The historical epic 12 Years A Slave swept the film categories at the NAACP Image Awards in California with four wins.

Steve McQueen’s '12 Years A Slave' continued its triumphant march towards next month’s Oscars at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards tonight.

The cast of the 1970s crime caper American Hustle grooved its way to the top prize from the Screen Actors Guild in a key test of the film’s Oscar mettle six weeks ahead of a likely competitive race for Academy Awards.

David O Russell’s 'American Hustle' win the top honour – award for outstanding cast at the Screen Actors Guild awards today.

Steve McQueen charts the harrowing true story of a free man sold into slavery in Oscar-tipped drama ‘12 Years A Slave’; a 40-something slacker (Vince Vaughn) discovers he has fathered 533 children in ‘Delivery Man’ and Colin Firth plays an emotionally damaged husband in ‘The Railway Man’.