The Critics Choice Awards has released its list of nominations and the Natalie Portman vehicle Black Swan leads with 12 nods, including a nomination for Portman for Best Actress, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Portman’s Black Swan costar, the sassy Mila Kunis, also scored a nomination for in the supporting actress category for the excellent film that serves up a whole lot of subjective reality and one really smoking lesbian sex scene.
While Portman’s performance as a mentally tortured ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's movie is the stuff that awards are made of, she faces serious competition from Annette Bening for her trademark scenery chewing as a lesbian mom in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace, Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine, Winter’s Bone’s breakout star Jennifer Lawrence and Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole.
The Kids Are All Right, which costars Julianne Moore, also landed a nomination for Best Acting Ensemble.
The Critics Choice Awards will air Jan. 14, on VH1.
'Black Swan,' 'Kids Are All Right' Land Critics Choice Nominations
The Critics Choice Awards has released its list of nominations and the Natalie Portman vehicle Black Swan leads with 12 nods, including a nomination for Portman for Best Actress. Portman’s Black Swan costar, the sassy Mila Kunis, also scored a nomination for in the supporting actress category for the excellent film that serves up a whole lot of subjective reality and one really smoking lesbian sex scene. While Portman’s performance as a mentally tortured ballerina is the stuff that awards are made of, she faces serious competition from Annette Bening for her trademark scenery chewing as a lesbian mom in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace, Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine, Winter’s Bone’s breakout star Jennifer Lawrence and Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole.
By Tracy E. GilchristDecember 13 2010 / 1:51 PM
Tracy E. Gilchrist
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
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