Irishman leads nominations

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The Irishman Premiere held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
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The Irishman is beginning to look like an Oscars lock after picking up 14 nominations for the Critics Choice Awards.

Martin Scorsese's new Netflix movie will compete for the Best Film prize, while Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci are all up for acting awards among the nominations, released by the Broadcast Film Critics Association on Sunday (08Dec19).

The Irishman will be up against director Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story in the Best Picture category, as well as The Two Popes, Dolemite Is My Name, Jojo Rabbit, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which picked up 12 mentions, Ford V Ferrari, Joker, Uncut Gems, Parasite, and Little Women.

Meanwhile, another Netflix hit, When They See Us, dominated the Critics Choice TV categories with six nominations, closely followed by This Is Us and Schitt's Creek, both with five each.

The 25th annual Critics Choice Awards will take place on Jan. 12, 2020.