Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis’ Black Swan Picks Up 12 Nominations for Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year’s event will again take place at the Hollywood Palladium. This is the fourth year in a row that VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network and the first year the show will also be broadcast internationally.

“Black Swan” received an unprecedented 12 nominations for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, garnering nods for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Score. “True Grit” and “The King’s Speech” followed close behind with 11 nominations each, while “Inception” received 10 nominations and “The Social Network” garnered 9.

“Toy Story 3” was honored in the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature categories while two Best Picture nominees, “Inception” and “The Town,” were also recognized in the Best Action Movie category. “127 Hours,” “The Fighter” and “Winter’s Bone” also scored multiple nominations, including Best Picture.

Nicole Kidman received her record seventh acting nomination for Best Actress in “Rabbit Hole.” She won the first Critics’ Choice Award as Best Actress 15 years ago for “To Die For.” Later Kidman was nominated for Best Actress in “Cold Mountain,” “The Hours” and “Moulin Rouge,” in addition to being part of the nominated Acting Ensembles in “Nine” and “The Hours.”

Amy Adams will be seeking her second Critics’ Choice Award as a Best Supporting Actress nominee in “The Fighter.” Adams previously won the category for “Junebug” and has received three other nods from the BFCA, including one for Best Actress in “Enchanted.”

Twenty-year-old Jennifer Lawrence earned nods in both the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories, among the four nominations for “Winter’s Bone,” while fourteen-year-old Hailee Steinfeld earned nods as both Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress for “True Grit,” contributing to its 11 nominations. Thirteen-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz was nominated in the Best Young Actor/Actress category twice for “Let Me In” and “Kick-Ass.”

Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen continue to be Critics’ Choice favorites, nominated jointly for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for “True Grit.” Previously they had shared Best Director honors for “No Country For Old Men,” and were nominated as writers of “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “A Serious Man” and “No Country For Old Men.” “No Country For Old Men” and “Fargo” also won Critics’ Choice Awards as Best Picture.

The 250 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 2010. 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. All four major acting category winners at the Academy Awards in 2010 were first Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners in the same categories and were present at the January 15, 2010 ceremony to graciously give their first acceptance speeches of the awards season. The BFCA also recognized “The Hurt Locker” for Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow as Best Director, making her the first female to win the award. “The Hurt Locker” and Bigelow also went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, but were both overlooked at the Golden Globes.

Today, VH1 also announces the launch of its Critics’ Choice Movie Awards site at CriticsChoice.VH1.com. The site offers movie fans detailed information about the show and this year’s nominees, VH1.com’s Award Season Twitter Tracker, where users can see the awards show buzz that’s happening on Twitter in real time, and Quick Critic, an opportunity to share short film reviews for a prize that includes a trip for two to next year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Additionally, interviews with many of the acting nominees can be found on the BFCA’s site CriticsChoice.com.

The 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards is executive produced by Jesse Ignjatovic for Den of Thieves, Joey Berlin for Berlin Entertainment and Lee Rolontz for VH1.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 16th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

 
BEST PICTURE  
127 Hours  
Black Swan  
The Fighter  
Inception  
The King’s Speech  
The Social Network  
The Town  
Toy Story 3  
True Grit  
Winter’s Bone  
 
BEST ACTOR  
Jeff Bridges – “True Grit”  
Robert Duvall – “Get Low”  
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Social Network”  
Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech”  
James Franco – “127 Hours”  
Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine”  
 
BEST ACTRESS  
Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right”  
Nicole Kidman – “Rabbit Hole”  
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”  
Natalie Portman – “Black Swan”  
Noomi Rapace – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”  
Michelle Williams – “Blue Valentine”  
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR  
Christian Bale – “The Fighter”  
Andrew Garfield – “The Social Network”  
Jeremy Renner – “The Town”  
Sam Rockwell – “Conviction”  
Mark Ruffalo – “The Kids Are All Right”  
Geoffrey Rush – “The King’s Speech”  
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS  
Amy Adams – “The Fighter”  
Helena Bonham Carter – “The King’s Speech”  
Mila Kunis – “Black Swan”  
Melissa Leo – “The Fighter”  
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”  
Jacki Weaver – “Animal Kingdom”  
 
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS  
Elle Fanning – “Somewhere”  
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”  
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Let Me In”  
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Kick-Ass”  
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “Let Me In”  
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”  
 
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE  
The Fighter  
The Kids Are All Right  
The King’s Speech  
The Social Network  
The Town  
 
