The Senate must vote on the 15 nominees as well as Mr. Liu and Judge Chen soon after it convenes.
It offers quick lookups for this year's nominees, as well as information on past awards, nominees, venues and hosts.
With likely nominees as diverse as "Avatar" and "Precious" this year, the show's appeal could be similarly wider.
It is a good bet that they will go nuclear again — and abolish filibusters for Supreme Court nominees as well.
Last year, all nine Oscar nominees for best picture were among the Critics Choice nominees, as well as 13 of the 20 acting nominees.
An executive at NBC Universal said his company was going to pay for airline tickets for nominees as well as for "support personnel" for the stars.
Proxima, which owns 20 per cent of Russia-and-Ukraine-focused JKX, wants to sack the management and replace it with its own nominees, as well as putting two representatives on a smaller, seven-member board.
The yearly gathering of as many Oscar nominees as will attend (this year 150 showed up) was scheduled to last between noon and 2 p.m. in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Our most sincere congratulations to the winners and to all of the nominees as well.
The updated version of the iPhone app featuring the James Beard winners and nominees as well as the new table availability features is out now.
Among those under particular pressure from MEPs are the Spanish and Hungarian nominees, as well as Lord Hill, our correspondent says.
