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Taye: IT IS TIME FOR US TOGATHER VIRTUALLY, ALTHOUGH WE'D

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RATHER MEET IN PERSON,AND COLLECTIVELY REJOICE.

NONETHELESS, THIS CELEBRATION IS A BRAND NEW ITERATION

OF THE PARTY THAT IS KNOWN AS CRITICS CHOICE.

YOU WILL SEE SOME FAMOUS FACES ON THIS STAGE AND OTHER PLACES

TYPICALLY FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME.

AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE AWARDING LEAD PERFORMERS AND SUPPORTING

AND THE TV SHOWS AND FILMS FOR WHICH THEY'RE KNOWN.

WE HEARD THE SOUND OF METAL AND SAW NOMADS NEVER SETTLE,

A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN MADE MEN SORRY.

DA FIVE BLOODS WERE DA BOMB.

THEY BLEW UP IN VIETNAM.

AND WE LEARNED KOREAN WATER CELERY IS CALLED MINARI.

THESE MOVIES STREAMED INTO OUR HOMES

AND FILLED OUR HEARTS DESIRE.

AND THIS YEAR'S SERIES OFFERINGS WERE ALSO FULL BLOWN FIRE.

"THE CROWN" RE-SHOT THE WEDDING OF PRINCE CHUCK AND LADY DI.

"LOVECRAFT COUNTRY" MADE US WONDER IF WE ALL WERE HIGH.

SAUL GOODMAN'S LIFE WAS COMPLICATED, SCARY, AND ABSURD.

"THE MANDALORIAN" WAS LOVED BY EV'RY STAR WARS NERD.

"THE UNDOING" SAW HUGH GRANT DOING SOMETHING PRETTY DRASTIC,

AND OUR OBSESSION WITH "THE QUEENS GAMBIT"

WAS SIMPLY PAWNOGRAPHIC.

AND IF MY LITTLE SPOKEN WORD HAS LEFT YOU WANTING MORE,

CHECK OUT ALL THESE SHOWS.

SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE!

WE WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN.

YOU ARE CULTURAL DISRUPTORS.

YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE.

YOU WANT TO BE SOMEBODY OR NOT?

I'VE GOT MY TIME COMING TO ME.

IT ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE.

IT'S ABOUT BEING IN THE ROOM.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I LOVE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD.

ARE YOU RECEIVING THIS?

I COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.

YOU DON'T EVER SAY A FINAL GOODBYE.

JUST SAY I'LL SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD.

THIS MOVEMENT IS CALLED A STRUGGLES BECAUSE WE ARE

FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES.

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!

THESE ARE STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN VERY MUCH LIKE YOU,

WAITING FOR BETTER DAYS TO COME.

Announcer: HERE'S THE HOST OF THE 26TH ANNUAL

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

FROM THE CW'S "ALL-AMERICAN," TAYE DIGGS!

Taye: HELLO, EVERYONE.

I'M TAYE DIGGS, AND I'M HOSTING THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

AND I'LL KEEP DOING IT UNTIL THEY ADD AN AWARDS SHOW

CATEGORY.

THIS YEAR'S SHOW IS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SOCIAL DISTANCING MEANS THAT MOST OF OUR PRESENTERS AND

NOMINEES WILL BE WATCHING THE SHOW FROM AFAR.

AND SINCE MOST OF THEM ARE IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS, I'M PROBABLY

THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS SHOW NOT WEARING SWEATPANTS.

I CALL IT AWARD SHOW CASUAL.

FORMAL ON TOP.

COMFY ON THE BOTTOM.

ANOTHER GREAT ADVANTAGE OF BEAMING INTO THE SHOW

IS THAT YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE.

WELL, ANYWHERE WITH WI-FI.

WE HAVE STARS IN ENGLAND, GERMANY, ISRAEL, AUSTRALIA, AND

ALL OVER THE USA, EVEN HAWAII.

AND WE HAVE MORE LIVE NOMINEES ATTENDING THAN EVER BEFORE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VIRTUAL, WE STILL HAVE TABLES FULL

OF CELEBRITIES AND FILMMAKERS.

THERE'S CAREY MULLIGAN, STAR OF "PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN."

THERE'S THE "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI" TABLE.

ALL RIGHT, I SEE YOU LESLIE ODOM, JR. IS UP

FOR THREE AWARDS TONIGHT!

"TED LASSO" HAS A TABLE.

WITH NOMINEES JASON SUDEIKIS AND HANNAH WADDINGHAM.

AND HERE'S "DA 5 BLOODS" TABLE.

THE GREAT DELROY LINDO AND FILMMAKER SPIKE LEE.

BY THE WAY, HERE'S A LITTLE TIP FOR THE WHITE FOLKS.

DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO OVER-ENUNCIATE THE "DA" IN THE

"DA FIVE BLOODS".

LET IT COME OUT NATURALLY.

"DA FIVE BLOODS".

A LOT HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT FINDING YOURSELF IN "SCHITT'S CREEK"

IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.

THEY HAVE FIVE NOMINATIONS.

THAT WAS TOPPED BY "THE CROWN," WHICH HAS 6.

ONE OF THOSE NOMINATIONS WAS FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF PRIME MINISTER

MARGARET THATCHER.

SAY HELLO TO GILLIAN ANDERSON!

HI, GILLIAN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NOMINATION.

CONGRATS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Taye: WHERE ARE YOU AND WHAT TIME IS IT?

I AM IN PRAGUE AND IT'S ABOUT JUST AFTER 1:00 A.M. IN THE

MORNING.

Taye: YOU ARE STAYING UP EARLY, ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU DRESS HEAD TO TOE FOR TONIGHT?

OR JUST WAIST UP?

I DID PUT AN ENTIRE OUTFIT ON.

Taye: EXCELLENT.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF PLAYING MARGARET THATCHER?

WHAT WAS THE FAVORITE THING ABOUT IT?

PROBABLY I WOULD SAY GETTING TO DO ALL THE BITS AT THE SAME

TIME.

THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING TO DO ALL THE BITS.

THE VOICE, HER MANNERISMS, HER WALK.

IN A BODYSUIT, AND THE WIG.

Taye: YES, THAT WIG.

WONDERFUL.

GILLIAN.

THANK YOU FOR CHATTING.

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.

TO PRESENT IT ARE TWO PREVIOUS CRITICS CHOICE AWARD WINNERS,

ANGELA BASSETT AND COURTNEY B. VANCE.

SHE STARS IN THE TV SERIES "9-1-1" AND THE BEST ANIMATED

PICTURE WINNER "SOUL" AND HE CAN BE SEEN IN

"GENIUS: ARETHA."

HERE THEY ARE.

HI, I'M ANGELA BASSETT.

AND I'M COURTNEY B. VANCE.

AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE CRITICS CHOICE FOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

WHICH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, IS APROPOS, SINCE WE'VE BEEN

SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE

FOR OVER 23 WONDERFUL YEARS.

WHAT'S OUR SECRET?

TRUST, OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION.

AND EACH WEEK, WE MAKE SURE TO HAVE A DATE NIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IN FACT, YOU ALL ARE WITNESSING OUR DATE NIGHT RIGHT NOW.

EXCUSE ME?

THIS IS OUR DATE NIGHT?

WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN'T REALLY GO OUT.

BUT WE'RE DRESSED NICELY.

YOU LOOK LIKE A QUEEN, AS ALWAYS, AND THE LIGHTING IS

GOOD.

UH-HUH.

I THINK NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO PRESENT THE BEST SUPPORTING

ACTOR NOMINEES.

I'VE GOT SOME PIZZA ROLLS RIGHT OVER IN THE TOASTER OVEN,

IF YOU -- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

CHADWICK BOSEMAN, "DA 5 BLOODS."

PAUL RACI, "SOUND OF METAL."

DANIEL KALUUYA, "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH."

BILL MURRAY, "ON THE ROCKS."

LESLIE ODOM, JR., "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI.

SACHA BARON COHEN, "THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7."

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

DANIEL KALUUYA, "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH."

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, ANGELA AND COURTNEY.

WOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, MY PEOPLE, MY TEAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 14 SHAKA KING.

EVERYONE AT PROXIMITY.

EVERYONE AT WARNER BROS., CHARLES KING .

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK -- WE DO THIS TOGETHER.

THE INCREDIBLE CAST ON THE COMRADES IN EVERYONE.

EVERYONE BACK IN CLEVELAND.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS CHOICE FOR CHAMPIONING THE LEGACY.

THE MESSAGES AND IDEAS AND STRATEGIES FOR HELPING THE

PEOPLE.

APPRECIATED.

THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Announcer: HE STARRED IN "THE OUTPOST"

AND "RETALIATION."

HERE IS ORLANDO BLOOM.

THE NOMINEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS PROVE

THE ADAGE THAT "THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS, ONLY SMALL ACTORS."

AND ALTHOUGH THEIR ROLES WERE SUPPORTING, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS

TO THIS YEAR IN FILM WERE IMMEASURABLE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERFORMANCES OF

THE NOMINEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.

Announcer: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.

AMANDA SEYFRIED, "MANK."

MARIA BAKALOVA, "BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM."

GLENN CLOSE, "HILLBILLY ELEGY."

OLIVIA COLMAN, "THE FATHER."

YUH-JUNG YOUN, "MINARI."

ELLEN BURSTYN, "PIECES OF A WOMAN."

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

MARIA BAKALOVA, "BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM."

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

ASSOCIATION.

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING HAPPENING.

GROWING UP IN BULGARIA, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I'M STANDING

HERE, SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT BEING READY TO SEIZURE MOMENTS BUT YOU

CAN'T DO IT UNLESS YOU'RE GIVEN A CHANCE.

SASHA, YOU GAVE ME THAT CHANCE SO THANK YOU FOR THE UNWAVERING

SUPPORT AND FOR TRUSTING ME.

THIS AWARD IS FOR EVERY LITTLE KID WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM, YOUR

DREAMS ARE VALID NO MATTER HOW HUGE.

YOU WILL ACHIEVE THEM.

THANK YOU.

Announcer: THERE ARE LOTS MORE STARS COMING UP, INCLUDING

FROM "THAT WOMAN," JAVICIA LESLIE.

FROM "SUPERMAN AND LOIS," TYLER HOECHLIN AND

ELIZABETH TULLOCH AND...

WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AND

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES.

STICK AROUND, COMING UP NEXT.

Announcer: WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

CONTINUES.

Announcer: WELCOME BACK.

HERE'S YOUR HOST, TAYE DIGGS.

Taye: FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, THESE

AWARDS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

WITH MORE THAN 400 VOTING MEMBERS IS THE LARGEST AND MOST

DIVERSE CRITICS GROUP IN THE WORLD.

PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEXT PRESENTERS.

TOGETHER, THEY STAR IN THE HIT COMEDY

"CALL ME KAT."

HERE ARE MAYIM BIALIK AND LESLIE JORDAN.

WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT BEST SUPPORTING CATEGORIES

IN A DRAMA SERIES.

SOMETHING EXTREMELY FITTING FOR THE TWO OF US.

BECAUSE WE'VE BOTH HAD SOME PRETTY MEMORABLE SUPPORTING

ROLES THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS.

AND I LOVE DRAMA.

IS THAT TRUE?

MAYIM, I'M PREGNANT.

AND IT'S YOURS!

WAIT, I GOT A TEXT.

SORRY.

THIS IS VERY UNEXPECTED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

I THINK WE NEED A MINUTE TO PROCESS THIS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOMINEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES.

Announcer: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES.

GILLIAN ANDERSON, "THE CROWN."

THOSE LITTLE MEN AND YOU WANT ME TO GET ON MY KNEES TO THEM.

RHEA SEEHORN, "BETTER CALL SAUL."

TRIA SHELL COMPANY.

WUNMI MOSAKU, "LOVECRAFT

COUNTRY."

SPLIT THAT MONEY REGARDLESS OF MAMA'S WISHES.

JULIA GARNER, "OZARK."

I WANT YOU TO STOP LYING AND TELL ME WHY BEN IS DEAD.

CYNTHIA ERIVO, "THE OUTSIDER."

PERHAPS FIND A WAY TO SEE IT CLEARLY, NOT TO DISMISS THE

FACTS.

WHAT REALITY MIGHT ENTAIL.

JANET MCTEER, "OZARK."

DON'T MAKE US GO BACK ON THAT ONE.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

GILLIAN ANDERSON, "THE CROWN."

WOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

AND TO MY AMAZING FELLOW NOMINEES.

THANK YOU TO THE SHOW RUNNER AND EXTRAORDINAIRE, TO OUR PRODUCER

ANDY HARRIES.

AND OUR PRODUCER MICHAEL CASEY AND TO OUR INCREDIBLE.

...

ARE PHENOMENALLY TALENTED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

THE ENTIRE, AMAZING, AMAZING CAST OF "THE CROWN."

STARTED WITH OLIVIA COLMAN, TOBIAS MENZIES.

