SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Martin Scorsese won both best director and best picture for "The Departed" at the Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif.
The acting awards had a royal flavor Friday night with Helen Mirren winning best actress for "The Queen" and Forest Whitaker taking best actor for his role as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."
The Hollywood Reporter said Scorsese called his latest mob-movie triumph a project that started out as a "traditional cop-gangster movie," that turned into "something else."
Other winners included 10-year-old Abigail Breslin and teenager Paul Dano for best young actress and actor for "Little Miss Sunshine," while Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson won the best supporting actor and actress honors.
