In the words of Lizzo, "Welcome to the Grammys bitch!" Or, better yet, Grammys after parties, bitch.
13.01.2020 - 21:46 / variety.com
Twas the night before Oscar nominations and all through the ballroom, the Barker Hanger was buzzing as critics mixed and mingled with A-listers inside the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday night. Big winners Life Achievement winner Eddie Murphy, #SeeHer honoree Kristen Bell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Bong Joon Ho played to the audience in the room and at home with top-notch speeches but Variety was inside the ballroom bringing you everything you didn’t see on television.
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In the words of Lizzo, "Welcome to the Grammys bitch!" Or, better yet, Grammys after parties, bitch.
The ceremony was just the start of the evening.
Another Sunday, another awards show!
Despite pushback in years past, the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards are very white once again, with Cynthia Erivo being the only person of color nominated in the four acting categories. Actors like Awkwafina (), Eddie Murphy (), Jennifer Lopez () and Lupita Nyong’o () were snubbed from key races despite several nominations and wins leading up to this year’s ceremony.
Nominate Beyoncé for an award, and it's no guarantee she'll show up for the ceremony. The singer has a Critics' Choice Awards nomination tonight for her The Lion King song "Spirit," but it wasn't enough to get her to honor the ceremony with her presence.
Hollywood's stars gathered in Santa Monica, Calif. on Sunday to celebrate the work of their peers at the 2020 Critics' Choice Awards.
Jennifer Aniston is taking a break from the award show circuit tonight. The actress was not photographed on the Critics' Choice Awards red carpet this evening in Los Angeles, the second event of 2020's award season.
Taylor Swift was one of the big news makers at last week's Golden Globes ceremony due to her very public date with her boyfriend of three years, Joe Alwyn. Award season continues on tonight with the Critics' Choice Awards, and Swift's not there.
Anne Hathaway walked her first red carpet of the decade tonight—and her very first since the actress welcomed her second child last year. Hathaway, a nominee at the Critics' Choice Awards tonight, walked the carpet in a sparkly column gown. She wore her hair down.
Eddie Murphy looked back at his nearly 40 years of being an actor while accepting the lifetime achievement award at the 2020 Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday night."Being able to make a living as an actor is a privilege and a blessing. And to make a living making people laugh, there's no higher — you're the luckiest person on Earth to be able to do that," Murphy said.
By Geoff Boucher
On Monday morning, awards season will officially pivot to film when the 92nd Academy Awards nominations are announced, but on Sunday night, the television scene got one last chance to celebrate another great season in the Peak TV era right alongside the movies at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards.
In an unexpected twist, two filmmakers won the Best Director prize at the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards. director Bong Joon-Ho and Sam Mendes, who helmed, won in a tie.
Eddie Murphy's groundbreaking and triumphant career received the recognition it has long deserved at this year's Critics' Choice Awards, where he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
He’s making waffles — and winning awards! Eddie Murphy took home the 2020 Critics Choice Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award and reflected on his three decades in the industry.
Awards season is in full effect!