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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, CA - December 14, 2009) - 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, 2009 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 B est 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 Make up, 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' Ch oice 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 Associat ion (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.

About VH1
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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 Stre ep - "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 A CTING 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 F ord, 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
Be st 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& quot; - 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 Screeplay/Bob Peterson & Peter Docter
Best Animated Feature
Best Score
"Up In The Air" - 8 Nominations
Bes t 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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