15th Critics' Choice Awards
Introduction The '''15th Critics' Choice Awards''' were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. The nominees were announced on December 14, 2009.The awards expanded this year from 16 to 24 film categories, adding seven technical categories and separating its screenplay category into adapted and original slots, to more closely mirror the Academy Awards.The World War II epic ''Inglourious Basterds'' and romantic musical drama ''Nine'' both received a record ten nominations each, which was unprecedented at the time. Both films received numerous nominations in the awards' new craft categories, benefiting from the recent expansion of the categories. In the following years, this record has been broken several times. ''Avatar'' followed close behind with nine nominations and won the most awards of the night with a then-record-breaking six wins.
Winners and nominees Kathryn Bigelow, Best Director winnerJeff Bridges, Best Actor winnerSandra Bullock, Best Actress co-winnerMeryl Streep, Best Actress co-winnerChristoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor winnerMo'Nique, Best Supporting Actress winnerSaoirse Ronan, Best Young Actor/Actress winnerQuentin Tarantino, Best Original Screenplay winnerJason Reitman, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winnerSandy Powell, Best Costume Design winnerJames Cameron, Best Editing co-winnerMichael Giacchino, Best Score winner '''''The Hurt Locker'''''* ''Avatar''* ''An Education''* ''Inglourious Basterds''* ''Invictus''* ''Nine''* ''Precious''* ''A Serious Man''* ''Up''* ''Up in the Air'' '''Kathryn Bigelow – ''The Hurt Locker'''''* James Cameron – ''Avatar''* Lee Daniels – ''Precious''* Clint Eastwood – ''Invictus''* Jason Reitman – ''Up in the Air''* Quentin Tarantino – ''Inglourious Basterds'' '''Jeff Bridges – ''Crazy Heart'' as Otis "Bad" Blake'''* George Clooney – ''Up in the Air'' as Ryan Bingham* Colin Firth – ''A Single Man'' as George Falconer* Morgan Freeman – ''Invictus'' as Nelson Mandela* Viggo Mortensen – ''The Road'' as Man* Jeremy Renner – ''The Hurt Locker'' as Sergeant First Class William James '''Sandra Bullock – ''The Blind Side'' as Leigh Anne Tuohy (TIE)Meryl Streep – ''Julie & Julia'' as Julia Child (TIE)'''* Emily Blunt – ''The Young Victoria'' as Queen Victoria* Carey Mulligan – ''An Education'' as Jenny Mellor* Saoirse Ronan – ''The Lovely Bones'' as Susie Salmon* Gabourey Sidibe – ''Precious'' as Claireece "Precious" Jones '''Christoph Waltz – ''Inglourious Basterds'' as Col. Hans Landa'''* Matt Damon – ''Invictus'' as Francois Pienaar* Woody Harrelson – ''The Messenger'' as Captain Tony Stone* Christian McKay – ''Me and Orson Welles'' as Orson Welles* Alfred Molina – ''An Education'' as Jack Meller* Stanley Tucci – ''The Lovely Bones'' as George Harvey '''Mo'Nique – ''Precious'' as Mary Lee Johnston'''* Marion Cotillard – ''Nine'' as Luisa Acari Contini* Vera Farmiga – ''Up in the Air'' as Alex Goran* Anna Kendrick – ''Up in the Air'' as Natalie Keener* Julianne Moore – ''A Single Man'' as Charley Roberts* Samantha Morton – ''The Messenger'' as Olivia Pitterson '''Saoirse Ronan – ''The Lovely Bones'' as Susie Salmon'''* Jae Head – ''The Blind Side'' as S.J. Tuohy* Bailee Madison – ''Brothers'' as Isabelle Cahill* Max Records – ''Where the Wild Things Are'' as Max* Kodi Smit-McPhee – ''The Road'' as Boy '''''Inglourious Basterds'''''* ''Nine''* ''Precious''* ''Star Trek''* ''Up in the Air'' '''''Inglourious Basterds'' – Quentin Tarantino'''* ''(500) Days of Summer'' – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber* ''The Hurt Locker'' – Mark Boal* ''A Serious Man'' – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen* ''Up'' – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson '''''Up in the Air'' – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner'''* ''District 9'' – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell* ''An Education'' – Nick Hornby* ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach* ''Precious'' – Geoffrey S. Fletcher* ''A Single Man'' – Tom Ford and David Scearce '''''Up'''''* ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''* ''Coraline''* ''Fantastic Mr. Fox''* ''The Princess and the Frog'' '''''The Cove'''''* ''Anvil! The Story of Anvil''* ''Capitalism: A Love Story''* ''Food, Inc.''* ''Michael Jackson's This Is It'' '''''Avatar'''''* ''District 9''* ''The Hurt Locker''* ''Inglourious Basterds''* ''Star Trek'' '''''The Hangover'''''* ''(500) Days of Summer''* ''It's Complicated''* ''The Proposal''* ''Zombieland'' '''''Broken Embraces'' • Spain'''* ''Coco Before Chanel'' • France* ''Red Cliff'' • China* ''Sin nombre'' • Mexico / United States* ''The White Ribbon'' • Austria / France / Germany / Italy '''''Avatar'' – Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Production Design) / Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)'''* ''Inglourious Basterds'' – David Wasco (Production Design) / Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration)* ''The Lovely Bones'' – Naomi Shohan (Production Design) / George DeTitta Jr. (Set Decoration)* ''Nine'' – John Myhre (Production Design) / Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)* ''A Single Man'' – Dan Bishop (Production Design) / Amy Wells (Set Decoration) '''''Avatar'' – Mauro Fiore'''* ''The Hurt Locker'' – Barry Ackroyd* ''Inglourious Basterds'' – Robert Richardson* ''The Lovely Bones'' – Andrew Lesnie* ''Nine'' – Dion Beebe '''''The Young Victoria'' – Sandy Powell'''* ''Bright Star'' – Janet Patterson* ''Inglourious Basterds'' – Anna B. Sheppard* ''Nine'' – Colleen Atwood* ''Where the Wild Things Are'' – Casey Storm '''''Avatar'' – James Cameron, John Refoua, and Stephen E. Rivkin'''* ''The Hurt Locker'' – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski* ''Inglourious Basterds'' – Sally Menke* ''Nine'' – Claire Simpson and Wyatt Smith* ''Up in the Air'' – Dana E. Glauberman '''''District 9'''''* ''Avatar''* ''Nine''* ''The Road''* ''Star Trek'' '''''Up'' – Michael Giacchino'''* ''The Informant!'' – Marvin Hamlisch* ''The Princess and the Frog'' – Randy Newman* ''Sherlock Holmes'' – Hans Zimmer* ''Where the Wild Things Are'' – Carter Burwell and Karen O '''"The Weary Kind" – ''Crazy Heart'''''* "All Is Love" – ''Where the Wild Things Are''* "Almost There" – ''The Princess and the Frog''* "Cinema Italiano" – ''Nine''* "(I Want to) Come Home" – ''Everybody's Fine'' '''''Avatar'''''* ''District 9''* ''The Hurt Locker''* ''Nine''* ''Star Trek'' '''''Avatar'''''* ''2012''* ''District 9''* ''The Lovely Bones''* ''Star Trek''===Joel Siegel Award==='''Kevin Bacon''' ===Best Picture Made for Television==='''''Grey Gardens'''''* ''Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story''* ''Into the Storm''* ''Taking Chance''
Statistics  Nominations Film 10 ''Inglourious Basterds'' ''Nine'' 9 ''Avatar'' 8 ''The Hurt Locker'' ''Up in the Air'' 6 ''The Lovely Bones'' ''Precious'' 5 ''District 9'' ''Star Trek'' 4 ''An Education'' ''Invictus'' ''A Single Man'' ''Up'' ''Where the Wild Things Are'' 3 ''The Princess and the Frog'' ''The Road'' 2 ''(500) Days of Summer'' ''The Blind Side'' ''Crazy Heart'' ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'' ''The Messenger'' ''A Serious Man'' ''The Young Victoria'' Wins Film 6 ''Avatar'' 3 ''Inglourious Basterds'' 2 ''Crazy Heart'' ''The Hurt Locker'' ''Up''
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