'Into the Wild' leads Critics' Choice nominations
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Sean Penn's Into The Wild received a leading seven nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards, announced Tuesday by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

Juno got six nominations, while Atonement,Michael Clayton,No Country for Old Men,Sweeney Todd and Hairspray tied with five each.

The 13th annual awards will be presented during a live VH1 broadcast Jan. 7, with D.L. Hughley as host.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics' organization, comprising more than 200 North American members representing TV, radio and online critics.

The complete list of nominees:

Picture: American Gangster,Atonement,The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,Into the Wild,Juno,The Kite Runner,Michael Clayton,No Country for Old Men,Sweeney Todd,There Will Be Blood.

Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton ; Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood ; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd ; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl ; Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild ; Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises.

Actress: Amy Adams, Enchanted ; Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age ; Julie Christie, Away From Her ; Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose ; Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart ; Ellen Page, Juno.

Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ; Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men ; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War ; Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild ; Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton.

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There ; Catherine Keener, Into the Wild ; Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement ; Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone ; Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.

Acting Ensemble: Hairspray,Juno,No Country for Old Men,Sweeney Todd,Gone Baby Gone,Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Director: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd ; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men ; Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ; Sean Penn, Into the Wild ; Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ; Joe Wright, Atonement.

Writer: Diablo Cody, Juno ; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men ; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton ; Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl ; Sean Penn, Into the Wild ; Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson's War.

Animated Feature: Bee Movie,Beowulf,Persepolis,Ratatouille,The Simpsons Movie.

Young Actor: Michael Cera, Juno ; Michael Cera, Superbad ; Freddie Highmore, August Rush ; Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, The Kite Runner ; Edward Sanders, Sweeney Todd.

Young Actress: Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray ; Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass ; AnnaSophia Robb, Bridge to Terabithia ; Saoirse Ronan, Atonement.

Comedy: Dan in Real Life,Hairspray,Juno,Knocked Up,Superbad.

Family Film (live action): August Rush,Enchanted,The Golden Compass,Hairspray,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Picture Made for Television: The Company,Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,Tin Man,The War.

Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,La Vie en Rose,Lust, Caution,The Orphanage.

Song: Come So Far, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Hairspray ; Do You Feel Me, Anthony Hamilton, American Gangster ; Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once ; Guaranteed, Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild ; That's How You Know, Amy Adams, Enchanted.

Composer: Marco Beltrami, 3:10 to Yuma ; Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution ; Clint Eastwood, Grace Is Gone ; Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood ; Dario Marianelli, Atonement ; Alan Menken, Enchanted.

Documentary Feature: Darfur Now,In the Shadow of the Moon,The King of Kong,No End In Sight,Sharkwater,Sicko.

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Emile Hirsch stars as Christopher McCandless in Sean Penn's Into the Wild.
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Emile Hirsch stars as Christopher McCandless in Sean Penn's Into the Wild.
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