"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 15(th) 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 15(th) 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 15(th) 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
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    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
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    "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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