'DOUBT' And 'FROST/NIXON' Earn Critics Choice Nominations

The films "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon" have been nominated for Critics Choice Awards, placing them in competition with "The Reader," "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire" for Best Picture.

The 14th Critics' Choice Awards will be presented on VH1 Jan. 8, 2009.

Critics' Choice also nominated Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon") and Sean Penn ("Milk") for Best Actor.

Meryl Streep ("Doubt"), Melissa Leo ("Frozen River"), Anne Hathaway ("Rachel Getting Married") and Kate Blanchett ("Benjamin Button") were nominated for Best Actress.

"Doubt" stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis
earned supporting nominations, as did Josh Brolin ("Milk"), Marisa Tomei ("The Wrestler"), Kate Winslet ("The Reader") and Penelope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona").

Other nominations for "Doubt" also include Best Acting Ensemble and John Patrick Shanley for Best Writer. "Frost/Nixon" earned nominations for Best Director Ron Howard and Best Writer for Peter Morgan.

About DOUBT:

Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx, DOUBT centers on a nun who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the life of a young black student.

About FROST/NIXON:

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a chargEd Battle of wits resulted.