'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Nine' Lead With a Record 10 Nominations Each for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards

'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Nine' Lead With a Record 10 Nominations Each for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards

"AVATAR," "THE HURT LOCKER" AND "UP IN THE AIR" ALSO SHINE AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON VH1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 AT 9:00 PM ET/PT KRISTIN CHENOWETH TO HOST

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards live on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year's event will take place at the Hollywood Palladium and will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. For the third year in a row, VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network.

"Inglourious Basterds" and "Nine" each received an unprecedented ten nominations for the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. "Inglourious Basterds" garnered nods for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design and Best Action Movie. "Nine" received nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Song.

Following close behind with nine nominations is James Cameron's "Avatar" along with "Up in the Air" and "The Hurt Locker" each receiving eight nominations. Fifteen-year-old Saoirse Ronan earned nods in both the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories, among the six nominations for "The Lovely Bones". "Up" received nominations for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature and this year three of the Best Action Movie nominees are also up for Best Picture - "Avatar," "Inglourious Basterds" and "The Hurt Locker".

The 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards also marks the addition of seven new award categories - Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Sound. Additionally, the BFCA has returned to separating the screenwriting category into Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay.

"The expansion of categories from 17 to 25 has given the members of the BFCA the opportunity to fully express our critical acumen," noted BFCA President Joey Berlin. "Most members watch hundreds of movies each year and report back to millions of moviegoers each week. We are proud of our role in helping audiences find the best movies - culminating in the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in January."

The 235 members of the BFCA, the largest film critics' organization in the United States and Canada, representing television, radio and online critics, selected nominees in each of 25 categories. The awards are bestowed annually to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Eligible films were released in 2009. The accounting firm of Gregory A. Mogab tallied the written ballots. Historically, the Critics' Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

Today, VH1 also announces the launch of its Critics' Choice Movie Awards Web site at CriticsChoice.VH1.com. The site offers movie fans detailed information about the show and this year's nominees. The site also gives users a chance to weigh in on who they think should rise to the top in each Critics' Choice category. In the coming weeks the site will launch a fashion section dedicated to the best red carpet looks of the year, as well as a real-time graph of Twitter activity surrounding the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

The 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards is executive produced by Bob Bain, Joey Berlin, Jesse Ignjatovic and Lee Rolontz. Paul Flattery serves as producer and Kelly Brock as co-producer.

About Broadcast Film Critics Association

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics' organization in the United States and Canada, representing hundreds of television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today's film going public. The very first opinion a moviegoer hears about new releases at the multiplex or the art house usually comes from one of its members.

