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Maroon 5 Announced As House Band For Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
Dec 20th
are known for their talent, charm and pop-rock-flavored hit songs. And it’s just those qualities that will be showcased when the group serves as the evening house band for the 16th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. During the ceremony, which airs live on VH1 on Friday, January 14, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, the band will perform classic tunes and its own hit songs between awards and during commercial breaks.
According to a press release, the group will also treat guests and attendees to numbers when they perform in the middle of the red carpet during the live pre-show and official after-party festivities. This marks a first for the awards show’s house band.
VH1 president Tom Calderone spoke about the group’s role during the evening ceremony. “The nominees, presenters and guests in the house at the annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are all A-list,” he said in the release. “We’ve been huge supporters of Maroon 5 since the beginning of their career, and watched them become an international success. Having them join our production as the house band brings an unprecedented level of excitement and musical talent to the show.”
Shortly after their gig at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, Maroon 5 will venture out of the United States and onto a worldwide trek with stops throughout Europe, Asia and Australia.
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Exclusive: Maroon 5 is house band for 16th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
Dec 20th
Heads up to Maroon 5 fans and film lovers — the Grammy-winning group will play house band at January’s 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.
“We’re excited to be a part of the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this year. This is the perfect event for us to combine our music with the best of movies and VH1,” lead singer Adam Levine told the Ministry.
On Jan. 14, Levine and company will gather at the Hollywood Palladium for the live telecast, honoring the most critically praised films of 2010. They replace last year’s house band, Nick Jonas and the Administration.
“Black Swan,” “True Grit,” “Inception,” “The King’s Speech” and “The Kids Are All Right” are just a few of the films nominated, and various stars across those casts are expected to attend.
The band will play a mix of its own hits and movie standards on the show, which will air live at 9 p.m. on VH1.
Is the band is a good fit? What were your favorite films of 2010? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominees
Dec 14th
Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominees 12/14/2010
. Vh1 sent over this news: The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year’s event will again take place at the Hollywood Palladium. This is the fourth year in a row that VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network and the first year the show will also be broadcast internationally.
“Black Swan” received an unprecedented 12 nominations for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, garnering nods for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Score. “True Grit” and “The King’s Speech” followed close behind with 11 nominations each, while “Inception” received 10 nominations and “The Social Network” garnered 9.
“Toy Story 3″ was honored in the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature categories while two Best Picture nominees, “Inception” and “The Town,” were also recognized in the Best Action Movie category. “127 Hours,” “The Fighter” and “Winter’s Bone” also scored multiple nominations, including Best Picture.
Nicole Kidman received her record seventh acting nomination for Best Actress in “Rabbit Hole.” She won the first Critics’ Choice Award as Best Actress 15 years ago for “To Die For.” Later Kidman was nominated for Best Actress in “Cold Mountain,” “The Hours” and “Moulin Rouge,” in addition to being part of the nominated Acting Ensembles in “Nine” and “The Hours.”
Amy Adams will be seeking her second Critics’ Choice Award as a Best Supporting Actress nominee in “The Fighter.” Adams previously won the category for “Junebug” and has received three other nods from the BFCA, including one for Best Actress in “Enchanted.”
Twenty-year-old Jennifer Lawrence earned nods in both the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories, among the four nominations for “Winter’s Bone,” while fourteen-year-old Hailee Steinfeld earned nods as both Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress for “True Grit,” contributing to its 11 nominations. Thirteen-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz was nominated in the Best Young Actor/Actress category twice for “Let Me In” and “Kick-Ass.”
Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen continue to be Critics’ Choice favorites, nominated jointly for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for “True Grit.” Previously they had shared Best Director honors for “No Country For Old Men,” and were nominated as writers of “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “A Serious Man” and “No Country For Old Men.” “No Country For Old Men” and “Fargo” also won Critics’ Choice Awards as Best Picture.
The 250 members of the BFCA, the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing television, radio and online critics, selected nominees in each of 25 categories. The awards are bestowed annually to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Eligible films were released in 2010. The accounting firm of Gregory A. Mogab tallied the written ballots.
Historically, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations. All four major acting category winners at the Academy Awards in 2010 were first Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners in the same categories and were present at the January 15, 2010 ceremony to graciously give their first acceptance speeches of the awards season. The BFCA also recognized “The Hurt Locker” for Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow as Best Director, making her the first female to win the award. “The Hurt Locker” and Bigelow also went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, but were both overlooked at the Golden Globes.
Today, VH1 also announces the launch of its Critics’ Choice Movie Awards site at CriticsChoice.VH1.com. The site offers movie fans detailed information about the show and this year’s nominees, VH1.com’s Award Season Twitter Tracker, where users can see the awards show buzz that’s happening on Twitter in real time, and Quick Critic, an opportunity to share short film reviews for a prize that includes a trip for two to next year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Additionally, interviews with many of the acting nominees can be found on the BFCA’s site CriticsChoice.com.
