For the second time Sunday, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” won Best Picture, this time at the Critics Choice Awards seen live on TBS and the CW Network.
In a well produced three hours plus hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer the CCAs anointed “Dog” plus reaffirmed the four actors who won Screen Actors Guild Awards last week: Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, Troy Kotsur, and Ariana De Bose.
The ballroom at the Fairmont Century Plaza was packed to the gills with celebrities and A list stars. But there was also a video hook up to London, where CCA nominees who’d attended the BAFTA awards could participate in the Hollywood show.
“The Power of the Dog” now has a clear path to Best Picture at the Academy Awards after winning these two events on the same day. Campion won Best Director at the Directors Guild on Saturday might. The next hurdle is the Producers Guild Awards next week. If “Dog” can swing that honor, its coronation is a foregone conclusion.
After the show, Netflix hosted an ebullient victory party at the new Century Plaza’s Lumiere restaurant. Both Serena and Venus Williams attended, even though their movie “King Richard” about their father, lost to “Dog.” The Williams sisters danced up a storm with Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, director of “the Lost Daughter,” also a Netflix film, and studio chief Ted Sarandos. Also at the party: Lin Manuel Miranda, Jamie Dornan, Nat Wolff, Kaitlyn Dever, Joshua Jackson and wife Jodie Turner-Smith, among others.
Some of the other winning films and actors had their own private gatherings throughout the hotel.
Marlee Matlin, star of “CODA,” arrived but left as soon as the show was over. She was mourning the death of her original co-star, William Hurt, from “Children of a Lesser God.” They were an item in the mid 80s. Hurt, 71, died from prostate cancer it was announced earlier Sunday.
Me? I got to meet Amber Ruffin. My night was made!
More notes from the CCA show later Monday…
FILM
BEST PICTURE
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
BEST ACTOR
Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros)
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight)
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Belfast (Focus Features)
BEST COMEDY FEATURE
Licorice Pizza (MGM/UAR)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (MGM/UAR)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Drive My Car (Sideshow/Janus Films)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (Warner Bros)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Troy Kotsur – CODA (Apple Original Films)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Jude Hill – Belfast (Focus Features)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune (Warner Bros)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune (Warner Bros)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beavan – Cruella (Disney)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight)
BEST EDITING
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story (Warner Bros)
BEST SONG
No Time to Die, from No Time to Die (MGM/UAR)
BEST SCORE
Hans Zimmer – Dune (Warner Bros)
TELEVISION
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Succession (HBO)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Mare of Easttown (HBO)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
What If…? (Disney+)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Squid Game (Netflix)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Oslo (HBO)
BEST TALK SHOW
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)