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              NOMINEES FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS              ---------------------------------------------------------    BEST PICTURE   Avatar   An Education   The Hurt Locker   Inglourious Basterds   Invictus   Nine   Precious   A Serious Man   Up   Up In The Air    BEST ACTOR   Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"   George Clooney - "Up In The Air"   Colin Firth - "A Single Man"   Morgan Freeman - "Invictus"   Viggo Mortensen - "The Road"   Jeremy Renner - "The Hurt Locker"    BEST ACTRESS   Emily Blunt - "The Young Victoria"   Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"   Carey Mulligan - "An Education"   Saoirse Ronan - "The Lovely Bones"   Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious"   Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR   Matt Damon - "Invictus"   Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"   Christian McKay - "Me And Orson Welles"   Alfred Molina - "An Education"   Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"   Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS   Marion Cotillard - "Nine"   Vera Farmiga - "Up In The Air"   Anna Kendrick - "Up In The Air"   Mo'Nique - "Precious"   Julianne Moore - "A Single Man"   Samantha Morton - "The Messenger"    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS   Jae Head - "The Blind Side"   Bailee Madison - "Brothers"   Max Records - "Where The Wild Things Are"   Saoirse Ronan - "The Lovely Bones"   Kodi Smit-McPhee - "The Road"    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE   Inglourious Basterds   Nine   Precious   Star Trek   Up In The Air    BEST DIRECTING   Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"   James Cameron - "Avatar"   Lee Daniels - "Precious"   Clint Eastwood - "Invictus"   Jason Reitman - "Up In The Air"   Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY   Mark Boal - "The Hurt Locker"   Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - "A Serious Man"   Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - "(500) Days Of Summer"   Bob Peterson, Peter Docter - "Up"   Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY   Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - "Fantastic Mr. Fox"   Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - "District 9"   Geoffrey Fletcher - "Precious"   Tom Ford, David Scearce - "A Single Man"   Nick Hornby - "An Education"   Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - "Up In The Air"    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY   Barry Ackroyd - "The Hurt Locker"   Dion Beebe - "Nine"   Mauro Fiore - "Avatar"   Andrew Lesnie - "The Lovely Bones"   Robert Richardson - "Inglourious Basterds"    BEST ART DIRECTION   Dan Bishop - "A Single Man"   Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg - "Avatar"   John Myhre, Gordon Sim - "Nine"   Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. - "The Lovely Bones"   David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco - "Inglourious Basterds"    BEST EDITING   Dana E. Glauberman - "Up In The Air"   Sally Menke - "Inglourious Basterds"   Bob Murawski, Chris Innis - "The Hurt Locker"   Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron - "Avatar"   Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith - "Nine"    BEST COSTUME DESIGN   Colleen Atwood - "Nine"   Janet Patterson - "Bright Star"   Sandy Powell - "The Young Victoria"   Anna Sheppard - "Inglourious Basterds"   Casey Storm - "Where The Wild Things Are"    BEST MAKEUP   Avatar   District 9   Nine   The Road   Star Trek    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS   Avatar   District 9   The Lovely Bones   Star Trek   2012    BEST SOUND   Avatar   District 9   The Hurt Locker   Nine   Star Trek    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE   Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs   Coraline   Fantastic Mr. Fox   Princess And The Frog   Up    BEST ACTION MOVIE   Avatar   District 9   The Hurt Locker   Inglourious Basterds   Star Trek    BEST COMEDY   (500) Days Of Summer   The Hangover   It's Complicated   The Proposal   Zombieland    BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION   Gifted Hands   Grey Gardens   Into The Storm   Taking Chance    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM   Broken Embraces   Coco Before Chanel   Red Cliff   Sin Nombre   The White Ribbon    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE   Anvil   Capitalism: A Love Story   The Cove   Food, Inc.   Michael Jackson's This Is It    BEST SONG   "All Is Love" - Karen O, Nick Zinner - "Where The Wild Things Are"   "Almost There" - Randy Newman - "The Princess And The Frog"   "Cinema Italiano" - Maury Yeston - "Nine"    "(I Want To) Come Home" - Paul McCartney - "Everybody's Fine"   "The Weary Kind" - T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham - "Crazy Heart"    BEST SCORE   Michael Giacchino - "Up"   Marvin Hamlisch - "The Informant!"   