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D.L. Hughley to Host 'The 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards' on VH1
The First Major Awards Show of the Season will Air Live from the Santa
Monica Civic Auditorium on VH1, Monday, January 7 at 9PM (ET/PT)
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- Actor and Comedian D.L. Hughley will
host the Broadcast Film Critics Association's (BFCA) "The 13th Annual
Critics' Choice Awards" gala live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on
Monday, January 7 at 9pm (ET/PT). The awards are bestowed annually by the
BFCA to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.
Since its inception in 1995, the "Critics' Choice Awards" has become a
star-studded bellwether event of the movie awards season. The BFCA
consistently picks nominees and winners that go on to garner more Academy
Award nominations and wins than any other movie awards show. Presenters and
special guests will be announced as they are confirmed.
Host D.L. Hughley started his career as a standup comic in the 1980's.
D.L. became a house-hold name as a member of Spike Lee's "The Original
Kings of Comedy" and has starred in several television shows including his
self- monikered sitcom "The Hughleys" in which he played himself. More
recently Hughley was seen hosting the BET series "S.O.B: Socially Offensive
Behavior." D.L. currently stars in his own one-hour special for HBO
entitled "Unapologetic" and will also be seen this January as the newest
host of HBO's "Def Comedy Jam." Hughley will bring his original brand of
comedy to VH1, when he hosts "The 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards."
Differentiating itself from other awards shows, the Critics' Choice
Awards has 18 categories which include the non-traditional Best Acting
Ensemble, Best Young Actor/Actress category and more. This is also the only
award show where the Best Picture Category has 10 nominees rather then the
standard five. The complete list of nominating categories are listed below
and the nominees will be announced in a live press conference on VH1,
Tuesday, December 11 at 8:30am ET/ 5:30am PT:
1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor
3. Best Actress
4. Best Supporting Actor
5. Best Supporting Actress
6. Best Acting Ensemble
7. Best Director
8. Best Comedy
9. Best Young Actor
10. Best Young Actress
11. Best Foreign Language Film
12. Best Documentary
13. Best Animated Feature
14. Best Family Film
15. Best Writer
16. Best Song
17. Best Composer
18. Best Picture Made for Television
The "Critics' Choice Awards" is always a hot ticket event for
entertainment A-listers. Attending the show in 2007 was a who's who of
Hollywood including: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Forest Whitaker,
Helen Mirren, Alan Arkin, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Clint Eastwood, Ryan Gosling, Kate Winslet, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner,
Penelope Cruz, Spike Lee, Jessica Biel, Sacha Baron Cohen and Dakota
Fanning.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics
organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 200
television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source
of information for today's film going public. The very first opinion a
moviegoer hears about new releases at the multiplex or the art house
usually comes from one of its members.
VH1 will expand elements of the show online at VH1.com and on VH1
Mobile. Exclusive video footage from the event will include celebrity
interviews, "behind-the-scenes" footage and more. Additional multiplatform
plans will be announced in the coming weeks.
VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter
to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online
content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 90 million
households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and
services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, VH1Games and extensive
broadband video on VH1.com. Connect with VH1 at VH1.com.
SOURCE VH1
http://www.vh1.com/
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