MILK LAPS UP CRITICS’ CHOICE NOMINATIONS
GUS VAN SANT’s SEAN PENN-starring movie MILK and BRAD PITT’s new film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON will lead the way at the 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards - after landing eight nominations each.
The two movies will go head-to-head in The Best Picture category; their stars will fight for the Best Actor awards; and directors Van Sant and David Fincher will battle over the Best Director prize when the awards are handed out by the Broadcast Film Critics Association on 8 January (09).
Christopher Nolan’s 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight had to settle for six nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director; as did Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and new release, Doubt.
The main nominees - announced in New York on Tuesday (9Dec08) by actress Rosie Perez - are as follows: Best Picture: Changeling Milk The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Doubt Slumdog Millionaire Frost/Nixon The Reader Wall-E The Wrestler Best Actor: Sean Penn Brad Pitt Clint Eastwood Richard Jenkins Frank Langella Mickey Rourke Best Actress: Kate Beckinsale Cate Blanchett Angelina Jolie Meryl Streep Anne Hathaway Melissa Leo Best Supporting Actor: James Franco Josh Brolin Heath Ledger Philip Seymour Hoffman Robert Downey Jr.
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz Vera Farmiga Taraji P
. Henson Marisa Tomei Kate Winslet Best Director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Ron Howard for Frost Nixon Gus Van Sant for Milk Best Acting Ensemble: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Doubt Milk Rachel Getting Married Best Animated Feature: Bolt Wall-E Kung Fu Panda Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Waltz With Bashir Best Young Actor and Actress: Dakota Fanning for The Secret Life of Bees David Kross for The Reader Dev Petal for Slumdog Millionaire Brandon Walters for Australia
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