15th Critics' Choice Awards

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The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking.[1] The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth.[2] The nominees were announced on December 14, 2009.[3]

DateJanuary 15, 2010
Official websitewww.criticschoice.com
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15th Critics' Choice Awards
DateJanuary 15, 2010
Hosted byKristin Chenoweth
Official websitewww.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best FilmThe Hurt Locker
Most awardsAvatar (6)
Most nominationsInglourious Basterds (10)
Nine (10)
Television coverage
NetworkVH1
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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.[3]

The World War II epic Inglourious Basterds and romantic musical drama Nine both received a record ten nominations each,[4] 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.[1]

Winners and nominees

Kathryn Bigelow, Best Director winner
Jeff Bridges, Best Actor winner
Sandra Bullock, Best Actress co-winner
Meryl Streep, Best Actress co-winner
Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor winner
Mo'Nique, Best Supporting Actress winner
Saoirse Ronan, Best Young Actor/Actress winner
Quentin Tarantino, Best Original Screenplay winner
Jason Reitman, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
Sandy Powell, Best Costume Design winner
James Cameron, Best Editing co-winner
Michael Giacchino, Best Score winner
Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Otis "Bad" Blake

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy (TIE)
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child (TIE)

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa

Best Supporting Actress

Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston

Best Young Actor/Actress

Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon

Best Acting Ensemble

Inglourious Basterds

Best Original Screenplay

Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino

Best Adapted Screenplay

Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Animated Feature

Up

Best Documentary Feature

The Cove

Best Action Movie

Avatar

Best Comedy Movie

The Hangover

Best Foreign Language Film

Broken Embraces • Spain

Best Art Direction

Avatar – Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Production Design) / Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)

Best Cinematography

Avatar – Mauro Fiore

Best Costume Design

The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

Best Editing

Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua, and Stephen E. Rivkin

Best Makeup

District 9

Best Score

Up – Michael Giacchino

Best Song

"The Weary Kind" – Crazy Heart

Best Sound

Avatar

Best Visual Effects

Avatar

Joel Siegel Award

Kevin Bacon [5]

Best Picture Made for Television

Grey Gardens

Statistics

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