033)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• T.C. Carson - God of War III for voicing Kratos
• Nathan Fillion - Halo: Reach for voicing Edward Buck
• Gary Oldman - Call of Duty: Black Ops for voicing Viktor Reznov/Daniel Clarke
• Andy Serkis - ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West for voicing Monkey
• Rob Wiethoff - Red Dead Redemption for voicing John Marston
  (Honourable Mentions: John Cleese - Fable III, Felicia Day - Fallout: New Vegas, Neil Kaplan - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Mark Meer - Mass Effect 2, Rip Torn - God of War III)

2010 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "Fuck You!" - Cee-Lo Green (The Smeezingtons)
• "Haven't Met You Yet" - Michael Bublé (Bob Rock & Martin Asp)
• "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons & Needlz)
• "This is It" - Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson, John McClain & Mervyn Warren)
• "Whataya Want from Me" - Adam Lambert (Max Martin & Shellback)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Count on Me" - Bruno Mars, "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz, "Half of My Heart" - John Mayer, "In My Head" - Jason DeRulo, "Something More" - Secondhand Serenade)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & RedOne)
• "Glitter in the Air" - P!nk (Billy Mann)
• "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
• "King of Anything" - Sara Bareilles (Neal Avron)
• "Only Girl (In the World)" - Rihanna (Stargate, Kuk Harrell & Sandy Vee)
• "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry (Dr. Luke, Max Martin & Benny Blanco)
  (Honourable Mentions: "According to You" - Orianthi, "Alejandro" - Lady Gaga, "Clap Your Hands" - Sia, "Valentino" - Diane Birch)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "Dog Days Are Over" - Florence + The Machine (James Ford)
• "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z, ft. Alicia Keys (Al Shux)
• "Hey, Soul Sister" - Train (Espionage, Martin Terefe & Gregg Wattenberg)
• "Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Alex da Kid & Makeba Riddick)
• "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley)
• "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - Santana, India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma (Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, Matt Serletic & Howard Benson)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Breakeven" - The Script, "Don't Give Up" - Herbie Hancock, John Legend & P!nk, "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull, "Wavin' Flag" - K'naan, Will.i.am & David Guetta)

Best Album

• The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga, RedOne, Fernando Garibay, Rodney Jerkins & Space Cowboy)
• I Dreamed a Dream - Susan Boyle (Steve Mac)
• Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley)
• The Suburbs - Arcade Fire (Arcade Fire & Markus Dravs)
• Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Stargate & Tricky Stewart)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Archandroid - Janelle Monáe, Kaleidoscope Heart - Sara Bareilles, Live at the Trobadour - Carole King & James Taylor, Raymond V Raymond - Usher, Soldier of Love - Sade)

Best Music Video

• "Ain't No Grave" - Johnny Cash (Chris Milk, director; Jennifer Heath, Aaron Koblin & Rick Rubin, producers)
• "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga (Francis Lawrence, director; Kathy Angstadt, Nicole Ehrlich & Heather Heller, producer)
• "Fuck You!" - Cee-Lo Green (Matt Stawski, director; Paul Bock, producer)
• "Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Joseph Kahn, director; MaryAnn Tanedo, producer)
• "The Wilderness Downtown/We Used to Wait" - Arcade Fire (Chris Milk, director)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Giving Up the Gun" - Vampire Weekend, "Rude Boy" - Rihanna, "Symphonies" - Dan Black, ft. Kid Cudi, "Telephone" - Lady Gaga & Beyoncé, "This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine" - OK Go)

Best Country Song

• "The Breath You Take" - George Strait (George Strait & Tony Brown)
• "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
• "If I Die Young" - The Band Perry (Nathan Chapman & Paul Worley)
• "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley)
• "Temporary Home" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood, "Free" - Zac Brown Band, "Little White Church" - Little Big Town, "Mine" - Taylor Swift, "'Til Summer Comes Around" - Keith Urban)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Beautiful Monster" - Ne-Yo (Stargate & Sandy Vee)
• "Dance in the Dark" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & Fernando Garibay)
• "Dancing on My Own" - Robyn (Patrik Berger)
• "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz (Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco)
• "Only Girl (In the World)" - Rihanna (Stargate, Sandy Vee & Kuk Harrell)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida, ft. David Guetta, "Cooler Than Me" - Mike Posner, "Imma Be" - Black Eyed Peas, "One Life Stand" - Hot Chip, "XXXO" - M.I.A.)

