Once Upon a Time in Hollywood gets Oscar boost at Critics Choice awards – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

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**************************** () ******************************** (**************************************** (**********************************************************Quentin Tarantino accepts the best picture prize for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the Critics Choice awards. Photograph: Emma McIntyre / Getty Images (******************************************

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to 2020 s Los Angeles, received a timely boost as it was named the year best film at the Critics Choice awards.

Handed out by the Los Angeles-based Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Critics Choice awards made Once Upon a Time in Hollywood its leading film, with three other nods, including Brad Pitt ************************************ for best supporting actor and Tarantino********************** for best screenplay.

In an unusual turn of events, the best director prize was a tie between (Parasite) ************************************ (s) ************************************************ (Bong Joon-ho) and (******************************************************************************************************** ‘s Sam Mendes****************** after voters could not split them.Joaquin Phoenixtook home best actor for his portrayal of a tortured loner in Joker , while (Renée Zellweger) ********************************** won best actress for playing Judy Garland in biopic (Judy) . ******

Laura Dernwon best supporting actress for playing a ruthless divorce lawyer in (Marriage Story) **********************************. (The Irishman) ‘s stars, Robert De Niroand (Al Pacino) , took to the stage together to accept the best acting ensemble gong. Eddie Murphy , who received a lifetime achievement award, was celebrating again when his (Dolemite Is My Name) ********************************** won best comedy film.

In the TV categories, (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) won best actress in a comedy series for Fleabag and had the audience in the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica laughing after admitting her surprise at receiving so much critical adulation for writing a character “who literally looks into the camera and says, ‘Fuck me up the ass.’ ”She added:“ Thank you for getting behind that. ”

Waller-Bridge, who has also won Emmys and Golden Globes for Fleabag’s second season, described working on the show as “the best experience I’ll probably ever have”. She also thanked Jennifer Lopez for influencing the Priest’s character as his favorite song is her 2019 hit, Jenny from the Block. Waller-Bridge’s co-star (Andrew Scott) ********************************** – who plays the Priest – won best supporting actor in a comedy series.

Best drama was won by (Succession) ********************************, while best supporting actor in a limited series or movie made for television went to Chernobyl’sStellan Skarsgård. Netflix’s When They See Uswas named best limited series ahead of HBO and Sky’s Chernobyl. Show creator (Ava DuVernay) thanked the streaming giant for letting “a black woman do her thing”.

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(Best picture) **************************************************************************** Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (****************************************************************************************************************************** (Best actor) ************************************************************************ (Joaquin Phoenix, Joker) **************************************************************************** (************************************************************************ (Best actress) ************************************************************** Renée Zellweger, Judy (************************************************************************** (Best supporting actor) Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best supporting actress Laura Dern, Marriage Story************************************************************** (Best young actor / actress) **************************************************************** Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
(Best director) ************************************************************************** (tie) Sam Mendes, 1924; Bong Joon-ho, Parasite (**************************************************************************** (Best original screenplay) Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (************************************************************************** (Best adapted screenplay) ************************************************************************* Greta Gerwig, Little Women
(Best cinematography) **************************************************************************** (**************************************************************************** (************************************************************************ (Best production design) *************************************************************** Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (**************************************************************************** Best editing (**********************************************************************************************************************
Best costume design (Dolemite Is My Name) ****************************************************************************************************************************************** Best hair and makeup (***************************************************************************** (Bombshell) **********************************
(Best visual effects) *********************************************************************************************************************************** (Avengers: Endgame) ************************************************************************************************************** Best animated feature (********************************************************************** Toy Story 4 Best action movie Avengers: Endgame******************************************** Best comedy (Dolemite Is My Name) **************************************************************************** (*************************************************************************** Best sci-fi or horror movie (************************************************************************************ Us
(Best foreign language film************************************************************** (Parasite) ********************************************************************** (********************************************************** Best song (tie) Glasgow (No Place Like Home), (Wild Rose) **********************************; (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, Rocketman ********************************** (******************************************************** (Best score) ************************************************************ Hildur Guðnadóttir , Joker

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(Best drama series) **************************************************************************** (Succession) ************************************************************************ (************************************************************ Best actor in a drama series (************************************************************************************ (Jeremy Strong) , Succession (****************************************************************************** (Best actress in a drama series) **************************************************************************Regina King, Watchmen (Best supporting actor in a drama series Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (****************************************************************************Best supporting actress in a drama series (Jean Smart, Watchmen) Best comedy series (fleabag) (************************************************************************** (Best actor in a comedy series) ********************************************************************** () ********************************************************************************** Bill Hader