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‘Black Swan’ Racks Up 12 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominations
Dec 13th
While most of the country is still waiting to get its first glimpse of “Black Swan,” the ballet drama starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis has already pirouetted into awards season with a record 12 nominations for the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The show air live on VH1 on January 14 at 9 p.m. ET from the Hollywood Palladium.
Darren Aronofsky’s dance thriller wasn’t the only film racking up serious love, with the Coen brothers’ remake of “True Grit” and the stammering royal drama “The King’s Speech” each picking up 11 nominations as well. One of the year’s other critically acclaimed hits, “Inception,” got 10 nominations, while “The Social Network” snagged nine.
Among the nods picked up by “Swan” were nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Portman), Best Supporting Actress (Kunis), Best Director (Aronofsky), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Score.
The Best Picture race was packed with solid contenders, including “127 Hours,” “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “Inception,” “The King’s Speech,” “The Social Network,” “The Town,” “Toy Story 3,” “True Grit” and “Winter’s Bone.” Competition was also tight in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, which pit Jeff Bridges (“True Grit”) against Robert Duvall (“Get Low”), Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”), James Franco (“127 Hours”) and Ryan Gosling (“Blue Valentine”), as well as Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”) against Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Portman (“Black Swan”), Noomi Rapace (“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”) and Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine”). The actress bid was the record seventh acting nomination for Kidman, who won the award 15 years ago for “To Die For.” Among the other nominations: Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects notices for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,” Best Visual Effects for “Tron: Legacy” and noms for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects.
It could be a good night for 13-year-old actress Chloe Grace Moretz, who was nominated in the Best Young Actor/Actress category twice for “Let Me In” and “Kick-Ass.”
Full list of nominations:
Best Picture
“127 Hours”
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“The Town”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, “True Grit”
Robert Duvall, “Get Low”
Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network”
Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
James Franco, “127 Hours”
Ryan Gosling, “Blue Valentine”
Best Actress
Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman, “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
Noomi Rapace, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Michelle Williams, “Blue Valentine”
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
Andrew Garfield, “The Social Network”
Jeremy Renner, “The Town”
Sam Rockwell, “Conviction”
Mark Ruffalo, “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush, “The King’s Speech”
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The King’s Speech”
Mila Kunis, “Black Swan”
Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom”
Best Young Actor/Actress
Elle Fanning, “Somewhere”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone”
Chloe Grace Moretz, “Let Me In”
Chloe Grace Moretz, “Kick-Ass”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “Let Me In”
Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit”
Best Acting Ensemble
“The Fighter”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network” “The Town”
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan”
Danny Boyle, “127 Hours”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “True Grit”
David Fincher, “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
Christopher Nolan, “Inception”
Best Original Screenplay
“Another Year,” Mike Leigh
“Black Swan,” Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
“The Fighter,” Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson)
“Inception,” Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right,” Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
“The King’s Speech,” David Seidler
Best Adapted Screenplay
“127 Hours,” Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
“The Social Network,” Aaron Sorkin
“The Town,” Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
“Toy Story 3,” Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
“True Grit,” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone,” Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Best Cinematography
“127 Hours,” Anthony Dod Mantle
“Black Swan,” Matthew Libatique
“Inception,” Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech,” Danny Cohen
“True Grit,” Roger Deakins
Best Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland,” Stefan Dechant
“Black Swan,” Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
“Inception,” Guy Hendrix Dyas
“The King’s Speech,” Netty Chapman
“True Grit,” Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh
Best Editing
“127 Hours,” Jon Harris
“Black Swan,” Andrew Weisblum
“Inception,” Lee Smith
“The Social Network,” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland,” Colleen Atwood
“Black Swan,” Amy Westcott
“The King’s Speech,” Jenny Beavan
“True Grit,” Mary Zophres
Best Makeup
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Black Swan”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1″
“True Grit”
Best Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1″
“Inception”
“Tron: Legacy”
Best Sound
“127 Hours”
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
Best Animated Feature
“Despicable Me”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Tangled”
“Toy Story 3″
Best Action Movie
“Inception”
“Kick-Ass”
“Red”
“The Town”
“Unstoppable”
Best Comedy
“Cyrus”
“Date Night”
“Easy A”
“Get Him to the Greek”
“I Love You Phillip Morris”
“The Other Guys”
Best Picture Made for Television
“The Pacific”
“Temple Grandin”
“You Don’t Know Jack”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful”
“I Am Love”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Best Documentary Feature
“Exit Through the Gift Shop”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”
“The Tillman Story”
“Waiting for Superman”
Best Song
“I See the Light,” performed by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi/ written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, “Tangled”
“If I Rise,” performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/ music by A.R. Rahman/ lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong, “127 Hours”
“Shine,” performed and written by John Legend, “Waiting for Superman”
“We Belong Together,” performed and written by Randy Newman, “Toy Story 3″
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet,” performed by Cher/ written by Diane Warren, “Burlesque”
Best Score
“Black Swan,” Clint Mansell
“Inception,” Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech,” Alexandre Desplatv “The Social Network,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“True Grit,” Carter Burwell
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