Well, I already gave out the list of nominations, and if you’d like to check out the list itself, you can find it here, but I also wanted to share the press release. It gives the rundown on many of the contending films and where they ended up with nominations, including the fact that Lincoln broke the record for nominations with 13.
It also… mentions me, so how could I not?
Be sure to vote for your Favorite Film Franchise, and do not miss the CCMA show, because it’s going to be great.
“LINCOLN” LEADS WITH A RECORD SETTING 13 NOMINATIONS FOR
THE 18TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
“LES MISÉRABLES” SCORES 11 NOMINATIONS AND “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” IS A TOP CONTENDER WITH 10 NOMINATIONS
CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER FAN VOTED AWARD
AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON THE CW NETWORK
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 AT 8:00 PM ET/PT
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 18th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced live at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony on Thursday, January 11, 2013 from the Barker Hangar inSanta Monica,Calif. The show will broadcast live on The CW Network at 8:00 PM ET/PT.
“Lincoln” received a record-setting 13 nominations for the 18th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, beating out previous record holder “Black Swan,” which had 12 nominations in 2011. Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” garnered nods for Best Picture, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Lee Jones, Best Supporting Actress for Sally Field, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for Steven Spielberg, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Best Score.
Following closely behind is “Les Misérables,” which received 11 nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor for Hugh Jackman, Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for Tom Hooper, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Best Song for “Suddenly.”
David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” also impressed with 10 nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor for Bradley Cooper, Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence, Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for David O. Russell, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Comedy, Best Actor in a Comedy for Bradley Cooper and Best Actress in a Comedy Jennifer Lawrence.
“Life of Pi” earned 9 nominations, and “Argo,” “The Master” and “Skyfall” each garnered 7 nominations. Jennifer Lawrence leads the female nominees with nods for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble for “Silver Linings Playbook” as well as Best Actress in an Action Movie for “The Hunger Games.” Bradley Cooper leads the male nominees with nods for Best Actor, Best Actor in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble for “Silver Livings Playbook.” Judi Dench was nominated for both Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress in an Action Movie for “Skyfall” and nine-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis was nominated for Best Actress and Best Young Actress for “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” contributing to the film’s 3 nominations, including Best Picture.
“This has been a truly spectacular year in filmmaking and our voters had an embarrassment of riches to choose from,” says BFCA President Joey Berlin. “To recognize the remarkable achievements across every genre of filmmaking we have added several new categories this year, including often overlooked performances in Comedy and Action. And to add even more fun, we’re letting fans in on the voting in one special category.”
Movie fans can indeed vote on their favorite film franchise and watch as the winner is announced live on the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on The CW on January 10th. This is the first fan-voted award in the history of the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The nominees include: Batman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, James Bond/007, Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, Toy Story and Twilight. Voting begins today and fans can vote on The Official Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Site, The CW and many of the Internet’s most popular entertainment sites including CELEBUZZ, POPSUGAR, Entertainment Weekly, Rotten Tomatoes, Wonderwall, Summit Entertainment, Warner Bros., AreYouScreening, Awards Circuit, Screen It, Slug Mag, Lights Camera Jackson and Scene Stealers.
The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the BFCA to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. The BFCA is the largest film critics organization in theUnited StatesandCanada, representing more than 270 television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film going public. Eligible films were released in 2012. The accounting firm of CMM, LLP tallied the written ballots.
Since its inception in 1995, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards has been a star-studded bellwether event of the movie awards season. Historically, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations. Among the attendees at last year’s show were George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
Final ballots for the 18th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will be sent to BFCA members on January 7, 2013 with a deadline for returning final ballots on January 8, 2013.
The 18th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will be produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment. The BFCA and Berlin Entertainment are represented by Dan Black of Greenberg Traurig and Lance Klein of WME.
NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR
THE 18th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
21 JUMP STREET – 2 Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy/Channing Tatum
A ROYAL AFFAIR – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film
ACT OF VALOR – 1 Nomination
Best Song/“For You”
AMOUR – 2 Nominations
Best Actress/Emmanuelle Riva
Best Foreign Language Film
ANNA KARENINA – 2 Nominations
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
ARGO – 7 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor/Alan Arkin
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director/Ben Affleck
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Score
THE AVENGERS – 3 Nominations
Best Visual Effects
Best Action Movie
Best Actor in an Action Movie/RobertDowneyJr.
