The 2012 Bennies
inaugural edition!
fiction of 2012: Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel
nonfiction of 2012: Every Love Story is a Ghost Story, D.T. Max
film of 2012: “Lincoln”
album of 2012: “Visions,” Grimes
TV (drama — this was a tough one) of 2012: “Mad Men”
TV (comedy): “The Colbert Report”
TV (news): “The Rachel Maddow Show”
Best Actor: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Best Actress: Lena Dunham, “Girls”
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (“Game of Thrones”)
Best Supporting Actress: Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister (“Game of Thrones”)
Best Writing (TV): “Mad Men” — Matthew Weiner, Marti Noxon, Semi Chellas, Maria Jacquemetton, Dahvi Waller, Andre Jacquemetton, Robin Veith, Chris Provenzano et al
Best Soundtrack (film — this is an easy one): Les Misérables
Best single episode (TV): “Blackwater,” “Game of Thrones, season 2, episode 9.”
Best sports team: Miami Heat (that hurt to write)
Best male athlete: LeBron James (also hurts, Michael Phelps a very close second)
Best female athlete: Abby Wambach
Breakout TV/Film star male: Rob James-Collier, Thomas, “Downton Abbey”
Breakout TV/Film star female: Rose Leslie, “Game of Thrones,” “Downton Abbey”
Breakout Politician: Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Breakout musician: Molly Marlette, “The Robber and the Boy”
Breakout athlete: Robert Griffin III
Winner of 2012: Pres. Barack Obama
Destructive Anachronism 