Photo by Joe Kohen, WireImageRosie Perez, a former Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee, announced the nominees for the 14th Annual Critic's Choice Awards this morning in New York City. Here are this year's big contenders.

Photo by Merrick Morton/Paramount Pictures8 NOMINATIONS -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Picture
Best Actor - Brad Pitt
Best Actress - Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director - David Fincher
Best Writer - Eric Roth
Best Composer - Alexandre Desplat

Photo by Focus Features8 NOMINATIONS -- Milk
Best Picture
Best Actor - Sean Penn
Best Supporting Actor - Josh Brolin
Best Supporting Actor - James Franco
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director - Gus Van Sant
Best Writer - Dustin Lance Black
Best Composer - Danny Elfman

Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures6 NOMINATIONS -- The Dark Knight
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director - Christopher Nolan
Best Action Movie
Best Composer - Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard

Photo by Andrew Schwartz/Miramax Films6 NOMINATIONS -- Doubt
Best Picture
Best Actress - Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Writer - John Patrick Shanley

Photo by Ishika Mohan/Fox Searchlight Pictures6 NOMINATIONS -- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture
Best Director - Danny Boyle
Best Writer - Simon Beaufoy
Best Young Actor - Dev Patel
Best Song - "Jaiho" (performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar)
Best Composer - A.R. Rahman

Photo by Universal Pictures4 NOMINATIONS -- Frost/Nixon
Best Picture
Best Actor - Frank Langella
Best Director - Ron Howard
Best Writer - Peter Morgan

Photo by Fox Searchlight4 NOMINATIONS -- The Wrestler
Best Picture
Best Actor - Mickey Rourke

Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei
Best Song - "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen)

Photo by Tony Rivetti Jr./Universal Pictures3 NOMINATIONS -- Changeling
Best Picture
Best Actress - Angelina Jolie
Best Composer - Clint Eastwood

Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon/The Weinstein Company3 NOMINATIONS -- The Reader
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress - Kate Winslet
Best Young Actor - David Kross

Photo by Disney/Pixar3 NOMINATIONS -- WALL-E
Best Picture
Best Animated Feature
Best Song - "Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman)

Photo by DreamWorks2 NOMINATIONS -- Tropic Thunder
Best Comedy Movie
Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr.

Photo by Karen Ballard/Sony Pictures2 NOMINATIONS -- Quantum of Solace
Best Action Movie
Best Song - "Another Way to Die" (performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, written by Jack White)

Photo by Victor Bello/The Weinstein Company2 NOMINATIONS -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Comedy Movie
Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz

Photo by Walt Disney Pictures2 NOMINATIONS -- Bolt
Best Animated Feature
Best Song - "I Thought I Lost You" (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele)

Photo by Yari Film Group2 NOMINATIONS -- Nothing But the Truth
Best Actress - Kate Beckinsale
Best Supporting Actress - Vera Farmiga

Photo by Bob Vergara/Sony Pictures Classics2 NOMINATIONS -- Rachel Getting Married
Best Actress - Anne Hathaway
Best Acting Ensemble

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