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD – 3 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress/Quvenzhane Wallis
Best Young Actress/Quvenzhane Wallis
BERNIE – 3 Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy/Jack Black
Best Actress in a Comedy/Shirley MacLaine
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL – 1 Nomination
Best Acting Ensemble
BRAVE – 2 Nominations
Best Animated Feature
Best Song/ “Learn Me Right”
BULLY – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary Feature
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS – 1 Nomination
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary Feature
CLOUD ATLAS – 3 Nominations
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
COMPLIANCE – 1 Nomination
Best Supporting Actress/Ann Dowd
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES – 4 Nominations
Best Visual Effects
Best Action Movie
Best Actor in an Action Movie/Christian Bale
Best Actress in an Action Movie/Anne Hathaway
DJANGO UNCHAINED – 2 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay
END OF WATCH – 1 Nomination
Best Actor in an Action Movie/Jake Gyllenhaal
FLIGHT – 2 Nominations
Best Actor/DenzelWashington
Best Original Screenplay
FRANKENWEENIE – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature
GINGER & ROSA – 1 Nomination
Best Young Actress/Elle Fanning
HAYWIRE – 1 Nomination
Best Actress in an Action Movie/Gina Carano
THE HOBBIT – 4 Nominations
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
THE HUNGER GAMES – 1 Nomination
Best Actress in an Action Movie/JenniferLawrence
THE IMPOSSIBLE – 2 Nominations
Best Actress/NaomiWatts
Best Young Actor/TomHolland
THE IMPOSTER – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary Feature
THE INTOUCHABLES – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film
LES MISÉRABLES – 11 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/Hugh Jackman
Best Supporting Actress/Anne Hathaway
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director/Tom Hooper
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Song/ “Suddenly”
LIFE OF PI – 9 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Young Actor/Suraj Sharma
Best Director/Ang Lee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Score
LINCOLN – 13 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Supporting Actor/Tommy Lee Jones
Best Supporting Actress/Sally Field
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director/Steven Spielberg
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Score
LOOPER – 5 Nominations
Best Original Screenplay
Best Action Movie
Best Actor in an Action Movie/Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Best Actress in an Action Movie/Emily Blunt
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
MADAGASCAR 3 – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature
MAGIC MIKE – 1 Nomination
Best Supporting Actor/Matthew McConaughey
THE MASTER – 7 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/JoaquinPhoenix
Best Supporting Actor/PhilipSeymourHoffman
Best Supporting Actress/AmyAdams
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Score
MOONRISE KINGDOM – 5 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Young Actress/KaraHayward
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Original Screenplay
Best Score
PARANORMAN – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature
PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE – 1 Nomination
Best Song/“Still Alive”
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER – 2 Nominations
Best Young Actor/Logan Lerman
Best Adapted Screenplay
PITCH PERFECT – 1 Nomination
Best Actress in a Comedy/RebelWilson
PROMETHEUS – 1 Nomination
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary Feature
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature
RUST AND BONE- 2 Nominations
Best Actress/Marion Cotillard
Best Foreign Language Film
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary Feature
THE SESSIONS – 2 Nominations
Best Actor/John Hawkes
Best Supporting Actress/Helen Hunt
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK – 10 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/Bradley Cooper
Best Actress/JenniferLawrence
Best Supporting Actor/Robert De Niro
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director/David O. Russell
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy/Bradley Cooper
Best Actress in a Comedy/JenniferLawrence
SKYFALL – 7 Nominations
Best Supporting Actor/Javier Bardem
Best Supporting Actress/Judi Dench
Best Cinematography
Best Action Movie
Best Actor in an Action Movie/Daniel Craig
Best Actress in an Action Movie/Judi Dench
Best Song/“Skyfall”
TED – 3 Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy/Mark Wahlberg
Best Actress in a Comedy/Mila Kunis
THIS IS 40 – 3 Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy/Paul Rudd
Best Actress in a Comedy/Leslie Mann
WEST OF MEMPHIS – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary Feature
WRECK IT RALPH – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature
ZERO DARK THIRTY – 5 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress/Jessica Chastain
Best Director/Kathryn Bigelow
Best Original Screenplay
Best Editing
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