The Sunday stage is set for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards which will be hosted by Taye Diggs and include virtual and in-person details. Deadline will be updating the winners list throughout the night and will be on the scene for the ceremony’s virtual backstage. The Critics Choice awards will see presenters announce winners live from the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica as well as other areas from all over the world. The ceremony will reveal the winners in 20 film categories and 19 television categories. Leading the pack for nominations are Netflix’s Mank and A24’s Minari, which earned 12 and 10 noms, respectively. On the TV side, Ozark and The Crown lead the nominations with six each. Malcolm & Marie and Euphoria star Zendaya will receive the evening’s SeeHer Award. Related Story Critics Choice Winner Donald Sutherland On 'The Undoing' Killer Reveal: "I Always Suspected It was Me" Refresh the list below to get the updated winners list … [Read more...] about Critics Choice Awards 2021: Chadwick Boseman Wins Best Actor
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Critics Choice Winner Anya Taylor-Joy On ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Season 2: “Never Say Never”
Fans of The Queen’s Gambit: Don’t give up hope yet! On Sunday night, one week after picking up a Golden Globe, Anya Taylor-Joy collected a Best Actress Critics Choice award for her work in Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit . And during a backstage chat with the press via Zoom, she addressed repeated calls for a second season of the much-loved show. “It is obviously incredibly flattering that people want to spend more time with characters that we care so much about and that we poured so much love into,” she said, “but we did intend it to be a limited series, so we were all quite surprised when people started asking for Season 2. That being said, never say never.” The show, which follows chess champ Beth Harmon through the trials and tribulations of child stardom and life for a female star in the 1950s and ’60s, saw Taylor-Joy embracing chess for the role. Asked what chess taught her about life, she said, “It’s such a beautiful metaphor. I guess that you can have … [Read more...] about Critics Choice Winner Anya Taylor-Joy On ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Season 2: “Never Say Never”
Critics Choice Winner Donald Sutherland On ‘The Undoing’ Killer Reveal: “I Always Suspected It was Me”
Picking up a Critics Choice award for his role in HBO limited series The Undoing on Sunday night, Donald Sutherland said he seriously thought he was the killer for almost the entire shoot. “The truth is we didn’t know,” he said during a Zoom chat with the press after his win. “I always suspected that it was me. And maybe it was me.” In the David E. Kelley -created The Undoing, Sutherland plays the wealthy father of Nicole Kidman ’s character, who is grappling with her husband ( Hugh Grant ) being accused of murder. And Sutherland was being sincere in his suspicions, because, he explained, no one in the cast knew the killer’s identity until they shot that episode. “We didn’t get the 6th [finale episode] script until just before we shot it. Seriously. And then when I knew, the relief that it wasn’t me was so great that I didn’t want to say anything. Except that I’ve just said something.” Asked how he has kept a mindset that brought him a steady stream … [Read more...] about Critics Choice Winner Donald Sutherland On ‘The Undoing’ Killer Reveal: “I Always Suspected It was Me”
Michael K. Williams’ Critics Choice Win For ‘Lovecraft Country’: “All Too Often, Everyone Looks The Same In These Types Of Storytelling”
On Sunday night Michael K. Williams picked up a Critics Choice Award for his role in HBO series Lovecraft Country , and he took that opportunity to talk about the need to open up more Black stories. Speaking in the virtual press room backstage, Williams said he hoped the show would inspire young people especially. “What I mostly hope is that youth, particularly youth from my community who watch this, get a sense of the legacy which we come from,” he said. “The greatness and all the obstacles that we’ve overcome to be alive today. People fought and died and gave their last just so we could be and live and walk, and have the experience to be and live, and there’s a greatness that comes along with that.” Related Story Critics Choice Awards 2021 - Complete Winners List (Updating Live) Williams added that the show serves as an example of the state of our society. “It’s my hope that people will see how we got to this place of disarray. This didn’t happen … [Read more...] about Michael K. Williams’ Critics Choice Win For ‘Lovecraft Country’: “All Too Often, Everyone Looks The Same In These Types Of Storytelling”