Hurt Locker beats Avatar in editing honors

American Cinema Editors honored The Hurt Locker for best editing on a dramatic feature film, while The Hangover won in the comedy or musical category and Up took the animation award.

The war story The Hurt Locker, the bachelor bash The Hangover and the animated tale Up have earned top honors from the American Cinema Editors.

The group honored The Hurt Locker for best editing on a dramatic feature film, while The Hangover won in the comedy or musical category and Up took the animation award. The Hurt Locker won out over four other nominees that included sci-fi blockbuster Avatar.

Also among winners Sunday night was the dolphin-slaughter investigation The Cove, which won for best edited documentary. Television winners includes 30 Rock, Dexter and the TV movie Grey Gardens.