15th Critics' Choice Awards
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 10 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 record-breaking six wins. Winners and nominees ...
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Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)Kristin Chenoweth Biography
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Sandra Bullock (9189702847)
Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was the world's highest-paid actress in 2010 and 2014. In 2010, she was named one of ''Time''s 100 most influential people in the world. After making her acting debut with a minor role in the thriller '' Hangmen'' (1987), Bullock received early attention for her supporting role in the action film '' Demolition Man'' (1993). Her breakthrough in the action thriller ''Speed'' (1994) led to leading roles in the romantic comedy '' While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), and the dramas '' A Time to Kill'' (1996) and ''Hope Floats'' (1998). She achieved further success in the following decades with the comedies ''Miss Congeniality'' (2000), ''Two Weeks Notice'' (2002), '' The Proposal'' (2009), '' The Heat'' (2013), ''Ocean's 8'' (2018), and '' The Lost City'' (2022); the dramas '' Crash'' (2004) and ''The Unfo ...
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A Serious Man
''A Serious Man'' is a 2009 American black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith. ''A Serious Man'' received widespread positive critical response, including a place on both the American Film Institute's and National Board of Review of Motion Pictures's Top 10 Film Lists of 2009. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Stuhlbarg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Plot A Jewish man in a 19th-century Eastern European shtetl tells his wife that he was helped on his way home by Reb Groshkover, whom he has invited in for soup. She says Groshkover is dead and the man he invited must be a dybbuk. Groshkover arrives and laughs off the accusation, but she plunges an ice pick into his chest. Bleeding, he exits their home into the snowy night. I ...
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Precious (film)
''Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'', or simply ''Precious'', is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel '' Push'' by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. This marked the acting debut of Sidibe, who portrays a young woman struggling against poverty and abuse. Filming took place in New York City from October to November 2007. ''Precious'', then without a distributor, premiered to acclaim at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, under its original title of ''Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire''. At Sundance, it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama, as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo'Nique. After ''Preciouss screening at Sundance in January 2009, Tyler Perry announced that he and Oprah Winfrey would be providing promotional assis ...
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Invictus (film)
''Invictus'' is a 2009 biographical sports film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, making it the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after '' Unforgiven'' (1992) and ''Million Dollar Baby'' (2004). The story is based on the 2008 John Carlin book ''Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation'' about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The Springboks were not expected to perform well, the team having only recently returned to high-level international competition following the dismantling of apartheid—the country was hosting the World Cup, thus earning an automatic entry. Freeman portrays South African President Nelson Mandela while Damon played François Pienaar, the captain of the Springboks, the South Africa rugby union team. ''Invictus'' was released in the United States on December 11, 2009. The title refers to the Roman divine epithet Invictus and may be translated f ...
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An Education
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Michael Giacchino Sep 2017
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James Cameron By Gage Skidmore
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Sandy Powell (Berlin Film Festival 2011) 2
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Jason Reitman 2013 TIFF
Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He was also the great-grandson of the messenger god Hermes, through his mother's side. Jason appeared in various literary works in the classical world of Greece and Rome, including the epic poem ''Argonautica'' and the tragedy ''Medea''. In the modern world, Jason has emerged as a character in various adaptations of his myths, such as the 1963 film '' Jason and the Argonauts'' and the 2000 TV miniseries of the same name. Persecution by Pelias Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union between their shared mother, Tyro ("high born Tyro"), the daughter of Salmoneus, and the sea god Poseidon. In a bitter feud, he overthrew Aeson (the rightful king), killing ...
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Quentin Tarantino By Gage Skidmore
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Saoirse Ronan 2015 (cropped)
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