JOSH O'CONNOR.

ALAN DOHERTY, MIRIAM BAILEY.

ALSO IN PARTICULARLY...

THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED MY HUSBAND, DENNIS THATCHER.

WONDERFUL AND VERY SUPPORTIVE INTERPRETATION.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

I LOVE EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, I KNOW WE LEFT ON A BIT OF A CLIFF HANGER LAST TIME,

SO I'D LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT LESLIE IS NOT PREGNANT WITH

MY BABY.

IT WAS ALL JUST A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING.

YES, IT WAS.

TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST SOME BAD SHRIMP BACKSTAGE.

SORRY, I THOUGHT I PUT IT ON SILENT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOMINEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES.

Announcer: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES.

TOM PELPHREY, "OZARK."

YOU DO NOT GET TO LOCK ME UP IN A HOSPITAL AND TRANQUILIZED

ME LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF ZOO ANIMAL.

JONATHAN BANKS, "BETTER CALL SAUL."

IF YOU MANAGE TO DIG A HOLE BIG ENOUGH FOR THOSE COMING

MIGHT AS WELL BIG ONE FOR YOURSELF.

JOHN LITHGOW, "PERRY MASON."

YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU.

LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.

TOBIAS MENZIES, "THE CROWN."

ARCHITECTURALLY THERE IS LITTLE THAT IS NORMAL ABOUT THIS

FAMILY.

I BARELY KNEW MY OWN FATHER.

MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS, "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY."

YOU WANT US TO TELL THEM THAT WIZARDS EXIST?

THAT WHITE FOLKS HAVE GOT MAGIC ON THEIR SIDE TOO?

JUSTIN HARTLEY, "THIS IS US."

I USED TO THINK THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME WAS

THE DAY THAT DAD DIED.

IT'S THE DAY THEY BROUGHT YOU HOME.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS, "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY."

WOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS OF THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU TO HBO FOR THIS AMAZING JOURNEY OVER THE YEARS.

TWO WARNER BROS.

BAD ROBOT.

THANK YOU.

THE AMAZING PRODUCERS, THE SHOWRUNNER, WRITERS, I LOVE YOU

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITHOUT YOUR WORDS AND YOUR GUIDANCE NOT OF THIS WOULD BE

DONE.

TO THE AMAZING CAST THAT I CONSIDER MY FAMILY, I WANT TO

GIVE YOU A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.

THANK YOU FOR LIFTING ME UP IN MY TIME OF NEED OUT THERE IN THE

FIELD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

TO MY MOTHER.

MOM, I LOVE YOU.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU FLOWERS.

I'M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU.

TO MY CHILDREN, I LOVE YOU.

TO THE YOUTH OUT THERE.

BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THE JOURNEY OF "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY" THE

JOURNEYS WE ARE TELLING IN CS, SEE THE LEGACY THAT WE COME

FROM.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.

GOOD NIGHT.

Announcer: COMING UP: LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.

AND FROM "BATWOMAN."

HI, I AM PRESENTING THE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A

MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES NEXT ON THE

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Announcer: WELCOME BACK TO THE 26TH CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Taye: TONIGHT, FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR,

THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION IS PRESENTING

THE SEE HER AWARD.

SEE HER IS THE LARGEST GLOBAL MOVEMENT ADVOCATING FOR ACCURATE

PORTRAYALS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT

SO THEY CAN BE SEEN AS THEY TRULY ARE.

LED BY A COALITION OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LEADERS AND

INFLUENCERS, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING GENDER BIAS IN

OUR INDUSTRY.

IN ADDITION TO THE AWARD PRESENTATION TO THE 2021 HONOREE

THIS YEAR, WE WILL ALSO BE FEATURING SOME SPECIAL

SEE HER MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

HERE'S THE FIRST.

I DON'T WANT TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION.

I WANT THEM TO INSPIRE ME.

I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

THESE YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF ACTRESSES, THEY ARE PUSHING

PROGRESS THE WAY THAT'S NEW AND WONDERFUL AND I'M EXCITED AND

GRATEFUL TO LISTEN TO THEM.

Taye: HERE IS ONE OF MY FELLOW ACTORS FROM THE CW.

SHE IS GETTING RAVE REVIEWS AS THE NEW BLACK WOMAN.

EXCUSE ME, BAT WOMAN.

SHE'S A BLACK WOMAN PLAYING BATWOMAN.

HERE FROM VANCOUVER, CANADA, IS JAVICIA LESLIE.

HI, EVERYONE!

I'M JAVICIA LESLIE, AND I HAVE TO SAY

IT'S A GOOD THING THIS SHOW IS CALLED THE CRITICS CHOICE AND

NOT "JAVICIA'S CHOICE," BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD EVER BE

ABLE TO PICK MY FAVORITE FROM ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE

PERFORMANCES FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE

FOR TELEVISION OR A LIMITED SERIES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF THIS WAS THE "JAVICIA CHOICE AWARDS,"

I WOULD JUST GIVE TROPHIES TO ALL THE NOMINEES, BUT I THINK

THAT WOULD BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

HERE ARE YOUR NOMINEES.

Announcer: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN THE MOVIE MADE FOR

TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES.

GLYNN TURMAN, "FARGO."

YOU'RE A DOCTOR.

NAME IS DOCTOR.

DR. SENATOR.

IT WAS MY MOTHER'S IDEA.

DYLAN MCDERMOTT, "HOLLYWOOD."

YOU'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF BUSINESS.

I CAN TELL.

JOSHUA CALEB JOHNSON, "THE GOOD LORD BIRD."

JOHN TURTURRO, "THE PLOT AGAINST

AMERICA."

WHAT SORT OF AMERICA WOULD A MASSIVE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT

AMERICAN BOYS LEAVE IN ITS WAKE?

DAVEED DIGGS, "THE GOOD LORD BIRD."

PLEASE DO NOT PRESUME TO TELL ME WHAT A SLAVE WILL OR WILL NOT DO

DO.

DONALD SUTHERLAND, "THE UNDOING."

YOU SPEAK OF UGLINESS.

YOU HAVE NOT YET MET UGLINESS.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

DONALD SUTHERLAND.

"THE UNDOING."

HBO, YOU ARE TERRIFIC TO WORK FOR.

OUTSTANDING.

DAVID, KELLY, RICHARD.

CANNING, ALICIA.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

JERRY, HANNAH, ROGUE, JOSH, BEN, THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS CHOICE

ASSOCIATION TO HONOR ME THUS IN MY DOTAGE.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, FRANCINE.

HAVE A LOVELY EVENING, EVERYONE.

Announcer: JARED PADALECKI STARS IN THE NEW CW SERIES

"WALKER."

HERE HE IS FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS.

HEY, ALL.

JARED PADALECKI HERE.

I AM PRESENTING THE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING

ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR A LIMITED SERIES.

AND THEY PICKED ME FOR THIS CATEGORY BECAUSE I HAVE SOME

EXPERIENCE IN LIMITED SERIES.

I JUST STARTED MY NEW SHOW "WALKER" BUT MY LAST

SERIES "SUPERNATURAL" ENDED AFTER 15 YEARS

AND 327 EPISODES.

SO, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE TO TELL A STORY --

BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END -- IN JUST A DECADE AND A HALF.

CRAZY, RIGHT?

SO IF ANYONE CAN APPRECIATE THESE PERFORMANCES,

IT'S ME.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

Announcer: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR

TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES.

TRACEY ULLMAN, "MRS. AMERICA."

U ALSO AROUND AROUND THE COUNTRY DECRYING US FOR TRYING TO OPEN

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO WOMEN AND THIS IS WHAT I CAN'T STAND,

THE HYPOCRISY.

THE MOVES THEY APPLAUD THE LOUDEST ARE THE ONES YOU MAKE

RATHER QUICKLY.

INTUITION CAN'T BE FOUND IN BOOKS.

I WAS VERY CLEAR.

WE ARE DONE.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PACK UP AND MOVE OUT NOW PLEASE.

DOES THE PRESIDENT KNOW ABOUT THIS?

HE APPROVED THIS MORNING.

BEFORE WE MET WITH HIM?

WHEN HE CAME OUT AGAINST THE JEWS IN THE DES MOINES SPEECH, I

WAS OUTRAGED BUT SINCE THEN, HIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN ANTIWAR.

I DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE IN MY LIFE WAITING ON SOMEBODY'S

PERMISSION.

IF HE CAN'T SUPPORT ME -- IF YOU CAN'T SUPPORT ME, GET OUT OF MY

WAY.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

UZO ADUBA, "MRS. AMERICA."

WOW.

WOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AMAZING WOMAN IN THIS CATEGORY.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO FX, HULU, FX ON HULU, OUR INCREDIBLE

PRODUCERS, OUR DIRECTORS ANNA AND RYAN AND SPECIAL LOVE TO AMA

AND TONYA AND MY AMAZING, AMAZING TEAM WHO HAVE SHOWN ME

SO MUCH LIGHT AND LOVE OVER THE YEARS AND THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE

PROJECT.

MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS WHO I AM NOTHING WITHOUT.

AND I WANT TO GIVE EXTRA, EXTRA SPECIAL LOVE AND THANKS AND

GRATITUDE TO SHIRLEY CHISHOLM HERSELF FOR BEING THE REMARKABLE

TRAILBLAZER, PIONEER, FORCE OF A WOMAN AND VOICE IN HER TENURE IN

CONGRESS AND THE REMARKABLE CHANGE AND POWER SHE SHOWED SO

MANY OF US IN TERMS OF LEADING THE WAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH

OUR LIVES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOD BLESS.

Announcer: COMING UP: LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA

INTRODUCES OUR FIRST BEST SONG NOMINEE.

HI.

I AM PRESENTING BEST YOUNG ACTOR AND ACTRESS COMING UP NEXT.

Announcer: WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

CONTINUES.

Taye: WELCOME BACK.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH ANOTHER NOMINEE.

SAY HELLO TO JURNEE SMOLLETT.

JURNEE, HOW ARE YOU?

I'M WONDERFUL, HOW ARE YOU?

Taye: EXCELLENT.

YOU LOOK WONDERFUL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

Taye: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS

IN A DRAMA SERIES FOR "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY."

I HAVE A QUESTION.

THAT SHOW WAS PRETTY OUT THERE.

HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT?

IN ALWAYS.

I TRY TO OPEN MY CREATIVE CHANNELS WITH AS MUCH RESEARCH

AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT LIFE IS LIKE TO BE A BLACK WOMAN IN JIM CROW AMERICA.

THE PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC.

THE WRITINGS.

IT GAVE ME INSIGHT INTO HUMANITY.

WOMAN WHO IS BATTLING WHITE SUPREMACY AND THE PATRIARCHY.

Taye: ABSOLUTELY.

DID YOU WATCH ANY OF MY PERFORMANCES FOR INSPIRATION?

ALL OF IT.

Taye: I THOUGHT I COULD SEE LITTLE BITS.

PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALREADY WON

A CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST CHILD PERFORMANCE

FOR "EVE'S BAYOU" BACK IN 1998.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT WHEN YOU WON THAT?

MY FIRST TIME WINNING AN AWARD.

I WAS VERY EXCITED.

I REMEMBER BEING IN A ROOM WITH, LIKE, JAMES CAMERON.

REALLY COOL PEOPLE.

BEING AROUND ALL THESE COOL PEOPLE.

Taye: YOU ARE WONDERFUL THEN AND YOUR WONDERFUL TODAY.

THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, JURNEE!

AS YOU'VE SEEN, MUCH OF THIS YEAR'S SHOW IS BEING DONE VIA

THE INTERNET BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.

MANY OF OUR CELEBRITY PRESENTERS ARE SHOOTING THEMSELVES FROM

HOME.

IT SOUNDS EASY ENOUGH, BUT IT'S NOT.

HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF FROM HOME SAYS A LOT ABOUT

WHO YOU ARE.

SO WE SENT OUR CELEBRITIES AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO

OUR EXPERT HAS BEEN PRODUCING HIS OWN SEGMENTS

FOR THE "DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH" FROM HIS HOME

IN NEW YORK.

HERE'S ROY WOOD, JR. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF

THIS YEAR'S CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

THIS INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO IS FILLED WITH TIPS AND POINTERS TO

OPTIMIZE YOUR CRITICS CHOICE APPEARANCE FROM YOUR OWN HOME.

IT MAY SEEM OBVIOUS, BUT WHILE TELECONFERENCING,

THE ITEMS IN YOUR BACKGROUND SEND A MESSAGE

TO THE AUDIENCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, A FILLED BOOKCASE TELLS THE AUDIENCE,

"I CAN AFFORD TO BUY BOOKS!" AND WHILE THIS IS BOUND

TO IMPRESS, IT'S THE TITLES OF THE BOOKS THAT SPEAK VOLUMES

ABOUT YOU.

