The show also took home best drama, and Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series “Master of None” nabbed best comedy. Many movies, television series, actors and actresses received awards, whereas in other award shows, they barely got any recognition. Shortly thereafter, Christian Bale won the award for best actor in a comedy, and “The Big Short” took home the award for best comedy. Best actor and actress in comedy went to Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent”).
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Jacob won the Best Young Actor gong for his role in the film, Room.
“Tom McCarthy’s journalism drama “Spotlight” topped the 21st Annual Critics” Choice Awards by winning best film and best ensemble.
Quirky comedian T.J. Miller hosted the award ceremony and started the night off with an interesting monologue that included puppets and poked fun at the entertainment business, including Golden Globes’ host Ricky Gervais.
Ex Machina, Inside Out and Amy bagged the Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie, Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary Feature respectively.
At last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards, she lost her shoe, she proposed to someone on stage and she talked about how her belly was the reason why she had to write her own material.
Leonardo DiCaprio was awarded a Critics Choice Award for his role in The Revenant which follows his win (for the same film) at the the Golden Globes.
Schumer thanked Trainwrekc’s producer, Judd Apatow for taking a chance on her and the critics for their positive reactions to the film. “This award doesn’t just go to me for that it goes to all you other guys as well”.
Well, it depends. In the past such movies as Brokeback Mountain, The Social Network and Boyhood got accolades at the Critics’ Choice Awards only to bomb at the Oscars.
Among the films it beat was The Look of Silence: Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up to The Act of Killing was instead named Foreign Language Film of the Year.
The blockbuster Furious 7 got glory for its song “See You Again” which was in memory of the late actor Paul Walker who died in a auto crash. Timothy Olyphant won guest actor in a comedy for “The Grinder”.
Andre Braugher won for supporting actor for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, while Mayim Bialik won supporting actress for “The Big Bang Theory”.
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Constance Zimmer, “UnREAL”.
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Meanwhile, the second season of Fargo scored four awards including best movie made for television or limited series.
