This just in from VH1 and the BFCA:

 VH1’s 14^th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS ANNOUNCES THIS YEAR’S PRESENTERS

BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE  KATE BECKINSALE, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AND ACTRESS NOMINEES JOSH BROLIN AND MARISA TOMEI AND ACADEMY AWARD® WINNING ACTORS DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND FOREST WHITAKER ARE AMONG THE MANY PRESENTERS FOR THIS STAR- STUDDED SHOW

GALA AWARDS CEREMONY WILL BROADCAST LIVE ON VH1

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009 AT 9:00 PM (ET/PT)

New York, NY – December 18, 2008 – The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced today some of this year’s presenters for the 14^th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony on Thursday, January 8, 2009. The 2009 presenters include Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Josh Brolin, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aaron Eckhart, Dakota Fanning, Dustin Hoffman, Eva Longoria, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Marisa Tomei, and Forest Whitaker. The awards show will feature the rock band Rooney as this year’s house band.

“We are truly honored to have such a talented and charismatic group of presenters,” said BFCA president Joey Berlin. “The Critics’ Choice Awards kicks off the awards season and this year’s show is going to be our best ever.”

The largest film critics’ organization with more than 200 members in the United States and Canada on television, radio and the Internet, the BFCA selected nominees for awards in each of 17 categories.  The Critics’ Choice Awards were created by the BFCA to recognize excellence in cinematic achievement.  Eligible films were released in 2008. The accounting firm of Gregory A. Mogab tallied the written ballots. Historically, the Critics’ Choice Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.