SO YOU MAY WANT TO REPLACE YOUR COPIES OF "ART OF THE DEAL,"

AND "THE BEST OF LARRY FLYNT" WITH A FEW FILM CRITICISM BOOKS,

ESPECIALLY ANYTHING BY GENE SHALIT.

NOW WE'VE COVERED HOME DECOR, IF YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING

IN THE BACKGROUND, LET IT BE THE MOST POPULAR FORM

OF HOME DECOR.

CHILDREN.

GET OUR OF HERE, CHILD!

YOU ARE MESSING UP MY MOMENT ON TV.

AVOID PLACING A TELESCOPE IN YOUR BACKGROUND.

TO YOU, IT INDICATES THAT YOU ENJOY THE HOBBY

OF STARGAZING.

BUT, TO OTHERS, IT MAY SAY "MY NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE

CURTAINS."

AND A WORD OF CAUTION, SOME OF YOU MAY THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY

WITH BEING NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.

BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST IT.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE PRODUCERS MIGHT DECIDE TO

PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

AND EVERYBODY'S GOTTA STAND.

THAT TIP IS FOR THE WHITE PEOPLE, I KNOW THE BLACK PEOPLE,

WE AIN'T STANDING.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED AN AWARD, I'M

TALKING IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, INCLUDE THEM ON YOUR BOOKCASE.

IT COULD BE A NOBEL PRIZE OR A PEEWEE SOCCER

PARTICIPATION TROPHY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

AN ACCOLADE IS AN ACCOLADE.

AND, SUBLIMINALLY, YOU ARE TELLING THE AUDIENCE,

"HEY, YOU!

LOOK AT ME!

I'M AN ACHIEVER."

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY AND THANKS AGAIN!

ALL RIGHT.

GET OUT OF THIS TUXEDO.

Taye: THANK YOU, ROY WOOD JR.

NOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OUR NEXT PRESENTER

ON "BLACK-ISH", "MIXED-ISH"

AND "GROWN-ISH".

I WISH I COULD DISH OUT AN "ISH" JOKE HERE WITHOUT LOOKING

FOOL-ISH BUT I CAN'T ACCOMPL-ISH THAT SO I'LL NOT ANGU-ISH

AND JUST FINISH WITH A STRAIGHT-ISH INTRO:

HERE'S YARA SHAHIDI.

IN HOLLYWOOD, I GET TO WEAR MANY HATS.

ACTRESS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR.

BUT WITH THESE NOMINEES, I GET TO WEAR A NEW ONE.

"ELDER STATESWOMAN."

HERE ARE THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED NOMINEES FOR

BEST YOUNG ACTOR OR ACTRESS.

Announcer: BEST YOUNG ACTOR OR ACTRESS.

HELENA ZENGEL, "NEWS OF THE WORLD."

STAGE.

IT SMELLS GOOD.

GOOD.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] WE HAD A SLEEPOVER WITH MY

MAMA AND YOU DIDN'T WEAR NO PAJAMAS NOR UNDERWEAR.

IT'S A LONG WAY.

OKAY.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] WHY?

TREES LIKE WATER.

WERE THEY NICE?

NICE ENOUGH.

DID IT HURT?

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

ALAN KIM, "MINARI."

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CRITICS WHO VOTED IN

MY FAMILY.

I'M GOING TO CRY.

THE OTHER CREWMEMBERS.

I HOPE I WILL BE IN OTHER MOVIES MOVIES.

IS THIS THE TRUTH?

[CRYING] Announcer: HE'S THE CREATOR

OF THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS "HAMILTON" AND COMPOSER OF

THE UPCOMING FILM OF HIS OWN MUSICAL "IN THE

HEIGHTS," HERE'S LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.

IT'S NO SECRET.

SONGWRITING IS MY BLISS.

WHEN THE RIGHT WORDS MEET THE RIGHT MUSIC TO

TELL A STORY, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD.

AND WHEN THE FINAL CREATION IS OUTSTANDING, WHEN

IT'S POSSIBLY ONE'S FINEST WORK, THE WAVE OF PRIDE

AND SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IS INDESCRIBABLE.

THAT'S WHAT TONIGHT'S NOMINEES FOR BEST SONG

ARE FEELING.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO SPOTLIGHT EACH OF OUR NOMINEES

ONE BY ONE BEFORE WE HEAR WHICH IS THE CRITICS CHOICE.

OUR FIRST NOMINEE FOR BEST SONG IS "HUSAVIK (MY HOME TOWN)"

FROM "EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA."

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY SAVAN KOTECHA.

RICKARD GORANSSON AND FAT MAX GSUS.

WILL FERRELL AND RACHEL McADAMS PLAY ICELAND'S ENTRY INTO THIS

OVER-THE-TOP COMPETITION.

RACHEL'S VOCALS ARE ACTUALLY SUNG BY MOLLY SANDEN.

♪ BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY ♪

♪ AND I CAN TELL YOU FEEL IT TOO ♪

♪ WHERE THE MOUNTAINS SING THROUGH THE SCREAMS OF

SEAGULLS ♪ ♪ WHERE THE WHALES CAN LIVE

'CAUSE THEY'RE GENTLE PEOPLE ♪ ♪ IN MY HOMETOWN, MY HOMETOWN ♪

MY HOMETOWN ♪ Announcer: COMING UP LIVE

ON STAGE, "VEEP" STAR TONY HALE PRESENTS THE AWARDS FOR ACTOR

AND ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES.

HERE ON THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Taye: WE'RE BACK.

WE TOLD OUR NEXT PRESENTER THAT HE COULD DO IT FROM HOME,

BUT HE INSISTED ON THE FULL CRITICS CHOICE

EXPERIENCE.

HE HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING US FOR YEARS ON MODERN

COMEDY CLASSICS LIKE "VEEP" AND "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT"

AND WILL SOON BE SEEN IN "THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY."

PLEASE WELCOME A THREE-TIME CRITICS CHOICE NOMINEE

AND A TWO-TIME EMMY WINNER, TONY HALE.

YES.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I AM FINE.

DID YOU GET COVID TESTED ON THE WAY IN?

I DID I FELT I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.

I DID THE MATH AND BECAUSE OF QUARANTINE, I'VE LOST

640 HOURS OF MY LIFE WATCHING THESE PERFORMANCES.

640.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THAT IS I ACCIDENTALLY WATCHED THE

ORIGINAL "PERRY MASON" FIRST.

ALL OF IT.

AND I LEARNED "THIS IS US" IS NOT ABOUT TIME TRAVEL.

WHO KNEW?

BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT YOUR TALENTS HAVE BEEN A GIFT AND AN ESCAPE

DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE'S THE NOMINATIONS

FOR BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES WE WILL GET YOU MORE.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE WAS A FOURTH MAN.

THERE WAS A FOURTH MAN IN THE ROOM.

WHO?

I DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

I WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN.

I WANT TO SEE MY KIDS AGAIN.

I LOVE THAT THE HEROES GET TO GO ON ADVENTURES.

LITTLE NEGRO BOY FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

THIS IS MY DOOR AS THE PRINCE OF WALES.

THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING TO BLACK PEOPLE FOR

YEARS AND WE'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT.

NOT ONCE IN 40 YEARS.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS.

JOSH O'CONNOR, "THE CROWN."

CONGRATULATIONS, JOSH COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT SO WE WILL BE

ACCEPTING IT ON HIS BEHALF.

AND NOW HERE'S THE NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

SERIES.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M BETRAYING MY COUNTRY.

I WON'T.

BUT IN THE BLACK AND WHITE, THERE IS A LOT OF GRAY.

DON'T YOU LOOK AT ME WITH THAT BLAME ON YOUR FACE.

I HAVE SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE PROTECTING HIM.

THIS IS YOURS.

CHARLES RESENTS ME.

AND RESENTS ME.

IS IT POSSIBLE YOU RESENT ME TOO TOO?

PUT YOUR SHIELD OF ARMOR AROUND HIM.

WHO'S OUR FAVORITE?

MY FAVORITE OR YOUR FAVORITE.

ALL RIGHT, YOU FIRST.

WHO IS YOURS.

ANN.

TELL THEM WE LOVE HIS MOVIES.

I WILL.

BECAUSE YEAH, I WILL.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

EMMA CORRIN, "THE CROWN."

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE CRITICS WHO VOTED.

THIS IS MENTAL.

IT'S ALSO 2:00 A.M. HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF WOMEN TO BE NOMINATED WITH.

THANK YOU FOR THE TALENT AND THE STORIES THAT YOU ARE TELLING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO NETFLIX AND MY INCREDIBLE FAMILY ON "THE

CROWN" AND IT LEFT BANK.

HER FOR LETTING ME PLAY OR DIANA.

IT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST JOY.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE CAST AND CREW WHO WORKED ON THE SERIES

WITH ME.

GOING INTO WORK EVERY DAY WAS HONESTLY JUST THE BEST GIFT.

I WISH I COULD DO IT EVERY DAY.

I MISS YOU ALL A LOT AND WISH WE COULD BE CELEBRATING.

THANK YOU ALL.

Announcer: OUR NEXT TWO PRESENTERS ARE MARRIED TO EACH

OTHER BUT ARE PRESENTING SEPARATE AWARDS:

I AM PRESENTING THE WORD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES

WERE MADE FOR TV MOVIE UP NEXT.

I AM KEVIN BACON I AM PRESENTING BEST ACTRESS IN A

MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES, COMING UP NEXT.

Annoucer: WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE

AWARDS CONTINUES.

Announcer: ONCE AGAIN HERE IS YOUR HOST, TAYE DIGGS.

Taye: WELCOME BACK TO THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

I AM STILL YOUR HOST, TAYE DIGGS.

I AM NOT A MOOSE.

ANYONE ELSE REGRET LETTING THE KID USE THEIR PHONE DURING THE

COMMERCIAL BREAK?

NO?

JUST ME?

OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS STARTING IN SEASON TWO OF SERIES "CITY ON

A HILL."

KEVIN BACON.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I AM SO THRILLED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE CRITICS CHOICE FOR

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR A LIMITED SERIES,

ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAND-PICKED EACH AND EVERY ONE

OF THE NOMINEES.

IN FACT, NOT TO BRAG, I HAD A HAND IN EACH OF THESE SIX

STELLAR PERFORMANCES.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN CATE BLANCHETT CAME

TO ME AFTER ACCEPTING THE ROLE IN "MRS. AMERICA,"

I LOOKED HER STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND TOLD HER IF THERE

IS ANYONE WHO CAN INHABIT THIS GRITTY SUPERHERO WHO

IS MARRIED TO AMERICA, IT'S YOU, CATEY B.

AND NOW, HERE ARE SIX OF MY BEST FRIENDS.

THE NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

OR LIMITED SERIES.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT A NEGRO WOMAN TELEVISION PRODUCER

EXISTED.

ALL MY LIFE THAT'S ALL I'VE EVER WANTED TO BE.

I'M GETTING MARRIED.

DON'T YOU GET IT?

I'M GOING TO MAKE A FAMILY.

I WON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE TO GO.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

IF YOU WERE TO SUDDENLY NOT AFFIRM ME WHEN I NEED THE

AFFIRMATION THE MOST, IT SHOULD MAKE YOU SOMEONE I SHOULD AWAY

FROM.

WOMEN ARE LIKE TEA BAGS.

YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR STRENGTH AND UNTIL THEY GET INTO HOT

WATER.

DEAR FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT US?

NO.

JOANNA DOES.

SORT OF.

I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S MUCH EASIER TO PLAY CHESS WITHOUT THE

BURDEN OF AND ADAM'S APPLE.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

MY BEST FRIEND.

ANYA TAYLOR-JOY, "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT."

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS.

I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR

INCREDIBLE CREW IN BERLIN.

THE SHOW WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.

DANIEL.

THEY DID TO MOVIES WITH ME IN 2019.

WHAT A PLEASURE TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU.

HONESTLY IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE

ONE OF YOUR SOULS BEING THERE.

IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO WATCH YOU WORK EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE PART OF IT.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW HER FROM "BROOKLYN NINE-NINE"

AND "THE CLOSER".

SHE'S CURRENTLY STARRING IN THE NEW COMEDY

SERIES "CALL YOUR MOTHER."

HERE'S KYRA SEDGWICK.

IN OUR HOUSE, WE ARE BIG FANS OF MOVIES MADE FOR TELEVISION

AND LIMITED SERIES.

IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THEY DELIVER COMPELLING

STORIES AND TOP-NOTCH PERFORMANCES FROM ACTORS WE'RE

OFTEN USED TO SEEING ON THE BIG SCREEN.

AND WHEN THEY'RE OVER, WE CHECK AND CHECK AGAIN,

HOPING THAT WE MISSED AN EPISODE.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

OR LIMITED SERIES.

THEY ALWAYS LEAVE YOU WANTING MORE.

AND SO DO THE ACTORS WHO STAR IN THEM.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES.

ALL THIS IS GOING OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

AN ACCIDENT?

