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Leading the pack with ten nominations each are star-studded musical drama 'Nine' and Brad Pitt-starring drama action movie 'Inglourious Basterds'.

• Dec 15, 2009

AceShowbiz - On Monday, December 14, Broadcast Film Critics Association has unveiled the nominations for the 15th annual Critics' Choice Awards. Based on the announcement, it is known that "Nine" and "Inglourious Basterds" have shown their dominations by earning ten nods each.

The drama musical and the drama action movie will be up against each other in six categories, including Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Best Costume Design. Additionally, "Nine" lands Best Supporting Actress count for Marion Cotillard, while "Inglourious Basterds" aids Christoph Waltz and Quentin Tarantino being honored among the contenders for Best Supporting Actor award and Best Directing prize respectively.

Meanwhile, "Avatar" which receives nine nominations, and "Up in the Air" along with "The Hurt Locker" which each garners eight nods also have their chances to be big winners at the event. Also listed among the nominees is "The Blind Side" star Sandra Bullock, who shares Best Actress nod with Emily Blunt, Carey Mulligan, Saoirse Ronan, Gabourey Sidibe, and Meryl Streep.

Winners of the 15th annual Critics' Choice Awards will be announced on a gala on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium. The show will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and aired live on VH1 starting at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT. While some of the nominations can be seen below, the full list of nominations can be seen at www.bfca.org.

Partial nominees list of the 15th annual Critics' Choice Awards:

Best Picture:

• "Avatar"
• "An Education"
• "The Hurt Locker"
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• "Invictus"
• "Nine"
• "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• "A Serious Man"
• "Up"
• "Up in the Air"

• 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"

• Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"
• Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
• Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
• Saoirse Ronan, "The Lovely Bones"
• Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"

• 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"

• Marion Cotillard, "Nine"
• Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
• Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
• Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"
• Samantha Morton, "The Messenger"

• 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"

• "Inglourious Basterds"
• "Nine"
• "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• "Star Trek"
• "Up in the Air"

• Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
• James Cameron, "Avatar"
• Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"
• Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"
• Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

• Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "500 Days of Summer"
• Bob Peterson and Peter Docter, "Up"
• Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

• Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"
• Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• Tom Ford and David Scearce, "A Single Man"
• Nick Hornby, "An Education"
• Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"

• "The Hurt Locker"
• "Nine"
• "Avatar"
• "The Lovely Bones"
• "Inglourious Basterds"

• "A Single Man"
• "Avatar"
• "Nine"
• "The Lovely Bones"
• "Inglourious Basterds"

• "Up In The Air"
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• "The Hurt Locker"
• "Avatar"
• "Nine"

• "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
• "Coraline"
• "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• "The Princess and the Frog"
• "Up"

• "Avatar"
• "District 9"
• "The Hurt Locker"
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• "Star Trek"

• "500 Days of Summer"
• "The Hangover"
• "It's Complicated"
• "The Proposal"
• "Zombieland"

• "All Is Love" (performed by Karen O and Nick Zinner), "Where the Wild Things Are"
• "Almost There" (performed by Randy Newman), "The Princess and the Frog"
• "Cinema Italiano" (performed Maury Yeston), "Nine"
• "(I Want To) Come Home" (performed by Paul McCartney), "Everybody's Fine"
• "The Weary Kind" (performed by T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham), "Crazy Heart"

• Michael Giacchino, "Up"
• Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!"
• Randy Newman, "The Princess and the Frog"
• Karen O and Carter Burwell, "Where the Wild Things Are"
• Hans Zimmer, "Sherlock Holmes"