“Spotlight” wins Best Picture at Critics Choice Awards
The 21st Critics Choice Awards, hosted by “Silicon Valley” star TJ Miller at the Santa Monica Airport, combined both the glamour of Hollywood with the inevitable crush of awards season, cramming in both TV and film accolades and running over three hours long.
Leonardo DiCaprio, an Oscar favorite for the gritty wilderness survival story “The Revenant”, won best actor, broadcasting his acceptance speech from London. Sharon Stone announced the best picture award, which went to “Spotlight”.
Brie Larson, who wasn't able to attend the event, won best actress for her heartbreaking turn in “Room” and in the TV awards, Rami Malek nabbed best actor in a drama series for “Mr. Robot”. The show also took home best drama, and Aziz Ansari's Netflix series “Master of None” nabbed best comedy.
Other key winners of the night included George Miller, who got a directing nod for “Mad Max: Fury Road”, and Amy Schumer for best actress in a comedy for “Trainwreck”. Shortly thereafter, Christian Bale won the award for best actor in a comedy, and “The Big Short” took home the award for best comedy. Carrie Coon won the award for best actress in a drama series for “The Leftovers”.
Guests dined while the 28 awards were announced. In the early part of the evening, the actors of “Spotlight” took home the best ensemble acting award. “The true (winners) are the real life heroes in 'Spotlight,'” said Rachel McAdams, naming the Boston Globe journalists who broke the story of the Catholic Church molestation scandals upon which the film was based.
Sylvester Stallone got a standing ovation when his name was announced as the winner of best supporting actor for “Creed”. Alicia Vikander seemed genuinely choked with emotion when she was announced winner for best supporting actress in “The Danish Girl”.
Mayim Bialik was also stunned to take home the award for best supporting actress in a comedy series for “The Big Bang Theory”. “My dad died nine and a half months ago and he was my harshest critic and never lived to see me win anything. So 'abba,' (father in Hebrew), this is for you.”
But perhaps no award drew more oohs and coos than the nine-year old Jacob Tremblay, who won the award for best young actor in “Room”, and said he plans to place his statuette beside his toy Millennium Falcon.
Later, when the award for best supporting actress in a drama series was called, “Unreal” actress Eden Sher jumped up and down and screamed with unbridled joy from the back of the hangar when her costar Constance Zimmer's name was announced.
Judd Apatow was plucked to bestow upon Amy Schumer the first annual Critics Choice MVP award, which inevitably lent itself to many a joke about how accomplished the comedian-actress-writer is: “What has J.J. Abrams done?” Judd joked in his intro. “I can't believe that this whole year happened,” said Schumer. “I felt seen and heard by you guys.”
Source: Variety
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