THAT'S WHAT WE SAY.

THEY ARE THE OTHERS.

LINDBERGH IS THE OTHER.

I DON'T THINK...

PEOPLE LIKE ME.

THEY'VE GOT THE UPPER HAND NOW.

NOT FOR LONG.

SIGH CAME BACK WHICH MAY BEEN SELFISH BUT I WANTED MY FAMILY

BACK.

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.

WE NEED TO LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE MAN-TO-MAN AND GIVEN A

CHANCE WE WILL SOON REALIZE WE ARE NOT DIFFERENT.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

JOHN BOYEGA, "SMALL AXE."

WOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FIRST AND FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CRITICS FOR THIS

CHOICE.

THE BBC AND AMAZON AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STEVE McQUEEN FOR

GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THIS ROLE AND SHARING SO MUCH OF

YOURSELF ON SAT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

TO THE MOST SPECIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE.

MY AGENT, MY BROTHER AND MY FRIEND FOR BEING THERE WITH ME

FROM BEGINNING AND MAKING HISTORY.

THE CHOICES THAT WE'VE MADE SO FAR.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

HELLO!

IT'S ME AGAIN.

BEFORE WE PRESENT THE NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST SONG,

I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT HOW VAST THIS CATEGORY

CAN BE.

PAST WINNERS INCLUDE WIZ KHALIFA AND CHARLIE PUTH,

COMMON AND JOHN LEGEND, AND THE INIMITABLE...

MUPPETS.

THE NEXT NOMINEE FOR CRITICS CHOICE FOR BEST SONG,

IS "FIGHT FOR YOU" FROM THE TWICE-NOMINATED MOVIE "JUDAS AND

THE BLACK MESSIAH."

IT IS WRITTEN BY H.E.R., DERNST "D'MILE" EMILE II

AND TIARA THOMAS AND PERFORMED BY H.E.R.

♪ I'M GON' SEE IT THROUGH ♪ ♪ THERE'S NO ONE, THERE'S NO ONE

LIKE YOU ♪ ♪ LONG AS I'M STANDING, WE CAN

NEVER LOSE ♪ I'MA ALWAYS, ALWAYS FIGHT FOR

YOU ♪ ♪ I'MA ALWAYS, ALWAYS FIGHT

FOR YOU ♪ Announcer: COMING UP,

ASHLEY PARK PRESENTS THE AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY SPECIAL.

HI, I AM MORGAN FREEMAN AND I AM PRESENTING THE AWARD NEXT ON

THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Announcer: WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

RETURNS.

I SEE HER STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS AND ASKING THE

QUESTION SO WE CAN ALL FIND THE ANSWERS.

BECAUSE I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF WOMEN WHO BROKE

BARRIERS.

I WANT LITTLE GIRLS TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NO WALL THEY CAN'T PUSH

THROUGH.

Taye: IT'S ME AGAIN.

THE SIX NOMINEES FOR BEST COMEDY SPECIAL ARE AT THEIR OWN

SPECIAL TABLE.

WHAT'S THE FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE?

FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE IS "REPO MAN" FROM 1984.

EVERYONE IN THE MOVIE DELIVERS THESE WEIRD COMEDIC LINES 100%

SERIOUS WHICH MAKES THEM EVEN FUNNIER.

FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE IN MY OPINION.

"THE CASTLE."

I'M NOT -- I DON'T KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA WOULD

KNOW THIS.

IT'S AN AUSTRALIAN FILM.

FUNNIEST MOVIE FOR ME, I WOULD SAY "BRIDESMAIDS."

I WASH IT PROBABLY TEN TIMES.

I LOVE SEEING THIS HILARIOUS GROUP OF WOMEN GETTING TO JUST

BE OUTRAGEOUS.

I THINK THE FUNNIEST MOVIE FOR LAUGHS FOR ME WAS PROBABLY

RICHARD PRYOR, LIVE IN CONCERT.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE IN MY OPINION, I CAN'T JUST PICK

ONE.

IT'S LIKE PICKING YOUR FAVORITE FAVORITE PIN PRINT PRINCE SONG.

NINE TO FIVE, COMING TO AMERICA.

Taye: HE'S ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND RESPECTED ACTORS

IN THE WORLD.

HERE'S OSCAR WINNER MORGAN FREEMAN.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE CRITICS

CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY FILM.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT COMEDY IS TRAGEDY

PLUS TIME, AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE, BECAUSE I

KNOW THAT SOME OF THE MOST TRAGIC MOVIES I'VE STARRED IN

OVER THE YEARS, THEY ARE COMPLETELY HILARIOUS NOW.

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION?

A DELIGHTFUL BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT A GUYS' TRIP TO MEXICO!

MILLION DOLLAR BABY?

A FALL-DOWN COMEDY WITH A REAL RUSH OF ADRENALINE.

SEVEN?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

NON-STOP LAUGHS!

NOW HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST COMEDY FILM.

WE ARE GOING TO DO A SPRAY TAN.

HOW DARK IS SHE WANTING TO GO?

WHAT COLOR IS BEST FOR A RACIST FAMILY?

STICK I WOULDN'T GO ANY DARKER THAN A SIX OR SEVEN.

TOMORROW IS ALSO TODAY.

IT'S ONE OF INFINITE TIME LOOP SITUATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT'VE

HEARD ABOUT.

DO YOU HAVE A SUITE?

NO, ALL THE ROOMS ARE THE SAME.

SPEAK A WORD AND I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL?

WITH YOUR REGRETS.

NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO A RESTAURANT AND WATCH PEOPLE GET

TATTOOED.

IT'S GROSS.

HOW DO YOU BLUFF?

POKER FACE.

POKER FACE.

POKER FACE.

NICE.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

"PALM SPRINGS."

WOW.

THAT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS FOR CRITICALLY CHOOSING US.

YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS IS A REALLY AWESOME CATEGORY.

I NOTICED ALL THE CON MONIES DIDN'T COME OUT THIS YEAR.

I TAKE IT AS A BIG COMPLEMENT.

I SAW THE MOVIES AND THEY WERE SUPER FUNNY.

I RIDE WITH COMEDY UNTIL THE END.

SO MANY PEOPLE WORKED HARD ON THIS MOVIE.

I AM ACCEPTING IT ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT HULU, NEON,

LIMELIGHT, UTA, I.D. P.R., EVERYONE AT OUR COMPANY, PARTY

OVER HERE.

THE ENTIRE CREW THAT WORKED SUPERHARD AND PULLED TONS OF

FAVORS.

THE CAST WERE INCREDIBLE.

HAVE TO THANK J.K. SIMMONS FOR LOANING US HIS OSCAR CRED

MAX AND ANDY WERE COMING UP WITH THE IDEA AND BRINGING THE MOVIE

TO US AND BEING INCREDIBLE COLLABORATORS.

DIRECTING AND WRITING.

YOU RULE.

THIS IS YOUR SO MUCH.

ESPECIALLY BECKY WHO REALLY GRANTED ON THIS MOVIE SO HARD

AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES FOR DEALING WITH US.

MY WIFE JOANNA AND OUR CHILD.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

YAY, COMEDY.

Taye: LET'S CHECK IN WITH EMILY PARK.

YOU LOOK AMAZING.

HOW'S IT GOING?

IT TURNS OUT VERSACE DOES NOT MAKE SWEATPANTS BUT IT'S GOING

WELL.

Taye: WHAT TIME IS IT IN PARIS?

I AM 15 FEET AWAY FROM YOU HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

Taye: OH OH.

WHAT'S UP?

LOOK AT THAT.

TECHNOLOGY.

YEAH, YEAH.

Taye: WHATEVER TIME ZONE YOU ARE IN, IT'S TIME FOR THE

NEXT AWARD.

GO, ASHLEY, GO.

THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR.

LUCKILY WHILE WE HAVE BEEN IN VARIOUS STAGES OF LOCKDOWN AND

QUARANTINE, THESE SIX NOMINEES KEPT OUR SPIRITS UP.

NOT ONLY ARE THERE PERFORMANCES FUNNY AS HELL, THEY ARE SMART,

POIGNANT AND HONEST.

IF YOU NEED TO LAUGH YOUR BOOTY OFF FOR A SOLID HOUR, LOOK NO

FURTHER THAN TONIGHT'S NOMINEES FOR BEST COMEDY SPECIAL.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WIFE, WE HAVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.

YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.

THAT'S WIFFLE BALL.

YOU ARE PLAYING PAINTBALL WAR AND I AM IN AFGHANISTAN WITH

LOADED WEAPONS.

I HAND THE BABY TO SOMEONE SO I COULD TIE MY SHOE AND MY

HUSBAND WAS LIKE, DO YOU KNOW HER BUT IT'S A BLACK WOMAN.

WE ARE FAMILY.

COULD YOU PUT A COUPLE STARTLING, DISTURBING SENTENCES

IN IT?

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE TRUE.

JUST SOMETHING TO JOLT THE AWAKE.

APPARENTLY CANNOT JUST GO UP TO POTENTIAL SUITORS AND GO

WHAT'S UP, MARK?

SOME GUY TOLD ME GOES INTO THE HEAD, LOCKS ONTO A FEELING.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

I'M GOING TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE THAT.

THAT'S HOW BRAND MARKETING WORKS AND FASCISM.

ALUMINUM.

WHY WOULD YOU SAY ALUMINUM WHEN YOU CAN FLIRT IT.

STOP IT, AMERICA.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

OH, IT'S A TIE!

OH, MY GOD.

I LOVE THAT.

SO MANY WINNERS.

ACTUALLY JUST TWO.

THE FIRST CRITICS CHOICE IS JERRY SEINFELD,

"23 HOURS TO KILL."

WOW, THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

I LIKE CRITICS.

I DON'T CARE IF THE REVIEWS ARE GOOD OR BAD.

AND, MANY WE HAVE TO HAVE CRITICS.

WE HAVE TO GET OPINIONS.

IN THOSE OPINIONS ARE HOW WE FIGURE OUT OUR JOKES.

I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED READING REVIEWS.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING THING TO WIN.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS, AND AS MUCH AS IT'S NICE TO GET THIS, I

KNOW WHAT WE REALLY WANT, SPEAKING FOR FORTUNE AND HANNAH

AND PATTON AND MARC AND MICHELLE.

WE WANT TO BE ON STAGE SOMEWHERE MAKING PEOPLE SMILE AND LAUGH.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING.

WE HOPE TO BE BACK DOING THAT SOON.

IN THE MEANTIME, THANKS A LOT.

THERE'S ANOTHER WINNER.

BECAUSE IT'S A TIE.

THE OTHER CRITICS CHOICE IS: MICHELLE BUTEAU,

"WELCOME TO BUTEAUPIA."

WHAT DO YOU MEAN!

OH, MY GOODNESS.

OKAY.

SHE WASN'T GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL.

BUT THE DRESS IS TIGHT AND I'M FEELING FEELINGS.

I PICKED THIS DATE, MARCH 1ST, TO FILM THE SPECIAL BECAUSE IT

WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHDAY.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NUMEROLOGY BECAUSE I AM BAD AT

MATH BUT I THOUGHT WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO CELEBRATE IN THIS WAY

BECAUSE I'M SO GLAD I DID.

SO I COULD SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS.

EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WATCHED IT.

I WANT TO SAY IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE,

ANYTHING, ANYTHING.

YOU DO IT.

YOU ARE ENOUGH.

YOU ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH!

YES!

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD!

COMING UP, THE CW STARS OF

"SUPERMAN AND LOIS."

HERE ON THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Announcer: ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS THE HOST OF THE

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS, TAYE DIGGS!

Taye: WELCOME BACK.

HAS THIS YEAR MADE ANYONE ELSE FEEL LIKE COUCH POTATO?

JUST ME?

ANYBODY, ANYBODY, ANYBODY?

SHE PUT THE LIFE IN THE AFTER-LIFE IN "THE GOOD PLACE"

BUT NOW HOSTS "THE MISERY INDEX."

HERE'S JAMEELA JAMIL.

IN A YEAR WHERE WE WERE FORCED TO PHYSICALLY

ISOLATE FROM EACH OTHER THE CASTS NOMINATED

FOR BEST ENSEMBLE PROVIDED THE EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT WE ALL

CRAVED.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I PERSONALLY CONSIDER

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM MY OWN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT POD.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS, BASICALLY WHOEVER TAKES HOME

THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARD, I WILL 100% CONSIDER MYSELF

THE WINNER.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOMINEES AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT

THE LOGISTICS OF HOW TO SHARE THE TROPHY AFTERWARDS.

THEY WILL HAVE TO PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS.

MAN.

COME ON.

FORMING A RAINBOW COALITION OF OPPRESSED BROTHERS AND

SISTERS OF EVERY COLOR.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING?

YOU'RE PLAYING TEN NOTES FOR EVERYONE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO

PLAY.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO IMPROVISE ON A THEME.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] YOU BOUGIE BOUGOIS NEGROES.

RESPECTING THE INSTITUTION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOOD IT IS TO INSULT.

WE MAY HAVE TO HURT SOMEBODY'S FEELINGS.

THE WINNER OF THE BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE IS.

THANK YOU, CRITICS CHOICE.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS ENSEMBLE AWARD ON BEHALF OF

THE CAST OF "THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO SEVEN TRAIN."

WE BEGAN SHOOTING THE FILM, EACH OF US KNEW THE POWER OF THE

RELEVANCE OF THE STORY.

ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CAST, THANK YOU, AARON SORKIN, FOR THE

POWER OF YOUR WORDS AND CHARACTERS AND MESSAGE THAT

RESONATES TODAY.

THE POWER OF PEACEABLE PROTEST -- PEACEFUL PROTEST.

THANK YOU.

MATT JACKSON, TYLER THOMPSON, THANK YOU TO TED AND EVERYONE AT

NETFLIX FOR BRINGING THIS STORY TO THE WORLD.

MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO TOM HAYDEN, RENNY DAVIS, ABBIE

HOFFMAN, JERRY RUBIN, DAVID DILLINGER, JOHN FREUD'S.

THE AND BOBBY.

FOR STANDING UP AND BEING SO BOLD FOR CHANGING HISTORY.

HISTORY THEY SAY HAS A TENDENCY TO REPEAT ITSELF.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

SO UNLESS WE LEARN FROM IT BY TELLING ITS MOST SALIENT

STORIES, WE ARE HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO BEING PART OF

TELLING THIS ONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST SONG IS

"EVERYBODY CRIES" FROM THE MOVIE "THE OUTPOST."

THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, ROD LURIE, TRAGICALLY LOST HIS SON HUNTER

DURING PRODUCTION AND WROTE THE LYRICS TO THIS SONG AS A TRIBUTE

TO HIM AND THE FALLEN SOLDIERS.

MUSIC BY ROD LURIE, LARRY GROUPE.

LYRICS BY ROD LURIE AND RITA WILSON.

IT'S SUNG BY RITA WILSON.

♪ ♪ ♪ WHO WILL BE THE LAST TO DIE ♪

♪ IN A LAND WHERE EMPIRES CRY? ♪ ♪ WHO WILL BE THE LAST

TO REMAIN ♪ ♪ WHERE THERE'S ONLY GOD

AND PAIN? ♪ Announcer: COMING UP, THE

SUPERSTARS OF THE THOR AND WONDER WOMAN MOVIES.

BUT FIRST...

WE ARE PRESENTING BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AND ACTRESS IN

A COMEDY SERIES COMING UP NEXT.

Announcer: WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

CONTINUES.

♪ ♪ Taye: WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH OUR SHOW.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN THINKING.

WHY DOES TAYE SEEM SO PUT TOGETHER?

VIBRATING ON SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

I SPENT 2020 MASTERING SOME SKILLS I'VE ALWAYS LONGED TO

MASTER AND MY SELF-ESTEEM IS THROUGH THE ROOF.

IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR I CRUSHED JUGGLING...

ORIGAMI.

GUITAR.

TWO, THREE, FOUR.

DOG TRAINING.

CHESS.

AND PUPPETRY.

HOW ABOUT A KISS?

I GUESS A LITTLE KISS WON'T HURT HURT.

[LAUGHS] 10,000 HOURS, MY ASS.

I'M THRILLED TO INTRODUCE TWO MORE CW ACTORS WHO PLAY MARRIED

COUPLE CLARK KENT AND LOIS LANE IN THE NEW SERIES "SUPERMAN AND

LOIS."

TYLER HOECHLIN AND ELIZABETH TULLOCH.

HERE THEY ARE FROM VANCOUVER, CANADA.

HI, I'M ELIZABETH TULLOCH AND I PLAY LOIS LANE

ON THE NEW SERIES "SUPERMAN AND LOIS" ON THE CW.

AND I'M TYLER HOECHLIN AND I PLAY CLARK KENT

AND SUPERMAN.

WE'RE HERE -- WHAT?

SOMEBODY ELSE PLAYS SUPERMAN.

NO, BITSIE, I PLAY BOTH PARTS.

I MEAN, SUPERMAN'S SLIGHTLY BETTER LOOKING.

BUT OKAY.

BITSIE, I PLAY BOTH PARTS.

ANYWAY, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A

COMEDY SERIES.

FOUND IT.

EXIT, IT'S IN SPANISH, I KNOW.

I KNOW.

IT DIDN'T COME UP.

WHAT THE HELL DID YOU TALK ABOUT?

THE EARLY GAME IN THE LATE KICK.

I JUST LIKE TO TOUCH THIS FOR LUCK BEFORE I GRAB MY REAL CLUB.

HOW IS EVERYONE'S WEEKEND?

THE MORE I FEED, THE MORE I NEED.

I'VE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE IN MY LIFE.

♪♪ SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON ♪♪ I'M NOT HAVING MY BIG DAY

COMPROMISED BECAUSE ALEXIS WANTED TO CHILL IN A TANKINI FOR

SIX MONTHS.

THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

DANIEL LEVY, "SCHITT'S CREEK".

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE AT THE CRITICS CHOICE

ASSOCIATION.

YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS HAS PLAYED SUCH A PIVOTAL ROLE IN

HELPING TO KEEP OUR LITTLE SHOW ON THE AIR.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND CHAMPIONING A

CHARACTER LIKE DAVID.

I HAVE SO APPRECIATED READING ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND

ENCOURAGING WORDS OVER THE YEARS.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE YOURSELF REPRESENTED THAT

MUCH ON SCREEN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A RISK AND MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR

YOURSELF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

IT MEANS THE WORLD.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

AND NOW ON TO BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES.

I REALIZE THAT IF YOU WERE NOT LONELY YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO

DO...

IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING AT SOME DIVE BAR AND YOU SEE HIM

SCRATCHING HIS HEAD WITH A FORK IN THE CUTEST WAY.

YOU TOLD FRENCH PEOPLE THIS?

NO WONDER THEY HATE YOU.

NOT JUST THIS.

THAT'S THE FRENCH WAY.

THEY ARE VERY DISAGREEABLE.

YOU'RE FIRED.

YEAH, RIGHT.

BIG I WILL BE BUYING OUT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR CONTRACT.

WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

THIS IS NOT A WEDDING DRESS.

IT'S A WHITE FLOOR-LENGTH GOWN.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

WRITE DOWN YOUR DEEPEST FEARS AND WE ARE GOING TO SET THEM ON

FIRE SO THEY LOSE THEIR POWER.

THEY CAN'T ALL BE AFRAID MARJORIE IS GOING TO DIE.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

HANNAH WADDINGHAM, "TED LASSO."

WHAT IS GOING ON!

WHAT IS GOING ON.

OH, MY GOSH.

CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JASON!

JASON!

OH, MY GOD!

JASON.

THEY'LL, BRANDON.

ALL OF THE WRITERS.

WHAT A GIFT YOU GAVE ME.

LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

IT'S CRAZY.

TO MY MANAGEMENT, PETER BROOKS, ALEX.

[LAUGHS] WHAT'S GOING ON!

TO MY DAD.

THE GREATEST FORCE IN MY LIFE AND SHOWS ME HOW TO BEHAVE

ALWAYS LIKE A LADY.

[LAUGHS] TO MY BELOVED GIRLFRIENDS.

WHEN I'VE HAD A BIT OF A CRAP TIME, THEY HAVE HELPED ME BRING

UP MY BABY GIRL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT MEANS THE WORLD AM I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM IN THE SAME BREATH

AS THESE GLORIOUS WOMEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SOMEBODY GET ME A DRINK BEFORE I SWEAR.

THANK YOU!

[LAUGHTER] ONE SECOND.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT I AM STARTING TO SEE THE APPEAL

OF THESE FILTERS.

[LAUGHS] TOO MUCH?

I GET IT.

THESE CAN BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

DID YOU CATCH THAT?

SLIPPERY.

YOU KNOW IF THAT.

Announcer: STILL TO COME, COMEDIANS JIM GAFFIGAN

AND CHELSEA HANDLER.

BUT NEXT: "THIS IS US" STARS JUSTIN HARTLEY AND CHRISSY METZ

WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS RETURNS.

Announcer: WELCOME BACK TO THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

AND TAYE DIGGS.

Taye: OUR NEXT PRESENTERS STAR IN THE HUGELY POPULAR

NOMINATED BEST DRAMA SERIES "THIS IS US."

PLEASE WELCOME CHRISSY METZ AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

NOMINEE JUSTIN HARTLEY.

ALL RIGHT.

LOOKING SUPER SHARP.

BEAUTIFUL.

CONGRATULATIONS, JUSTIN, ON YOUR NOMINATION.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, BOTH OF YOU [LAUGHS]

I'M FINE WITH IT.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED IS WHAT HE MEANS.

Taye: IT FEELS GOOD TO GET DRESSED UP, RIGHT?

IT'S GOOD TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE.

YEAH.

I AM A WINNER WITH YOU.

Taye: THERE ARE NO LOSERS HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF

"THIS IS US."

GREAT SHOW.

ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMA SERIES FOR THE FIFTH TIME

TONIGHT.

IT'S COOL.

CAN'T BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT THAT LONG.

Taye: DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A WINNER, FIVE TIMES?

GREAT TO BE SURROUNDED BY THESE PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Taye: DOES IT FEEL GREAT TO BE SURROUNDED BY ME?

I WISH WE COULD GET CLOSER BUT THE WHOLE THING GOING ON.

Taye: I WILL LET YOU DO YOUR THING.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NOEL, NO, HOLD ON.

CHRISSY WE ARE NOT DOING A SCENE FROM "THIS IS US."

NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES.

I CAN DO THAT.

WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT SOMETHING FUNNY, INJECT SOME

LEVITY SO THAT WE FIT IN.

OKAY.

OH, REMEMBER ON "THIS IS US" AND I PLAYED THE MANNY?

THAT WAS FUNNY.

THAT WAS FUNNY.

BUT THEN REMEMBER WHEN OUR HOUSE BURNED DOWN?

THIS IS WHY NO ONE THINKS OUR SHOW WAS FUNNY.

YEAH.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES.

OH, THAT'S A FRAMER.

YOU DELETED IT.

I THINK I WAS ANGRY BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVER NOT LIKED ME.

IT OR AT LEAST NOT PRETENDING TO.

I DID TAKE A BRIEF SOJOURN TO THE GOLDEN STATE.

I HAD AGREED TO MEET THE DEVIL AT AN INTERSECTION OF ROADWAYS

WHERE I WOULD BECOME A MUCH BETTER GUITARIST.

I WISHED ONE OF MY PARENTS COULD DIE SO I COULD HAVE A

THING, YOU KNOW.

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT KID IN SCHOOL.

OH, HIS DAD DIED.

HE HAD KIND OF AN EDGE.

I'M SO SORRY I AM ALL YOU HAVE IN THIS WORLD.

IT'S A BUM DEAL.

NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.

NATHAN, I LOVE THAT NAME.

LOVE YOUR HOT DOGS.

GOOD, GOOD.

HAVE YOU GOT NATHAN'S HOT DOGS HERE?

NO.

OKAY.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

JASON SUDEKIS.

WOW, THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TO THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

WHERE DO I START?

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE DO I END?

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AT APPLE, WARNER BROS. FOR GETTING

THE TV SHOW OUT THERE.

FINDING ITS WAY TO YOUR LAPTOPS, HOMES, TELEVISIONS.

ET CETERA.

ALSO WANT TO THANK MY MANAGER.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE WRITERS ON THE SHOW.

BILL LAWRENCE, MY PALS AND COPRODUCERS.

BRANDON HUNT, JOE KELLY.

OUR WHOLE, ARE OTHER DIRTY DOZEN OF WRITERS AND WRITERS

ASSISTANCE.

THEY MAKE THE JOB A LOT EASIER AND A LOT MORE FUN BECAUSE THEY

WRITE SUCH GREAT STUFF.

AND THEN EVERYBODY THAT I GET TO ACT WITH.

VERY, VERY LUCKY TO GET TO PERFORM WITH YOU GUYS ON A DAILY

BASIS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING THE SHOW.

YEAH.

SEE YOU SOON.

AND NOW TO BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES.

HOW CAN I REST UNTIL YOU DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR ETERNAL

LIFE.

LIKE WHAT?

HOW FUNNY IT WOULD BE TO BE ARRESTED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

IT WAS FUNNY.

WE WERE LAUGHING REALLY HARD.

TOTALLY, SUPER FUNNY.

BEFORE WE REBAPTIZE OURSELVES I'M GOING TO CALL MY AGENT AND

MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

I'M SORRY WHAT.

SPEAK OUT.

HEALTH CARE SUNDAY.

YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF ON A SUNDAY.

I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

OH, NICE COLD.

YOU ARE MY PROBLEM, TYLER.