Best Pop Song

• "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & RedOne)
• "Breakeven" - The Script (Andrew Frampton & Steve Kipner)
• "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons & Needlz)
• "Misery" - Maroon 5 (Mutt Lange)
• "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry (Dr. Luke, Max Martin & Benny Blanco)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Babyfather" - Sade, "Break Your Heart" - Taio Cruz, ft. Ludacris, "Haven't Met You Yet" - Michael Bublé, "Hey, Soul Sister" - Train, "Whataya Want from Me" - Adam Lambert)

Best Rap Song

• "Airplanes" - B.O.B., ft. Hayley Williams (Alex da Kid & DJ Frank E)
• "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z, ft. Alicia Keys (Al Shux)
• "Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Alex da Kid & Makeba Riddick)
• "Nothin' on You" - B.O.B., ft. Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
• "Wake Up Everybody" - John Legend & The Roots, ft. Common & Melanie Fiona (The Roots)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Down" - Jay Sean, ft. Lil' Wayne, "I'm Beamin'" - Lupe Fiasco, "Just a Dream" - Nelly, "Not Afraid" - Eminem, "Wavin' Flag" - K'naan)

Best Rock Song

• "Angry World" - Neil Young (Daniel Lanois)
• "Dog Days Are Over" - Florence + The Machine (James Ford)
• "Little Lion Man" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
• "Radioactive" - Kings of Leon (Angelo Petraglia & Jacquire King)
• "Resistance" - Muse (Muse)
• "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Animal" - Neon Trees, "Crossfire" - Brandon Flowers, "Giving Up the Gun" - Vampire Weekend, "September" - Daughtry)

Best Songwriting

• "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta & Nadir Khayat)
• "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert (Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin)
• "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton & Khari Cain)
• "Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Marshall Mathers, Alexander Grant & Holly Hafermann)
• "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Dave Heywood)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Beg, Steal or Borrow" - Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, "Dog Days Are Over" - Florence + The Machine, "Fuck You!" - Cee-Lo Green, "Little Lion Man" - Mumford and Sons, "Symphonies" - Dan Black, ft. Kid Cudi)

Best Original Score

• Avatar (James Horner)
• How To Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
• Inception (Hans Zimmer)
• Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer)
• Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman)
  (Honourable Mentions: Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman, Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat, The Pacific - Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli & Hans Zimmer, Red Dead Redemption - Bill Elm & Woody Jackson, A Single Man - Abel Korzeniowski)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (Billie Joe Armstrong)
• Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Stephen Bruton & T-Bone Burnett)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack) (Wes Anderson & Randall Poster)
• Glee: The Music, Volume 1 (Ryan Murphy, Adam Anders & Peer Åström)
• Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1 (Blake Leyh & Tony Seyler)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Paul Katz & Alexandra Katsavas)
  (Honourable Mentions: Phineas and Ferb, Precious, The Princess and the Frog, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Almost There" - The Princess and the Frog (Randy Newman)
• "This City" - Treme (Steve Earle)
• "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart (Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett)
• "We Belong Together" - Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman)
• "When It's Time" - American Idiot (Billie Joe Armstrong)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Alice" - Alice in Wonderland, "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" - How I Met Your Mother, "Shine" - Waiting for 'Superman', "Winter" - Brothers)

Best New Artist

• Justin Bieber
• Florence + The Machine
• Adam Lambert
• Mumford and Sons
• Esperanza Spalding
  (Honourable Mentions: Susan Boyle, Kid Cudi, Drake, Orianthi, Taio Cruz)