The critics have chosen and this year, as ever, Sean Penn is their darling.
The actor's passion project Into the Wild raked in a leading seven nominations for the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture and double-barreled nods for Penn himself, who earned Best Writer and Best Director nominations for his work on the big screen adaptation.
The indie dramedy Juno, centering on a teenager's unplanned pregnancy, is also up for some kudos from Broadcast Film Critics Association, with six nominations to its name, including, once again, a Best Picture nod. The film also paves the way for a pair of self-competing Best Young Actor nods for Arrested Development alum turned burgeoning movie star Michael Cera, who bum-rushed the category with two nods for his work in both Juno and Superbad.
Cate Blanchett also managed to score two separate acting nods, albeit not in the same category. She's up for Best Actress for her work in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, as well as Best Supporting Actress for her uncanny channeling of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There.
A bevy of films pulled rank with five nominations apiece, including the Oscar-baiting contenders Atonement, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, Sweeney Todd and Hairspray.
A slew of big name contenders, not to mention award show regulars, made the cut for this year's ceremony.
Into the Wild star Emile Hirsch and Eastern Promises' Viggo Mortensen are the only Best Actor nominees to not also already have Oscar nods to their name and will vie against Michael Clayton's George Clooney, There Will Be Blood's Daniel Day-Lewis, Lars and the Real Girl's Ryan Gosling and the demon barber himself, Johnny Depp, for the award.
As for Best Actress, in addition to Blanchett, Angelina Jolie also scored a nod for the critically-acclaimed but commercially-ignored A Mighty Heart, as did somewhat disparate conominee Amy Adams for Enchanted, Julie Christie for Away From Her, Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose and Ellen Page for Juno.
No fewer than 10 films were honored with Best Picture nominations, comprising one of the largest contender pools of all major award shows. American Gangster, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, Juno, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, which already took home the top prize from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics, Sweeney Todd and There Will Be Blood, which topped the L.A. Film Critics' year-end list, are all up for the award.
Juno, meanwhile, also secured a nod for Best Comedy, becoming the only nominee from the category to also graduate to the Best Picture pool. Its chuckle-worthy competition in the slightly less lauded category includes Dan in Real Life, Hairspray and Judd Apatow's summer bookend blockbusters Knocked Up and Superbad.
Other big name contenders this year include Casey Affleck, Javier Bardem and Philip Seymour Hoffman—the only singled-out contender from the film seemingly tailor-made for awards season, Charlie Wilson's War—who are all vying against each other in the Best Supporting Actor race, as well as Catherine Keener, Vanessa Redgrave and Tilda Swinton, who are up for Best Supporting Actress. Clint Eastwood also earned a solo nomination for composing Grace is Gone.
The award show will be hosted by comedian D.L. Hughley and will air live on VH1 Jan. 7.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards.
Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Best Director
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright, Atonement
Best Writer
Diablo Cody, Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson's War
Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Best Young Actor
Michael Cera, Juno
Michael Cera, Superbad
Freddie Highmore, August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders, Sweeney Todd
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb, Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad
Best Family Film (Live Action)
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
Best Song
"Come So Far," Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley (Hairspray)
"Do You Feel Me," Anthony Hamilton (American Gangster)
"Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Once)
"Guaranteed," Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild)
"That's How You Know," Amy Adams (Enchanted)
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami, 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood, Grace is Gone
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Alan Menken, Enchanted
Best Documentary Feature
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko
... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
Has anybody heard the other nominees? What are Ed's chances for an award?
Best Song
"Come So Far," Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley (Hairspray)
"Do You Feel Me," Anthony Hamilton (American Gangster)
"Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Once)
"Guaranteed," Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild)
"That's How You Know," Amy Adams (Enchanted)
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The actor's passion project Into the Wild raked in a leading seven nominations for the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture and double-barreled nods for Penn himself, who earned Best Writer and Best Director nominations for his work on the big screen adaptation.
The indie dramedy Juno, centering on a teenager's unplanned pregnancy, is also up for some kudos from Broadcast Film Critics Association, with six nominations to its name, including, once again, a Best Picture nod. The film also paves the way for a pair of self-competing Best Young Actor nods for Arrested Development alum turned burgeoning movie star Michael Cera, who bum-rushed the category with two nods for his work in both Juno and Superbad.
Cate Blanchett also managed to score two separate acting nods, albeit not in the same category. She's up for Best Actress for her work in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, as well as Best Supporting Actress for her uncanny channeling of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There.
A bevy of films pulled rank with five nominations apiece, including the Oscar-baiting contenders Atonement, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, Sweeney Todd and Hairspray.
A slew of big name contenders, not to mention award show regulars, made the cut for this year's ceremony.
Into the Wild star Emile Hirsch and Eastern Promises' Viggo Mortensen are the only Best Actor nominees to not also already have Oscar nods to their name and will vie against Michael Clayton's George Clooney, There Will Be Blood's Daniel Day-Lewis, Lars and the Real Girl's Ryan Gosling and the demon barber himself, Johnny Depp, for the award.
As for Best Actress, in addition to Blanchett, Angelina Jolie also scored a nod for the critically-acclaimed but commercially-ignored A Mighty Heart, as did somewhat disparate conominee Amy Adams for Enchanted, Julie Christie for Away From Her, Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose and Ellen Page for Juno.
No fewer than 10 films were honored with Best Picture nominations, comprising one of the largest contender pools of all major award shows. American Gangster, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, Juno, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, which already took home the top prize from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics, Sweeney Todd and There Will Be Blood, which topped the L.A. Film Critics' year-end list, are all up for the award.
Juno, meanwhile, also secured a nod for Best Comedy, becoming the only nominee from the category to also graduate to the Best Picture pool. Its chuckle-worthy competition in the slightly less lauded category includes Dan in Real Life, Hairspray and Judd Apatow's summer bookend blockbusters Knocked Up and Superbad.
Other big name contenders this year include Casey Affleck, Javier Bardem and Philip Seymour Hoffman—the only singled-out contender from the film seemingly tailor-made for awards season, Charlie Wilson's War—who are all vying against each other in the Best Supporting Actor race, as well as Catherine Keener, Vanessa Redgrave and Tilda Swinton, who are up for Best Supporting Actress. Clint Eastwood also earned a solo nomination for composing Grace is Gone.
The award show will be hosted by comedian D.L. Hughley and will air live on VH1 Jan. 7.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards.
Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Best Director
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright, Atonement
Best Writer
Diablo Cody, Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson's War
Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Best Young Actor
Michael Cera, Juno
Michael Cera, Superbad
Freddie Highmore, August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders, Sweeney Todd
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb, Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad
Best Family Film (Live Action)
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
Best Song
"Come So Far," Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley (Hairspray)
"Do You Feel Me," Anthony Hamilton (American Gangster)
"Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Once)
"Guaranteed," Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild)
"That's How You Know," Amy Adams (Enchanted)
Best Composer
Marco Beltrami, 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood, Grace is Gone
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Alan Menken, Enchanted
Best Documentary Feature
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko
Best Song
"Come So Far," Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley (Hairspray)
"Do You Feel Me," Anthony Hamilton (American Gangster)
"Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Once)
"Guaranteed," Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild)
"That's How You Know," Amy Adams (Enchanted)