LA Film Experts: The Descendants Best Pic, Terrence Malick Best Director Michael Fassbender, Yun Jung-Hee Top Stars Rango Best Animation

UPDATE, 2:11 PM: Alexander Payne’s The Descendants won Best Picture in voting Sunday through the La Film Experts Association that increased progressively contentious because the day used on. One member recognized as Amy Nicholson tweeted after, “While the morning election went fast, LAFCA honours now bogged lower by fighting. No fisticuffs yet, however i did just yell “Chaos!” Regardless the voting is finished. Terrence Malick required the jerk for the best Director for that Tree Of Existence. Top acting honors visited Michael Fassbender for his work over four movies including Shame and X-Males Top Class and Yun Jun-hee for Poetry. Formerly, 1:17 PM: La Experts Association voting about this season’s best filmsis happening (refresh for updates): BEST PICTURE, Champion: “The Descendants.” Runner-Up: “The Tree of Existence.” BEST ANIMATION, Champion: “Rango.” Runner-Up: “The Adventures of Tintin: The Key from the Unicorn.” BEST DIRECTOR, Champion: Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Existence.” Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo.” BEST ACTOR, Champion: Michael Fassbender, “A Harmful Method,” “Jane Eyre,” “Shame,” “X-Males: Top Class.” Runner-Up: Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter.” BEST ACTRESS, Champion: Yun Jung-hee, “Poetry.” Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia.” BEST Language FILM, Champion: “City of Existence and Dying.” Runner-Up: “A Separation.” BEST INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL: “Spark to be.” BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION, Champion: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams.” RunnerUp, “The Arbor.” BEST Script, Champion: Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation.” Runner-Up: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, “The Descendants.” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Champion: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners.” Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt, “Young Adult.” BEST SUPPORTING. ACTRESS, Champion: Jessica Chastain, “Coriolanus,” “The Debt,” “The Help,” “Take Shelter,” “Texas Killing Fields,” “Tree of Existence” Runner-Up: Jesse McTeer, “Albert Nobbs.” BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Champion: Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Existence.” Runner-Up: Cao Yu, “City of Existence and Dying.” BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, Champion: Dante Ferretti, “Hugo.” Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” BEST MUSIC/SCORE, Champion: Caffeine Siblings, “Hanna.” Runner-Up: High cliff Martinez, “Drive.” NEW GENERATION: The creative team behind “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond and Elizabeth Olsen)