"Black Swan" Earns 12 Critics' Choice Nominations
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Natalie Portman's ballet drama "Black Swan" led contenders Monday for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards with a record 12 nominations, among them best picture and best actress.
Other best-picture nominees were "127 Hours," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The King's Speech," "The Social Network," "The Town," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone."
Presented by the 250 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the 16th annual awards will be handed out Jan. 14 in a ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. VH1 will air the show live.
Other nominations for "Black Swan" include a supporting-actress nod for Mila Kunis and a directing nomination for Darren Aronofsky.
"The King's Speech" and "True Grit" were second with 11 nominations each.
"The King's Speech" nominations included a best-actor nod for Colin Firth and supporting honors for Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. "True Grit" star Jeff Bridges also earned a best-actor nomination, while his newcomer co-star, 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, had two nominations, as supporting actress and best young actor or actress.
Besides Portman, best-actress nominees are Jennifer Lawrence for "Winter's Bone"; Annette Bening for "The Kids Are All Right"; Nicole Kidman for "Rabbit Hole"; Noomi Rapace for "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"; and Michelle Williams "Blue Valentine."
Joining Firth and Bridges in the best-actor category are Robert Duvall for "Get Low"; Jesse Eisenberg for "The Social Network"; James Franco for "127 Hours"; and Ryan Gosling for "Blue Valentine."
While "The Fighter" star Mark Wahlberg missed out on a best-actor nomination, co-stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo all earned nominations for their supporting roles.
The Critics' Choice nominations are part of a flurry of film honors that will help sort out contenders for the Feb. 27 Academy Awards, whose nominations will be announced Jan. 25. The biggest announcements this week are the Golden Globe nominations Tuesday and the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday.