‘Oppenheimer’ sweeps Critics Choice Awards
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The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards were held on Sunday night (January 14th) at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California. Hosted for the second year in a row by Chelsea Handler, the ceremony aired live on the CW.
Handler commented on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes during her opening monologue. “Of course, nobody had a harder time this year than studio executives, who were forced to vacation for six consecutive months in a row,” she joked. “With Barbie, Greta [Gerwig] became the highest-grossing female director of all time … Again, over $1.4 billion at the box office. So while David Zaslav was wearing a zip-up vest and sailing off to Saint Tropez, one very talented woman swooped in with a movie about female empowerment and saved the entire music — movie — industry.”
Later, Handler took aim at her ex, Jo Koy, when she said, “Thank you for laughing at that. My writers wrote it.” This comes after Koy blamed his writers when his opening monologue fell flat at the Golden Globes.
Oppenheimer and Barbie continued to be the big winners for film, with Oppenheimer taking home eight awards including Best Picture and Barbie receiving six awards in total. For television, Beef, The Bear, and Succession took home the most awards—also mirroring the Golden Globes.
