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JACOB ELORDI ACCEPTING SUPPORTING ACTOR AWARD
Critics Choice Awards announced
The first big Hollywood awards event of the year took place Mon., Jan. 5, 2026 and they were all there, with the spectacular and outlandish outfits of such events. For a rundown of the notable snubs and surprises see Gold Derby. Most noted is Jacob Elordi as the "creature" in Frankenstein beating Paul Mescal, Hamnet; Sean Penn, One Battle After Another; Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly; and Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value. Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams beat out some higher profile films. With The Secret Agent selected as Best Foreign Film Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident was snubbed. I can't comment on the "Best Comedy" noms and win with only having seen The Phoenician Scheme and Splitsville, not yet having enjoyed The Ballad of Wallis Island, Eternity, Friendship, or The Naked Gun. I guess Wake Up Dead Man may be nominated for next year.
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WINNERS OF THE 31ST ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST PICTURE
One Battle After Another
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan – Weapons
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Miles Caton – Sinners
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE
Francine Maisler – Sinners
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY|
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein
BEST EDITING
Stephen Mirrione – F1
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey – Frankenstein
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash
BEST STUNT DESIGN
Wade Eastwood – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
BEST COMEDY
The Naked Gun
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Secret Agent
BEST SONG
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters
BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
BEST SOUND
Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John – F1