BEST DIRECTOR  
Darren Aronofsky – “Black Swan”  
Danny Boyle – “127 Hours”  
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “True Grit”  
David Fincher – “The Social Network”  
Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech”  
Christopher Nolan – “Inception”  
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY  
“Another Year” – Mike Leigh  
“Black Swan” – Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin  
“The Fighter” – Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)  
“Inception” – Christopher Nolan  
“The Kids Are All Right” – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg  
“The King’s Speech” – David Seidler  
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY  
“127 Hours” – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle  
“The Social Network” – Aaron Sorkin  
“The Town” – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner  
“Toy Story 3” – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)  
“True Grit” – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen  
“Winter’s Bone” – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini  
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY  
“127 Hours” – Anthony Dod Mantle  
“Black Swan” – Matthew Libatique  
“Inception” – Wally Pfister  
“The King’s Speech” – Danny Cohen  
“True Grit” – Roger Deakins  
 
BEST ART DIRECTION  
“Alice in Wonderland” – Stefan Dechant  
“Black Swan” – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson  
“Inception” – Guy Hendrix Dyas  
“The King’s Speech” – Netty Chapman  
“True Grit” – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh  
 
BEST EDITING  
“127 Hours” – Jon Harris  
“Black Swan” – Andrew Weisblum  
“Inception” – Lee Smith  
“The Social Network” – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter  
 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN  
“Alice in Wonderland” – Colleen Atwood  
“Black Swan” – Amy Westcott  
“The King’s Speech” – Jenny Beavan  
“True Grit” – Mary Zophres  
 
BEST MAKEUP  
Alice in Wonderland  
Black Swan  
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1  
True Grit  
 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS  
Alice in Wonderland  
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1  
Inception  
Tron: Legacy  
 
BEST SOUND  
127 Hours  
Black Swan  
Inception  
The Social Network  
Toy Story 3  
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE  
Despicable Me  
How to Train Your Dragon  
The Illusionist  
Tangled  
Toy Story 3  
 
BEST ACTION MOVIE  
Inception  
Kick-Ass  
Red  
The Town  
Unstoppable  
 
BEST COMEDY  
Cyrus  
Date Night  
Easy A  
Get Him to the Greek  
I Love You Phillip Morris  
The Other Guys  
 
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION  
The Pacific  
Temple Grandin  
You Don’t Know Jack  
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM  
Biutiful  
I Am Love  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE  
Exit Through the Gift Shop  
Inside Job  
Restrepo  
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work  
The Tillman Story  
Waiting for Superman  
 
BEST SONG  
“I See the Light” – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – Tangled  
“If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 Hours  
“Shine” – performed and written by John Legend – Waiting for Superman  
“We Belong Together” – performed and written by Randy Newman – Toy Story 3  
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” – performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren – Burlesque  
 
BEST SCORE  
“Black Swan” – Clint Mansell  
“Inception” – Hans Zimmer  
“The King’s Speech” – Alexandre Desplat  
“The Social Network” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross  
“True Grit” – Carter Burwell  
 
 
NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR  
THE 16th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS  
 
 
127 HOURS – 8 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Actor/James Franco  
Best Director/Danny Boyle  
Best Adapted Screenplay  
Best Cinematography  
Best Editing  
Best Sound  
Best Song/”If I Rise”  
 
ALICE IN WONDERLAND – 4 Nominations  
Best Art Direction  
Best Costume Design  
Best Makeup  
Best Visual Effects  
 
ANIMAL KINGDOM – 1 Nomination  
Best Supporting Actress/Jacki Weaver  
 
ANOTHER YEAR – 1 Nomination  
Best Original Screenplay  
 
BIUTIFUL – 1 Nomination  
Best Foreign Language Film  
 
BLACK SWAN – 12 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Actress/Natalie Portman  
Best Supporting Actress/Mila Kunis  
Best Director/Darren Aronofsky  
Best Original Screenplay  
Best Cinematography  
Best Art Direction  
Best Editing  
Best Costume Design  
Best Makeup  
Best Sound  
Best Score  
 
BLUE VALENTINE – 2 Nominations  
Best Actor/Ryan Gosling  
Best Actress/Michelle Williams  
 
BURLESQUE – 1 Nomination  
Best Song/”You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet”  
 
CONVICTION – 1 Nomination  
Best Supporting Actor/Sam Rockwell  
 
CYRUS – 1 Nomination  
Best Comedy  
 
DATE NIGHT – 1 Nomination  
Best Comedy  
 
DESPICABLE ME – 1 Nomination  
Best Animated Feature  
 
EASY A – 1 Nomination  
Best Comedy  
 
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP – 1 Nomination  
Best Documentary Feature  
 