I'M NOT PAYING FOR THAT.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

CATHERINE O'HARA, "SCHITT'S CREEK."

WOW.

THANK YOU, CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION, FOR CELEBRATING ALL

THESE BEAUTIFUL, FUNNY WOMEN.

THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR CRITICAL THINKING TO BOLSTER

SUPPORT FOR OUR SHOW AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MY

WORK WITH THIS LOVELY "SCHITT'S CREEK" PARTING GIFT.

I SAY WORK AND LIKE EVERYONE ON THE SHOW I DID WORK HARD BUT ALL

I CAN REMEMBER NOW IS THE SHEER JOY OF BEING INSPIRED BY OUR

GREAT SCRIPTS, CHALLENGED BY MY RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED CAST MATES

AND ARE BEYOND CREATIVE CREW.

CHARMED BY OUR WONDERFUL HAIR AND MAKEUP AND WARDROBE.

GODMOTHERS.

MADE TO FEEL LIKE A QUEEN BY THE SWEET, FUN-LOVING PEOPLE WHO

WATCH OUR SHOW BECAUSE YOU TOLD THEM TO.

THANK YOU.

EUGENE LEVY, DANA, FRED.

DEB FOR LOANING ME YOUR DEAR HUSBAND AND SON FOR SIX YEARS.

THANK YOU.

WHAT?

NOTHING.

WHAT?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST SONG IS "IO SI (SEEN)"

FROM "THE LIFE AHEAD."

AN ITALIAN FILM THAT STARS SOPHIA LOREN AS A HOLOCAUST

SURVIVOR WITH A DAYCARE BUSINESS WHO TAKES IN A 12-YEAR-OLD KID

PLAYED BY YOUNG ACTOR OR ACTRESS NOMINEE

IBRAHIMA GUEYE.

MUSIC BY DIANE WARREN.

WORDS BY DIANE WARREN NICCOLO AGLIARDI.

AND LAURA PAUSINI WHO ALSO PERFORMS IT.

♪ CHE DESTINO E IL TUO ♪ ♪ MA SE VUOI ♪

♪ SE MI VUOI SONO QUI ♪ Announcer: COMING UP, MORE

BEST SONG NOMINEES.

"BRIDGERTON" STAR, PHOEBE DYNEVOR BUT FIRST.

I AM PRESENTING THE AWARD FOR BEST DRAMA SERIES NEXT ON THE

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Announcer: HERE ON THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

I SEE HER TAKING UP SPACE, EMBRACING HER POWER AND BEING

UNAPOLOGETICALLY HERSELF.

I SEE HER TELLING THE STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD.

BRING LIGHT AND COMPLEXITY TO THE SCREEN.

BRINGING AUTHENTICITY TO CHARACTERS SO REAL.

EVERYONE CAN SEE THEMSELVES.

Taye: WELCOME BACK.

WELCOME BACK.

WELCOME BACK.

HERE FROM UPCOMING FILMS "LUCA" AND "LINOLEUM"

IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMEDIANS.

HELLO, CRITICS CHOICE.

I'M JIM GAFFIGAN.

I AM COMING TO YOU FROM MY HOME WHERE I'VE BEEN RIDING OUT

THE PANDEMIC WITH MY FAMILY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I USED TO SAY I

WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEM.

ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE AWARD...

DAD?

FOR BEST COMEDY...

YES?

UH...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M ATTEMPTING TO PRESENT THE BEST COMEDY SERIES

FOR THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

I THOUGHT YOU HATED THE CRITICS.

I DON'T HATE THE CRITICS.

DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT CRITICS ARE LAZY MORONS WHO WILL NEVER

ACKNOWLEDGE OR ACCEPT YOUR TALENTS BECAUSE YOU'RE A FAT,

OLD, BALD GUY?

I NEVER SAID THAT.

OH, IT WAS MOM WHO -- AND THE NOMINEES FOR BEST

COMEDY SERIES ARE...

I ALWAYS FIGURED THAT T WOULD TASTE LIKE HOT BROWN WATER.

YOU KNOW, I WAS RIGHT, IT'S HORRIBLE.

WELCOME TO ENGLAND.

I WANT YOU TO BE MY TEACHER.

I WANT TO KNOW MY EGO.

I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST ANOTHER ONE OF HER DESIRES.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU.

IT'S GOOD.

DID NONE OF YOU EVER GO TO A SLUMBER PARTY WHEN YOU WERE

KIDS?

FOSTER CARE.

NO, NOBODY LEAVES.

DO NOT LEAVE.

WE ALL STAY.

I SWEAR TO GOD.

I AM NOT HERE FOR YOU.

THAT'S A RELIEF.

NOR YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THAT'S NICE.

ARE YOU POSSIBLY HERE TO KILL ME?

NO.

YOU ARE SO PROFESSIONAL.

I DON'T NEED A MAP TO SHOW ME THE MAGIC OF BANGKOK.

I WILL ASK DAVID ROSE AND PATRICK.

TO EXCHANGE THEIR VOWS.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

"TED LASSO."

WOW.

HOLY SMOKES.

OKAY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

A GREAT NUMBER OF YOU HAVE BEEN SO VOCAL ABOUT YOUR ENJOYMENT OF

THE SHOW AND IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY FLATTERING.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG TELEVISION START-UP LIKE APPLE, THEY

CERTAINLY DIG FOR FREE PUBLICITY.

THANK YOU.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO APPLE.

GIVING US A PLACE TO GO ON PAYING FOR.

THE FOLKS AT NBC SPORTS WHO DID THE INITIAL COMMERCIAL TO GET IT

ALL GOING.

BROOKLYN BROTHERS, THE ADVERTISING COMPANY THAT WAS

THERE FOR THE GET-GO.

BILL LAWRENCE AND JOE KELLY, BRANDON HUNT.

OUR ENTIRE STAFF, CAST AND CREW.

I DIDN'T GET TO SAY BEFORE.

I CAN WATCH THAT SPEECH FOR AN HOUR.

I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS IN RICHMOND.

WE WORK LATE.

THEY ARE KIND PEOPLE WHO LET US MAKE A RACKET.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE BARS BEING OPEN AGAIN SO WE CAN SPEND

SOME MONEY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANT TO THANK MY FOLKS.

I WANT TO THANK MY SISTERS, MY KIDS.

I WANT TO THANK THEIR MOM.

HAD THE INITIAL IDEA TO DO IT AS A TV SHOW.

YOU LIKE DOING THAT, YOU SHOULD DO IT AS A MOVIE OR TV SHOW.

SHE WAS RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN A WACKY YEAR.

IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL VESSEL TO HEAR PEOPLE'S STORIES OF

FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION AND HEALING AND UNDERSTANDING.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY FLATTERING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE

SOMETHING.

IT MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU GUYS.

IT MEANS A LOT.

THANK YOU.

Announcer: HE STARS IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE

NOMINATED FILM "ANOTHER ROUND,"

HERE'S MADS MIKKELSEN.

WITH ALL THE SERIOUSNESS THAT'S BECOME PART

OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES, ONE WOULD THINK THAT THE LAST THING WE'D

WANT IS MORE DRAMA.

BUT WHEN THE STORIES ARE DELIVERED MASTERFULLY IN

BEAUTIFUL PACKAGES BY SOME OF TODAY'S FINEST

PRODUCERS, WRITERS, DIRECTORS, AND PERFORMERS, I SAY...

"BRING IT ON."

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DRAMA SERIES.

TO YOU, THE COMMONWEALTH IS SOMETHING OF A DISTRACTION, A

WASTE OF TIME.

IN MANY WAYS, I HAVE GIVEN MY LIFE TO IT.

ISN'T TRUMP PRESIDENT?

NO.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, DIANE?

YOU ARE SO ARROGANT YOU THINK YOU CAN FLIP AND FBI AGENT.

YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY THAT SOUNDS?

IS A CRAZIER THAN KILLING SOMEONE?

FIND TRUTH AND SEEK JUSTICE.

YOU CANNOT SEEK JUSTICE WITHOUT FIRST KNOWING THE TRUTH.

HE WAS SMALLER, HE TOOK THE BRUNT OF IT.

I SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED HIM MORE.

I ALWAYS FORGET THAT.

I WAS YOUNGER AND SMALLER TOO TOO.

EITHER WE END THIS NOW AND ENJOY THE TIME WE HAD AND GO OUR

SEPARATE WAYS.

OR WHAT?

IF I HAD BEEN THERE I WOULD'VE WALKED THROUGH LITERAL

FIRE AND PULLED THAT MAN OUT.

I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE AND HE

DIED ASHAMED OF YOU.

ALL RIGHT, PAL.

IT'S TIME TO GO.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

"THE CROWN."

ANNOUNCER "THE CROWN" COULDN'T BE WITH US SO WE ACCEPT THE

AWARD ON THEIR BEHALF.

OUR NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST SONG IS "SPEAK NOW"

FROM REGINA KING'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT MOVIE

"ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI."

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FILM'S FIVE NOMINATIONS.

WRITTEN BY SAM ASHWORTH AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINEE

LESLIE ODOM, JR, WHO ALSO PERFORMS IT.

♪ I SWEAR WE'LL NEVER FIND A WAY TO WHERE WE'RE GOING ALL ALONE ♪

♪ DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD ♪

♪ CAN YOU HEAR THE BELLS RING OUT? ♪

♪ SPEAK NOW ♪ ♪ SPEAK NOW ♪

COMING UP: A SPECIAL AWARD TO ZENDAYA BUT NEXT WE HAVE THIS

STAR OF "BRIDGERTON."

HI.

I AM PRESENTING THE AWARD FOR BEST LIMITED SERIES COMING UP

SOON.

WHEN THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS CONTINUES.

Announcer: WELCOME BACK.

ONCE AGAIN, TAYE DIGGS.

Taye: LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER ONE OF OUR

NOMINEES TONIGHT.

HERE'S RIZ AHMED, WHO IS NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR

FOR "SOUND OF METAL."

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I AM A BIG FAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LIKEWISE.

GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.

Taye: I'M GOING TO READ YOUR LIPS BECAUSE I'M NOT

GETTING ANY SOUND BUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN HEAR ME, WE ARE GOOD.

FOR YOUR ROLE, DID YOU DO ANY TYPE OF RESEARCH?

I DID.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME OR NOT.

THE ROLE REQUIRED LEARNING A LOT OF SKILLS.

I HAD TO LEARN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.

I ALSO HAD TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE DRUMS.

THOSE TWO THINGS WAS A EIGHT AND A HALF MONTH PROCESS, FULL-TIME

EVERY DAY.

WEEK IN, WEEK OUT.

QUITE INTENSE.

IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GRATEFUL FOR.

LEARNING THE DRUMS AND LEARNING SIGN LAY WHICH KIND OF CHANGED

ME AS A PERFORMER AT A PERSON.

IT OPENED ME UP IN NEW WAYS.

Taye: ALL RIGHT.

YOU WOULD BE PROUD OF MY LIP READING RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A RAPPER.

DID YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE DRUMS?

HOW DID THAT WORK?

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE DRUMS AT ALL.

WE DO MAKE MUSIC AND I THOUGHT STUPIDLY IT WOULD MAKE PLAYING

THE DRUMS EASIER BUT KEEPING RHYTHM IS DIFFERENT TO

COORDINATION THE KIND OF DRUMMING THAT WE WERE DOING WAS

A BLAST BEATS, DOUBLE PEDDLING, USE ALL FOUR LIMBS IN DIFFERENT

RHYTHMS.

IT'S REALLY, I BLAME OUR AMAZING AND INSANE DIRECTOR WHO SAID

EVERYTHING IN THIS FILM I WANTED TO BE AS REAL AS POSSIBLE.

WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING THE DRUMS ON SCREEN, I WANT YOU TO BE REALLY

PLAYING THE DRUMS IN FRONT OF A REAL AUDIENCE, REAL NIGHTCLUB

AND A REAL GIG.

WE HAD TO GO ON THAT JOURNEY OF FORMING A BAND AND REHEARSING

AND LEARNING THE INSTRUMENTS.

Taye: ALL RIGHT, KEEP DOING YOUR THING.

WONDERFUL WORK.

HER LATEST STAND-UP COMEDY SPECIAL IS CALLED "CHELSEA

HANDLER: EVOLUTION."

I'VE LISTENED TO ALL OF HER AUDIOBOOKS.

I AM A FAN.

HERE IS CHELSEA HANDLER.

I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE CRITICS CHOICE FOR BEST TALK

SHOW.

AND, I HAVE TO SAY, THIS TALK SHOW FORMAT REALLY HAS EXPANDED

SINCE I WAS HOSTING MY FIRST SHOW.

BACK THEN, I WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN LATE NIGHT.

IT WAS MOSTLY MIDDLE-AGED WHITE DUDES NAMED JIMMY.

NOW, HALF THE NOMINEES IN THIS CATEGORY ARE WOMEN AND TWO SHOWS

FEATURE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

AND GUESS WHAT?

