Critics Choice Award Nominations Led by Mad Max, Fargo

The 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards announced nominations for the combined 2016 ceremony on Monday and Warner Bros.' Mad Max: Fury Road paced the film race with 13 nominations, while FX's Fargo led TV series noms with eight.

Weinstein Co.'s Carol, and two big Fox pics, The Martian and The Revenant, scored nine noms apiece in voting by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.

Open Road's Spotlight tallied eight; Paramount's The Big Short, seven; TWC's The Hateful Eight, six; Disney-DreamWorks' Bridge of Spies, Fox Searchlight's Brooklyn, Focus Features' The Danish Girl, Universal's Jurassic World, and Lionsgate's Sicario each earned five; and A24's Room nabbed four.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is returning to the Critics' Choice name after splitting the awards into two ceremonies in 2010, and adding movie and TV to the shows' titles.

Especially in an unpredictable year, pre-Oscar awards are watched closely. However, comparisons between Oscar and the Critics' Choice are limited, since the categories differ so much. For example, Mad Max is up for best picture, but also nominated for best action movie and best sci-fi/horror film.

However, in the all-important best-picture race, the Critics' Choice winners are watched more carefully than the nominations, since they have been the same in 11 of the past 15 years.

Because the awards are part of a buildup to the Academy Awards, films get disproportionate attention. But the TV races are just as jam-packed with interesting contenders. ABC, HBO and FX Networks led with 14 nominations apiece, followed by Fox with 12. Topping the list of nominated series is Fargo (FX) with eight. The Leftovers (HBO) and Transparent (Amazon) earned six each; The Wiz Live! (NBC), five; and Black-ish (ABC), Mr. Robot (USA) and Penny Dreadful (Showtime) have four apiece.

Previously, TV awards were handed out in June. Because of the new combined format, only television shows airing primarily within the seven months from June 1 to Dec. 31 were eligible for nomination.

The Broadcast Film Critics Assn. consists of nearly 300 reviewers from TV, radio and online. The Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. was begun a few years ago as an offshoot, with its first TV ceremony held in June 2011. There are about 100 voters. In the new configuration, movie critics will vote on the film awards, while TV reviewers will vote on TV.

BFCA/BTJA president Joey Berlin enthused, This is a new Golden Age in Hollywood, with a dazzling array of spectacular, delightful and illuminating films and programs to choose from.

The ceremonies, hosted by T.J. Miller, will be held on Jan. 17 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. They will air simultaneously on A&E, Lifetime and LMN. The three-hour event will be preceded by one-hour red-carpet coverage. The 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards will be produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment.

Here are the nominations for the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards:

MOVIE

BEST PICTURE

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Sicario

Spotlight

ACTOR

Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

Matt Damon - The Martian

Johnny Depp - Black Mass

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett - Carol

Brie Larson - Room

Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Paul Dano - Love & Mercy

Tom Hardy - The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight

Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

Sylvester Stallone - Creed

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara - Carol

Rachel McAdams - Spotlight

Helen Mirren - Trumbo

Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation

RJ Cyler - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Shameik Moore - Dope

Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes

Jacob Tremblay - Room

ACTING ENSEMBLE

The Big Short

The Hateful Eight

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

DIRECTOR

Todd Haynes - Carol

Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu - The Revenant

Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Ridley Scott - The Martian

Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies

Alex Garland - Ex Machina

Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley - Inside Out

Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay - The Big Short

Nick Hornby - Brooklyn

Drew Goddard - The Martian

Emma Donoghue - Room

Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Carol - Ed Lachman

The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson

Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale

The Martian - Dariusz Wolski

The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki

Sicario - Roger Deakins

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo

Brooklyn - Fran ois S guin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay

Carol - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler

The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart, Michael Standish

Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson

The Martian - Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

EDITING

The Big Short - Hank Corwin

Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel

The Martian - Pietro Scalia

The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione

Spotlight - Tom McArdle

COSTUME DESIGN

Brooklyn - Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Carol - Sandy Powell

Cinderella - Sandy Powell

The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado

Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan

HAIR & MAKEUP

Black Mass

Carol

The Danish Girl

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

VISUAL EFFECTS

Ex Machina

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

The Walk

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