Randy Newman - "The Princess and the Frog"   Karen O, Carter Burwell - "Where The Wild Things Are"   Hans Zimmer - "Sherlock Holmes"         NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS        --------------------------------------------------------------------    "Anvil" - 1 Nomination   Best Documentary    "Avatar" - 9 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Director/James Cameron   Best Cinematography   Best Art Direction   Best Editing   Best Makeup   Best Visual Effects   Best Sound   Best Action Movie    "The Blind Side" - 2 Nominations   Best Actress/Sandra Bullock   Best Young Actor/Jae Head    "Bright Star" - 1 Nomination   Best Costume Design    "Broken Embraces" - 1 Nomination   Best Foreign Language Film    "Brothers" - 1 Nomination   Best Young Actress/Bailee Madison    "Capitalism: A Love Story" - 1 Nomination   Best Documentary    "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" - 1 Nomination   Best Animated Feature    "Coco Before Chanel" - 1 Nomination   Best Foreign Language Film    "Coraline" - 1 Nomination   Best Animated Feature    "The Cove" - 1 Nomination   Best Documentary    "Crazy Heart" - 2 Nominations   Best Actor/Jeff Bridges   Best Song/The Weary Kind    "District 9" - 5 Nominations   Best Adapted Screenplay/Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell   Best Makeup   Best Visual Effects   Best Sound   Best Action Movie    "An Education" - 4 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Actress/Carey Mulligan   Best Supporting Actor/Alfred Molina   Best Adapted Screenplay/Nick Hornby    "Everybody's Fine" - 1 Nomination   Best Song/(I Want To) Come Home    "Fantastic Mr. Fox" - 2 Nominations   Best Adapted Screenplay/Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach   Best Animated Feature    "(500) Days of Summer" - 2 Nominations   Best Original Screenplay/Scott Neustadter & Michael W. Weber   Best Comedy    "Food, Inc." - 1 Nomination   Best Documentary    "Gifted Hands" - 1 Nomination   Best Picture Made for Television    "Grey Gardens" - 1 Nomination   Best Picture Made for Television    "The Hangover" - 1 Nomination   Best Comedy    "The Hurt Locker" - 8 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Actor/Jeremy Renner   Best Director/Kathryn Bigelow   Best Original Screenplay/Mark Boal   Best Cinematography   Best Editing   Best Sound   Best Action Movie    "The Informant!" - 1 Nomination   Best Score    "Inglourious Basterds" - 10 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Supporting Actor/Christoph Waltz   Best Ensemble   Best Director/Quentin Tarantino   Best Original Screenplay/Quentin Tarantino   Best Cinematography   Best Art Direction   Best Editing   Best Costume Design   Best Action Movie    "Into The Storm" - 1 Nomination   Best Picture Made for Television    "Invictus" - 4 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Actor/Morgan Freeman   Best Supporting Actor/Matt Damon   Best Director/Clint Eastwood    "It's Complicated" - 1 Nomination   Best Comedy    "Julie & Julia" - 1 Nomination   Best Actress/Meryl Streep    "The Lovely Bones" - 6 Nominations   Best Actress/Saoirse Ronan   Best Supporting Actor/Stanley Tucci   Best Young Actress/Saoirse Ronan   Best Cinematography   Best Art Direction   Best Visual Effects    "Me & Orson Welles" - 1 Nomination   Best Supporting Actor/Christian McKay    "The Messenger" - 2 Nominations   Best Supporting Actor/Woody Harrelson   Best Supporting Actress/Samantha Morton    "Michael Jackson's This Is It" - 1 Nomination   Best Documentary    "Nine" - 10 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Supporting Actress/Marion Cotillard   Best Ensemble   Best Cinematography   Best Art Direction   Best Editing   Best Costume Design   Best Makeup   Best Sound   Best Song/Cinema Italiano    "Precious" - 6 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Actress/Gabourey Sidibe   Best Supporting Actress/Mo'Nique   Best Ensemble   Best Director/Lee Daniels   Best Adapted Screenplay/Geoffrey Fletcher    "The Princess And The Frog" - 3 Nominations   Best Animated Feature   Best Song/Almost There   Best Score    "The Proposal" - 1 Nomination   Best Comedy    "Red Cliff" - 1 Nomination   Best Foreign Language Film    "The Road" - 3 Nominations   Best Actor/Viggo Mortensen   Best Young Actor/Kodi Smit-McPhee   Best Makeup    "A Serious Man" - 2 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Original Screenplay/Joel Coen & Ethan Coen    "Sherlock Holmes" - 1 Nomination   Best Score    "A Single Man" - 4 Nominations   Best Actor/Colin Firth   Best Supporting Actress/Julianne Moore   Best Adapted Screenplay/Tom Ford & David Scearce   Best Art Direction    "Sin Nombre" - 1 Nomination   Best Foreign Language Film    "Star Trek" - 5 Nominations   Best Ensemble   Best Makeup   Best Visual Effects   Best Sound   Best Action Movie    "Taking Chance" - 1 Nomination   Best Picture Made for Television    "2012" - 1 Nomination   Best Visual Effects    "Up" - 4 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Original Screenplay/Bob Peterson & Peter Docter   Best Animated Feature   Best Score    "Up In The Air" - 8 Nominations   Best Picture   Best Actor/George Clooney   Best Supporting Actress/Vera Farmiga   Best Supporting Actress/Anna Kendrick   Best Ensemble   Best Director/Jason Reitman   Best Adapted Screenplay/Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner   Best Editing    "Where The Wild Things Are" - 4 Nominations   Best Young Actor/Max Records   Best Costume Design   Best Song/All Is Love   Best Score    "The White Ribbon" - 1 Nomination   Best Foreign Language Film    "The Young Victoria" - 2 Nominations   Best Actress/Emily Blunt   Best Costume Design    "Zombieland" - 1 Nomination   Best Comedy  

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