GET HIM TO THE GREEK – 1 Nomination  
Best Comedy  
 
GET LOW – 1 Nomination  
Best Actor/Robert Duvall  
 
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 – 2 Nominations  
Best Makeup  
Best Visual Effects  
 
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – 1 Nomination  
Best Animated Feature  
 
I AM LOVE – 1 Nomination  
Best Foreign Language Film  
 
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS – 1 Nomination  
Best Comedy  
 
INCEPTION – 10 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Director/Christopher Nolan  
Best Original Screenplay  
Best Cinematography  
Best Art Direction  
Best Editing  
Best Visual Effects  
Best Sound  
Best Action Movie  
Best Score  
 
INSIDE JOB – 1 Nomination  
Best Documentary Feature  
 
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK – 1 Nomination  
Best Documentary Feature  
 
KICK-ASS – 2 Nominations  
Best Young Actress/Chloe Grace Moretz  
Best Action Movie  
 
LET ME IN – 2 Nominations  
Best Young Actress/Chloe Grace Moretz  
Best Young Actor/Kodi Smit-McPhee  
 
RABBIT HOLE – 1 Nomination  
Best Actress/Nicole Kidman  
 
RED – 1 Nomination  
Best Action Movie  
 
RESTREPO – 1 Nomination  
Best Documentary Feature  
 
SOMEWHERE – 1 Nomination  
Best Young Actor/Actress/Elle Fanning  
 
TANGLED – 2 Nominations  
Best Animated Feature  
Best Song/”I See the Light”  
 
TEMPLE GRANDIN – 1 Nomination  
Best Picture Made for Television  
 
THE FIGHTER – 6 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Supporting Actor/Christian Bale  
Best Supporting Actress/Amy Adams  
Best Supporting Actress/Melissa Leo  
Best Acting Ensemble  
Best Original Screenplay  
 
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – 2 Nominations  
Best Actress/Noomi Rapace  
Best Foreign Language Film  
 
THE ILLUSIONIST – 1 Nomination  
Best Animated Feature  
 
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT – 4 Nominations  
Best Actress/Annette Bening  
Best Supporting Actor/Mark Ruffalo  
Best Acting Ensemble  
Best Original Screenplay  
 
THE KING’S SPEECH – 11 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Actor/Colin Firth  
Best Supporting Actor/Geoffrey Rush  
Best Supporting Actress/Helena Bonham Carter  
Best Acting Ensemble  
Best Director/Tom Hooper  
Best Original Screenplay  
Best Cinematography  
Best Art Direction  
Best Costume Design  
Best Score  
 
THE OTHER GUYS – 1 Nomination  
Best Comedy  
 
THE PACIFIC – 1 Nomination  
Best Picture Made for Television  
 
THE SOCIAL NETWORK – 9 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Actor/Jesse Eisenberg  
Best Supporting Actor/Andrew Garfield  
Best Acting Ensemble  
Best Director/David Fincher  
Best Adapted Screenplay  
Best Editing  
Best Sound  
Best Score  
 
THE TILLMAN STORY – 1 Nomination  
Best Documentary Feature  
 
THE TOWN – 5 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Supporting Actor/Jeremy Renner  
Best Acting Ensemble  
Best Adapted Screenplay  
Best Action Movie  
 
TOY STORY 3 – 5 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Adapted Screenplay  
Best Sound  
Best Animated Feature  
Best Song/”We Belong Together”  
 
TRON: LEGACY – 1 Nomination  
Best Visual Effects  
 
TRUE GRIT – 11 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Actor/Jeff Bridges  
Best Supporting Actress/Hailee Steinfeld  
Best Young Actress/Hailee Steinfeld  
Best Director/ Joel Coen & Ethan Coen  
Best Adapted Screenplay  
Best Cinematography  
Best Art Direction  
Best Costume Design  
Best Makeup  
Best Score  
 
UNSTOPPABLE – 1 Nomination  
Best Action Movie  
 
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN – 2 Nominations  
Best Documentary Feature  
Best Song / “Shine”  
 
WINTER’S BONE – 4 Nominations  
Best Picture  
Best Actress/Jennifer Lawrence  
Best Young Actress/Jennifer Lawrence  
Best Adapted Screenplay  
 
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK – 1 Nomination  
Best Picture Made for Television  
 

About The Broadcast Film Critics Association:

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing 250 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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