BOTH THE JIMMYS ARE STILL HERE, WHICH GOES TO

SHOW YOU THAT WHEN YOU MAKE ROOM FOR WOMEN AND FOR PEOPLE OF

COLOR, NO WHITE MEN HAVE TO GIVE UP ANYTHING.

THERE IS ROOM FOR EVERYONE WHEN OPPORTUNITY IS GIVEN

TO EVERYONE.

AND HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST TALK SHOW.

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL'S HOME IN

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, WAS VANDALIZED OVER THE WEEKEND ON

THE WHOLE INCIDENT HAS McCONNELL QUESTIONING WHETHER

AMERICA IS EVEN WORTH DESTROYING DESTROYING.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT I SAW SOME OF THE FOOTAGE OF Y'ALL

WITH BOOKER.

BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING.

QUIT.

DON'T DO THAT.

I HAVE TO DO IT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY LIFE!

THE STATE FLIP TO SENATE STATE BLUE WITH THE ELECTION OF

FORMER ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY.

A MAN FROM SPACE CAME DOWN AND SAVED US.

THAT IS THE PREMISE OF SUPERMAN.

ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID IT'S A SHAME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EVER

BE ABLE TO MARRY AN NBA OR AN ATHLETE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT

GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SO DARK.

FOR ELECTORAL VOTE PURPOSES I'VE FOURTH WITH HERE FOR

HEATHER TWO AND TWO-BY-FOUR CALL THE LAST CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUT.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

"LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS."

[LAUGHS] WOW, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK OUR WRITERS, OUR CREW, INCREDIBLE PRODUCERS.

I WANT TO THANK THE CRITICS FOR NOT JUST FOR THE HONOR BUT FOR

POINTING EVERYONE TOWARDS GREAT TV AND FILM IN THE YEAR WHERE WE

ALL SO DESPERATELY NEEDED TO FIND STUFF TO WATCH.

I AM VERY EXCITED THAT THIS ISN'T LIVE.

I HAVE MY PARENTS RIGHT NEXT TO ME WHICH I WOULDN'T HAVE

OTHERWISE.

BOTH FRESHLY VACCINATED.

SHOUT OUT, MODERNA.

IT'S FITTING BECAUSE MY MOM AND MY DAD WERE MY EARLIEST CRITICS.

THAT'S HALF TRUE.

MY DAD IS A CRITIC.

MY MOM IS VERY SUPPORTIVE.

SHE IS LIKE AN AGENT.

ALL SHE EVER TELLS ME IS THAT I'M CRUSHING IT AND SHE'S TAKING

10% OF EVERYTHING I'VE EVER MADE MADE.

[LAUGHTER] GOOD JOB.

THEY DON'T HAVE A TV BACKGROUND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

REALLY FLATTERED AND HONORED.

[LAUGHTER] IF YOU ARE A FAN OF

"BRIDGERTON," YOU'LL KNOW SHE PLAYED DAPHNE BRIDGERTON IN THE

WORLD-WIDE HIT.

HI FROM LONDON.

I'M PHOEBE DYNEVOR.

AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR BEST LIMITED SERIES.

WHICH AS THESE NOMINEES WILL SHOW, ARE ANYTHING BUT LIMITED

IN TERMS OF THEIR TALENT, CREATIVITY, PRODUCTION VALUE AND

EVEN THEIR SUBJECT MATTER.

HERE IS THE CLASS OF 2020.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

"THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT."

WOW.

WOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TO THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION.

MY NEW FAVORITE GROUP OF CRITICS CRITICS.

ALSO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY PARTNERS AT NETFLIX, CINDY

HOLLINS, GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IT WHEN I TOLD HER

PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO WATCH CHEST.

TO MY FELLOW PRODUCER WHO TOOK SUCH CARE OF THE RIGHTS FOR

THOSE YEARS AND TRUSTED ME WITH SHOW.

INTO MY OLD FRIEND AND PRODUCING PARTNER, BILL, FOR REALLY

PROTECTING ME FROM MYSELF.

I THINK IF THIS SHOW WORKED AT ALL, THERE WERE A COUPLE

REASONS.

ONE WAS THE GREAT NOVEL WHICH WAS AMAZING.

A HUGE GIFT FOR ME TO USE THEM TO WORK FROM.

I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO TURN IT INTO A

FILM.

I HOPE HE'S HAPPY, WHEREVER HE IS.

IT WAS A REAL HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND FINALLY, I DON'T THINK THE SHOW WOULD'VE WORKED NEARLY

NEARLY AS WELL WITHOUT ANYA TAYLOR-JOY, WHO OWNED EVERY

FRAME OF THE SHOW AND HAS A FACE THAT LAUNCHED A MILLION NEW

CHESS PLAYERS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS CHOICE.

THANK YOU.

HERE IS THE FINAL NOMINEE FOR BEST SONG.

IT'S FROM LEE DANIEL'S "THE UNITED STATES VS.

BILLIE HOLIDAY."

THE SONG IS "TIGRESS AND TWEED."

WRITTEN BY RAPHAEL SAADIQ AND BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE

ANDRA DAY WHO ALSO PERFORMS IT.

♪ ALWAYS PRESSIN' THAT LIN? ♪ ♪ SO FULL OF LOVE AND LIGHT ♪

♪ THE TRUTH IS BLACK AND WHITE ♪ ♪ SAY A PRAYER FOR ME

AH-AAH ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T GET NO SLEEP

AH, AH-AAH ♪ ♪ SAY A PRAYER FOR ME

Announcer: NEXT JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON PRESENTS THE SEEHER

AWARD TO HIS "MALCOM AND MARIE"

CO-STAR, BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE, ZENDAYA.

WHEN THE 26TH CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS RETURNS.

Taye: AS YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING,

THE CRITICS ASSOCIATION HAS TEAMED UP WITH SEE HER TO

RECOGNIZE WOMEN WHO HAVE PLAYED A POWERFUL ROLE ON AND OFF

SCREEN IN ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY IN ENTERTAINMENT.

OUR PREVIOUS HONOREES HAVE BEEN VIOLA DAVIS, GAL GADOT,

CLAIRE FOY AND KRISTEN BELL.

ALL AMAZING WOMEN.

TO TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR'S HONOREE, ZENDAYA,

IS THE STAR OF "BLACKKKLANSMAN," "TENET," AND "MALCOLM AND

MARIE."

JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON.

IN HER YOUNG TEENS, SHE WAS A DISNEY STAR.

BY HER 20s SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

THAT IS FILMING HER THIRD SPIDER-MAN MOVIE.

ALONG THE WAY, ZENDAYA BECAME A FASHION ICON AND THE YOUNGEST

WOMAN TO END LEAD ACTRESS EMMY.

DURING OUR MOVIE "MALCOLM & MARIE," WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE

MOST BEYOND HER INCREDIBLE TALENT WITH HER WISDOM AND HER

DISCERNMENT.

AT 24 YEARS OLD, ZENDAYA IS ALREADY A FORMIDABLE ACTOR BUT

SHE IS ALSO A FORMIDABLE FORCE FOR GOOD, FEARLESSLY USING HER

VOICE AND PLATFORM TO PUSH FOR CHANGE, INSPIRING HER INSTAGRAM

FOLLOWERS.

SHE BELIEVES HER GENERATION HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE

WORLD.

ZENDAYA, ICU.

I SEE YOU.

OPEN THE DOOR, OPEN THE DOOR, OPEN THE DOOR.

MEDIA IS A MIRROR TO THE WORLD.

HAS THE POWER TO IMPACT CHANGE, INFLUENCE CULTURE AND REFLECT

HOW WOMEN AND GIRLS SEE THEMSELVES.

COME ON.

LIFE IS ABOUT FINDING EXCITEMENT AND HAVING ADVENTURE.

MEDIA CAN INSPIRE OUR WORLD BECAUSE WHEN SHE CAN SEE HER,

SHE CAN BE HER.

LED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS, SEE HER IS

THE LARGEST GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR GENDER EQUALITY WITH THE MISSION

TO ACCURATELY PORTRAY ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS IN MEDIA AND

ENTERTAINMENT SO THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS THEY TRULY ARE AND

ALL THEIR POTENTIAL.

I BELIEVE THE PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME IS BEING WHO YOU ARE.

IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT I WANTED TO PORTRAY A STRONG AND

INDEPENDENT WOMAN.

OUR JOB IS TO QUESTION OURSELVES, WHAT WE DETECT, HOW

WE DEPICT THEM AND HOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THEMSELVES.

BEING A WOMAN IS NOT ABOUT BEING BRAVE OR STRONG OR

POWERFUL.

IT'S ABOUT GIVING YOURSELF PERMISSION TO BE THE THINGS THAT

YOU ALREADY ARE.

EACH YEAR THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS, SEE HER RECOGNIZES ONE

WOMAN WHO EMBODIES THE VALUES OF THE MOVEMENT.

I THINK IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL.

TO PUSH BOUNDARIES, DEFIES STEREOTYPES, AND ELEVATE THE

IMPORTANCE OF AUTHENTIC PORTRAYALS.

ON AND OFF SCREEN.

USING HER VOICE AND PLATFORM TO INSPIRE OTHERS.

YOU HAVE TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN AND MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY AND

MAD BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH YOU YET.

THAT'S THE WHOLE PART.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

REALLY.

DO YOU WANT TO GO THERE?

YES.

THIS YEAR'S SEE HER HONOREE IS ZENDAYA.

LOOK AT ME.

I'M THE LAST PERSON STANDING.

HOLD ON TO ME FOR NEAR LIFE.

IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE 2021 SEEHER AWARD TO

SOMEONE WHO IS ON-SCREEN AND OFF CHANGING THE WORLD FOR THE

BETTER.

ZENDAYA.

I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH TO JOHN DAVID

WASHINGTON.

INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND AND A SCENE PARTNER.

THANK YOU TO THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION FOR THIS INCREDIBLE

HONOR AND SEE HER.

THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

I WAS THINKING OF THINGS TO SAY, THE ONLY REAL THING I CAN THINK

OF IS GRATITUDE.

THIS WORD KEEPS COMING TO MY MIND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YEAR

THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD.

TO CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE MOMENT BIG AND

SMALL.

TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD AND IN OUR LIFE THAT

MAKE THE WORK WE DO POSSIBLE, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD ON

TO OUR LOVED ONES A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.

MAKE SURE WE CALL THEM, ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND TELL THEM

WE LOVE THEM.

AND TAKEN MOMENTS LIKE THIS AND I ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT BE HERE

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE INCREDIBLE WOMEN THAT HAVE PAVED THE WAY

FOR ME TO BE HERE.

EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WOMEN.

YES, THIS IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH.

NOT TO OVERUSE THE WORD BUT I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS

MOMENT.

Announcer: OTHER CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS IN THE

SERIES AND STREAMING CATEGORIES TONIGHT INCLUDE BEST MOVIE MADE

FOR TELEVISION.

"HAMILTON."

AND BEST SHORT FORM SERIES.

"BETTER CALL SAUL."

ETHICS TRAINING WITH KIM WEXLER.

COMING UP, GAL GADOT AND CHRIS HEMSWORTH.

HI, I AM EVA LONGORIA PRESENTING THE CRITICS CHOICE

AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR NEXT.

Announcer: HERE ON THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Announcer: WELCOME BACK TO THE 26TH CRITICS

CHOICE AWARDS.

Taye: ONCE AGAIN, HERE'S EMMY, GRAMMY AND TONY

WINNER LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.

ALL NIGHT LONG WE'VE BEEN TREATED TO THE AMAZING NOMINEES

FOR BEST SONG, BUT THAT'S NO WAY TO TRULY JUDGE THEM.

IN ORDER TO HELP ALL YOU CRITICS OUT THERE, YOU NEED TO HEAR THEM

AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED BY THEIR COMPOSERS SUNG BY

YOURS TRULY, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.

♪ ONE NIGHT IN ♪ OH, THAT'S NOT

WHAT WE -- OKAY BUT I LEARNED THE WORDS

SO...

OH, THEY ALREADY VOTED?

OKAY, SO YOUR NOMINEES FOR BEST SONG ARE...

"HUSAVIK (MY HOME TOWN)" FROM EUROVISION SONG CONTEST:

THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA "FIGHT FOR YOU" FROM JUDAS AND

THE BLACK MESSIAH "EVERYBODY CRIES"

FROM THE OUTPOST.

"IO SI (SEEN)" FROM THE LIFE AHEAD.

"SPEAK NOW" FROM ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI.

"TIGRESS & TWEED" FROM THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE

HOLIDAY.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

"SPEAK NOW" "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI."

MY COLLABORATOR, SAM ASHWORTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE

CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION FOR HONORING THE SONG IN THIS WAY.

WE WANT TO THANK REGINA KING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF.

THE SCREENING FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE HOUSE.

