Actor Rami Malek, winner of best actor in a drama series for Mr. Robot, poses during the 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday. — AP
Actor Rami Malek, winner of best actor in a drama series for Mr. Robot, poses during the 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday. — AP
The drama Spotlight and the action film Mad Max: Fury Road were among the winners late Sunday at the Critics’ Choice Award, an event that attracted Hollywood glitterati in their droves.
Like the January 10 Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice, hosted by film and television critics, handed out prizes for accomplishments on the big and small screen.
Both the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards are seen as a possible guide to what may happen at the Oscars ceremony in late February. The investigative journalism drama Spotlight, about the newspaper team that uncovered a widespread child sex scandal in the Catholic Church in Boston, won the awards for best picture and best acting ensemble. Leonardo Di Caprio won best actor for his gripping performance in the 19th century frontier drama The Revenant, while Brie Larson won best actress for the thriller Room. Perhaps the biggest winner of the night was action film Mad Max: Fury Road, which scooped nine awards from 13 nominations, including best action movie and top prizes for the film’s stars, Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
The Big Short, about the 2008 financial meltdown, won the best comedy category, while Inside Out was awarded the best animated feature.
Oscar-nominated Sylvester Stallone won the best supporting actor for Creed while Alicia Vikander was declared the best supporting actress for The Danish Girl. She has already bagged an Oscar nomination for the same.
In the television category, USA Network’s cyber-thriller Mr. Robot won three awards, including best drama series, best actor in a drama series for its Egyptian-American star Rami Malek, and best supporting actor in a drama series for Christian Slater. Netflix’s Master of None starring Indian-American Aziz Ansari, won in the best comedy series category.
Ansari, however, lost out in the best actor in a comedy series award to Jeffrey Tambor, who stars as a transgender, divorced, mother/father in the Amazon show Transparent.
The best actress in a comedy series went to Rachel Bloom for her role in The CW network show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, while Carrie Coon scooped up the best actress in a drama series award for her role in the HBO show The Leftovers.
Hungarian Holocaust drama Son of Saul was declared the best foreign film. In the documentary category, Indo-British helmer Asif Kapadia’s Amy, a chronicle of singer Amy Winehouse’s short life, emerged winner. Amy Schumer, meanwhile, had a big night. The actress-comedian’s debut film Trainwreck won best comedy. She also picked up the MVP Award for big year. Judd Apatow presented Amy Schumer with the Critics’ Choice MVP award for her work on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer and Universal’s Trainwreck. The awards were hosted by Silicon Valley comic T.J. Miller.
