The nominations for the 15th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards were announced this morning, and we’ve got the scoop on all the stars and movies in the running. Nine and Inglourious Basterds scored the most nominations with 10 nods, followed by Avatar with nine, and The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air with eight a piece.
Avatar director James Cameron once again proved that bigger may just be better when it comes to film making. The uber-director is rumored to have the most expensive movie on his hands, with the Avatar budget allegedly coming in at around $300 million. But the big spending could lead to an even bigger pay-off. Critics are raving about the action-adventure love story – which Roger Ebert called “an extraordinary film” – and it’s currently got a 91% favorability rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not bad for a movie about blue aliens, eh?
Cameron’s got some interesting competition in the Best Directing category this year, most noticeably his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, whose indie hit The Hurt Locker raked in eight nods. 32-year-old Jason Reitman is also nominated for writing and directing Up in the Air (send him a congrats note on Twitter), as are both its leading ladies (Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick) for Best Supporting Actress. Think either of them have a chance against Mo’Nique (Precious)?
Check out all the categories, nominees and a giant photo gallery below. Plus, watch the show live on VH1 on Jan. 15 and enter to win a pair of tickets by visiting PrimeOutlets.com/Hollywood. (Full details on the trip at the bottom of the post!)
Best Picture
Best Actress
- Emily Blunt – The Young Victorian
- Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
- Carey Mulligan - An Education
- Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones
- Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
- Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
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
Check our the rest of the nominees under the jump and learn how to win a trip for two to the CCMAs!
- 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
- Samantha Morton – The Messenger
- Mo’Nique - Precious
- Julianne Moore – A Single Man
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 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
- The Hurt Locker
- Nine
- Avatar
- The Lovely Bones
- Inglourious Basterds
BEST ART DIRECTION
- A Single Man
- Avatar
- Nine
- The Lovely Bones
- Inglourious Basterds
BEST EDITING
- Up In The Air
- Inglourious Basterds
- The Hurt Locker
- Avatar
- Nine
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Nine
- Bright Star
- The Young Victoria
- Inglourious Basterds
- 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
Win a trip to the CCMAs:
Consumers can log onto PrimeOutlets.com/Hollywood to win a prize package worth $6,200! Details include:
- Pair of tickets to the live VH1 live broadcast of the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.
- Airfare and accommodations for two to Hollywood.
- Evening outfit and makeover by a celebrity stylist!