TO GET TO UNDERSCORING AND PUNCTUATE THE THEMES IN THIS

FILM THAT THE WORLD TO US.

REGINA'S BEAUTIFUL MOVIE.

THANK YOU, AMAZON FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SONG.

THANK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL PRODUCERS IN LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

THANK YOU SAM COOKE FOR THE LEGACY AND FOR LEAVING US SUCH

POTENT WORDS TO BE SO INSPIRED BY AND MELODIES.

WE ARE VERY HUMBLE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Announcer: SHE'S A TERRIFIC ACTRESS WHO HAS ALSO BECOME

A SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION DIRECTOR.

HERE IS EVA LONGORIA!

PRESENTING THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR THIS

YEAR IS A HUGE HONOR FOR ME, BECAUSE IT'S PERSONALLY VERY

ENCOURAGING THAT THREE WOMEN HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR

WORK AS DIRECTORS.

HERE ARE ALL OF THE NOMINEES.

HERE ARE ALL OF THE NOMINEES.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

CHOE ZHAO, "NOMADLAND."

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CRITICS CHOICE.

I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO MICHAEL WOLF SNYDER WHO

WAS THE PRODUCTION MIXER ON "NOMADLAND."

SADLY HE JUST PASSED AWAY.

I REMEMBER WE ONLY HAD FIVE PEOPLE ON THE CREW, A HECTIC

DAY, HE CAME TO ME AND SAID HEY, HOW ABOUT I RECORD TONE A LITTLE

BIT LONGER THAN I NEED SO I CAN BUY MAKE YOU SOME TIME TO THINK

AND HEAR YOURSELF BETTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE DO THE SAME THING ON "NOMADLAND."

THESE WERE THE BEST MOMENTS, BEST MOMENTS OF OUR DAY.

THE WHOLE CREW TOGETHER WATCHING WOLF AND HE WOULD SAY ALL RIGHT,

EVERYONE GET READY.

LET'S GO TO YOUR ZEN PLACE AND WE DID.

THANK YOU, WOLF.

WE HONOR YOU.

WE WILL SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD, MY FRIEND.

THANK YOU.

Taye: OTHER CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS IN THE FILM CATEGORIES

TONIGHT INCLUDE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY.

JOSHUA JAMES RICHARDS.

"NOMADLAND."

BEST EDITING.

IT IS A TITHE.

ALAN BAUMGARTEN, "THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO SEVEN TRAN."

AND "SOUND OF METAL.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS, TENANT.

"MANK."

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP, "MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM."

BEST COSTUME DESIGN, "MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM.

STILL TO COME, THE AWARDS FOR BEST ACTRESS, BEST PICTURE, AND.

I'M CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AND I WILL BE PRESENTING BEST ACTOR.

COMING UP NEXT.

Announcer: WHEN THE 26TH CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS CONTINUE

REPRESENTATION MATTERS.

MATTERS WHO IS TELLING THE STORY.

IT MATTERS THAT WE ARE SEEN AS WOMEN, AS PEOPLE OF COLOR.

OF ALL COMMUNITIES.

STORYTELLING SHOULD REFLECT LIFE LIFE.

Taye: WE'RE BACK.

SHE'S AN OSCAR AND TWO-TIME CRITICS CHOICE WINNER

WHO CURRENTLY STARS IN THE SERIES "THE PRODIGAL SON,"

HERE'S CATHERINE ZETA-JONES.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THE EIGHT NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR

THIS YEAR HAVE WON A COMBINED 5,000 AWARDS IN

THE PAST FIVE YEARS?

NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S TRUE, BUT THE FACT THAT

IT'S BELIEVABLE IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT AN AMAZING BUNCH

THEY ARE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AMAZING ACTORS' WORK.

YOU DON'T KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ME.

YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF BLOOD I'VE GOT,

WHAT UP HEART I'VE GOT.

YOU'RE LEAVING ME, IS THAT IT IT?

YOU'RE ABANDONING ME.

TAKE THE SHOT.

I WILL CHOOSE WHEN AND HOW I DIE.

HOW CAN I PUT THIS?

I MAY BE A LOOSE CANNON BUT YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE AN OUTSIDER.

IF I DISAPPEAR, WHO CARES.

NOBODY CARES, MAN.

SERIOUSLY.

THAT IS COFFEE.

COFFEE PACKS A PUNCH, DOESN'T IT?

IT IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE.

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

CHADWICK BOSEMAN, "MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM."

YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE SAID ALOUD THAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO

KNOW CHAD INTIMATELY, PERSONALLY, PROFESSIONALLY,

THOSE HE TAUGHT, THOSE HE GAVE A WORD OF ADVICE, THOSE WHO TAUGHT

HIM, IT IS SO HARD TO FIND A CELEBRATORY FEELING IN THESE

MOMENTS.

AS PROUD AS WE ARE OF HIM, YES, FOR HIS WORK BUT EVEN MORE JUST

FOR WHO HE IS AS A PERSON.

HIS WORK DESERVES THIS.

HIS WORK IN THIS FILM DESERVES THIS.

HE DESERVES THIS.

SO HE WOULD ALWAYS THANK GOD FIRST AND FOREMOST AND

EVERYTHING.

HE WOULD ALWAYS HONOR HIS MOTHER AND HIS FATHER.

HE WOULD ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE HIM, THOSE

WHO CHARTED THE PATH.

THOSE WHO GAVE HIM THEIR GIFTS.

HE MAY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS STORY, ABOUT

THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK VOICES TELLING BLACK STORIES.

HE MAY TAKE THIS MOMENT TO GIVE HONOR TO AUGUST WILSON, ONE OF

THE GREATEST PLAYWRIGHTS OF OUR TIME.

AND I RECENTLY READ, SOCIETIES GREW GREAT WHEN OLD MEN PLANT

TREES IN WHOSE SHADE THEY KNOW THEY MAY NEVER SIT.

OUR SOCIETY MAY BE A FAR CRY FROM GREAT BUT I KNOW THAT THE

SEEDS YOU PLANTED WILL GROW INTO FORESTS AND ONE DAY WE TOO WILL

BE TALL ENOUGH TO REACH THE HEAVENS.

THANK YOU, CRITICS CHOICE.

THANK YOU, CHAD.

THANK YOU.

OTHER WINNERS INCLUDE BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY.

Announcer: COMING UP, TWO SUPER HEROES:

WONDER WOMAN AND THOR.

BETTER KNOWN AS GAL GADOT.

I'M CHRIS HEMSWORTH.

COMING UP NEXT, PRESENTING THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST

ACTRESS.

Taye: AND WE'RE BACK.

HE'S CURRENTLY IN AUSTRALIA FILMING

"THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER," HIS EIGHTH MOVIE AS THE

HAMMER-WIELDING SUPERHERO THOR.

HERE IS AN EXCEEDINGLY GOOD LOOKING WHITE MAN,

CHRIS HEMSWORTH.

HELLO, EVERYONE!

I AM HONORED TO BE PRESENTING THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARD

FOR BEST ACTRESS.

THIS YEAR'S IMPRESSIVE FIELD OF SEVEN NOMINEES RANGES FROM

SEASONED FILM ICONS TO PROMISING NEWCOMERS.

EACH OF THEIR PERFORMANCES ARE RICH, COMPLEX, AND BOLD,

BRINGING THE TRADEMARK STRENGTH WE'VE COME TO EXPECT

FROM THIS CATEGORY.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES.

MY SONG.

IT REMINDS THEM THAT THEY ARE KILLING US.

IF IT'S POSITIVE, IS THERE ANYWAY COULD BE NEGATIVE?

NO.

A POSITIVE IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

THAT'S YOUR WAY.

IT'S NOT MY WAY.

IT'S WHAT YOU NEED!

THANK YOU FOR GETTING OVER THIS, FOR MOVING FORWARD.

FOR BEING YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT I FORGET TO THANK YOU FOR.

I LIVE IN THERE.

THAT'S MY HOME.

THEY DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT ME.

I WANT IS MY VOICE.

HOW OLD AM I?

HOW LONG HAVE I LIVED IN THE CITY?

WHAT'S MY NAME?

AND THE CRITICS CHOICE IS...

CAREY MULLIGAN, "PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN."

OH, MY GOODNESS.

GOSH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S SUCH -- IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING HERE.

I'M TRYING TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS.

I'M AWARE THAT IT IS VERY EARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY TODAY.

I AM SO HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED AMONGST THESE INCREDIBLE FEMALE

PERFORMANCES.

THANK YOU FOR THE STORIES THAT YOU'VE TOLD.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED ALONGSIDE YOU.

I NEED TO THANK MARGOT ROBBIE, FILMATION, FOCUS FEATURES.

OUR REMARKABLE CREW WHO MADE THIS FILM AND 23 DAYS BECAUSE

THEY ARE GENIUSES.

OUR AMAZING CAST.

ALL OF THEM, THE MOST INCREDIBLY INSPIRING, CHALLENGING,

BRILLIANT ACTORS TO WORK WITH.

MOST ESPECIALLY BO BURNHAM AND RSE TO ADMIRAL EMERIL FINELL WHO

WROTE THIS INCREDIBLE SCRIPT AND DIRECTED WITH SUCH APLOMB AND

WILL MOCK ME RELENTLESSLY FOR HAVING USED THE WORD APLOMB.

I AM INDEBTED TO HER FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Announcer: WE STILL HAVE THE BIG AWARD OF THE NIGHT TO COME

AND HERE'S WHO'S PRESENTING IT.

THIS IS GAL GADOT AND I AM PRESENTING THE BEST PICTURE

AWARD COMING UP NEXT.

Announcer: HERE ON THE 26TH CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS.

Taye: JUST ONE FINAL AWARD LEFT AND IT'S THE BIG ONE.

TO PRESENT IT, WE WANTED ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN THE MOVIE

UNIVERSE AND WE GOT ONE.

HERE IS THE PRODUCER AND STAR OF "WONDER WOMAN 1984",

SOON TO BE SEEN IN THE UPCOMING "RED NOTICE,"

GAL GADOT.

IN A YEAR THAT SAW FILMS FORCED FROM THEATERS,

THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PICTURE WERE STILL ABLE

TO HAVE IMPACT ON US ALL.

THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE TALENT AND THE HIGH-QUALITY

WORKMANSHIP OF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

SO, NO MATTER WHAT NAME I READ, YOU'RE ALL WINNERS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PICTURE.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD MGM HAS MORE STARS THAN THERE ARE IN THE

HEAVENS.

DO NOT BELIEVE THIS.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE STAR, LEO THE LION.

UM.

THE BOYS IN THE BAND.

WHAT BAND?

THE BAND WORKS FOR ME.

WHAT DID SHE SAY?

SHE SAYS SHE'S GOT NO HOME.

THIS CHILD IS AN ORPHAN TWICE OVER.

AIN'T NOBODY ELSE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE EXCEPT US.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A TARGET ON YOUR BACK.

IT WAS GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS LIFE IS THAT THERE IS

NO FINAL GOODBYE.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE -- DRUNK?

REALLY DRUNK?

YEAH.

I'M NOT.

THIS MISSION WAS SO DAMN IMPORTANT.

IT'S WHAT THE WAR IS ALL ABOUT.

I AM BEING DENIED RIGHT NOW MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

REPRESENTATION.

WILL YOU BE QUIET!

THE CRITICS CHOICE FOR BEST PICTURE IS...

"NOMADLAND."

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION AND OUR FELLOW

NOMINEES.

I AM INCREDIBLY HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF

MY FELLOW PRODUCERS, FRANCES McDORMAND, PETER SPEARS, DAN

AND CHLOE.

WE WANT TO THANK THE CRITICS FOR SHINING A LIGHT ON OUR FILM VERY

EARLY ON AND CONTINUING TO DEEPEN THE CONVERSATION WITH

SUCH NUANCE.

THANK YOU SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES, TO OUR "NOMADLAND" CREST AND

CREW.

TO JOSH, CONGRATULATIONS.

TO CHLOE FOR LEADING US WITH SUCH HEART.

SO MUCH OF "NOMADLAND" IS ABOUT LISTENING, LISTENING TO NATURE

AND ONE ANOTHER'S STORIES.

WE WANT TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO OUR PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER,

MICHAEL WOLF SNYDER WHO DIDN'T JUST RECORD SOUND BUT DEEPLY

FELT IT.

IN THE YEAR THAT HAS ILLUMINATED THE CRUCIAL NEED FOR CONNECTION

AND EMPATHY, WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE CREATED A FILM THAT

CELEBRATES THE COMPASSION GAINED BY SIMPLY LISTENING TO ONE

ANOTHER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Taye: THAT'S IT FOR THIS YEAR.

IT'S BEEN A VERY UNUSUAL SHOW IN A VERY WEIRD YEAR.

LET'S HOPE NEXT TIME WE'RE ALL HEALTHY

AND SAFELY BACK IN ONE BIG ROOM TOGETHER.

TILL THEN, GOOD NIGHT!