Sunday, February 9, 2025

Critics Choice: ‘Anora’ Wins Best Picture; ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Substance’ Take 3 Awards Each

Anora won the beat prize of best picture at the 2025 Faultfinders Choice Grants, whereas Emilia Pérez, Evil and The Substance each captured three trophies.



The Brutalist star Adrien Brody won best performing artist; Demi Moore won best on-screen character for her work in The Substance; Emilia Pérez on-screen character Zoe Saldaña won best supporting performing artist and A Genuine Pain‘s Kieran Culkin, who wasn’t in participation, won best supporting actor.



Emilia Pérez, right now managing with the aftermath from disputable, as of late reemerged tweets by star and best performing artist Oscar chosen one Karla Sofía Gascón, won two other grants at the ceremony, voting for which closed on Jan. 10, well some time recently Gascón’s past posts risen. The disposition inside Santa Monica’s Barker Storage, where the grants took put, was moderately somber with each win for the Netflix melodic. Still, the film took domestic grants for best outside dialect film and best melody in expansion to Saldaña’s trophy



By differentiate, what sounded like a few of the loudest cheering and praise of the evening, at slightest for a film champ, came when Evil helmer Jon M. Chu scored a shock win for best chief. Chu was outstandingly cleared out out of the best executive Oscar candidates and joked from the Faultfinders Choice arrange, “I’m gonna win that Oscar.”



Wicked moreover won grants for generation plan and ensemble design.



In expansion to Moore’s win, The Substance captured the grants for best unique screenplay and best hair and cosmetics. The best adjusted screenplay grant went to Conclave, which too won for best acting outfit. Challengers, strikingly censured by the Oscars, and A Genuine Torment, each won two grants, but one of the Genuine Torment respects was a tie for the best comedy win with Deadpool & Wolverine.



In the TV categories, Shogun won a driving four grants, counting best dramatization arrangement, taken after by Hacks, with three grants, counting best comedy arrangement. The restricted arrangement grant went to Infant Reindeer.



Chelsea Handler facilitated the Pundits Choice Grants, which was both celebratory and highlighted a number of references to the later Los Angeles wildfires.



Handler kicked off the evening on a genuine note, tending to the destruction caused by the fires and saying thanks to to begin with responders for their work doing combating the bursts. Standing in the assembly hall close a table of L.A.’s to begin with responders, Handler rapidly earned a standing applause when she said thanks to them for their efforts.





What we saw and the scope of misfortune has been nearly outlandish to imagine,” she said, including that all through the evening a QR code onscreen would permit watchers to give to those influenced by the fires, in keeping with the Grammys and other grants appears utilizing the star-studded social occasions in portion to raise cash for alleviation efforts.



During the appear, various victors — counting Colin Farrell, Kathy Bates and Shogun‘s Hiroyuki Sanada — utilized their time onstage to thank the firefighters and to begin with responders.



The L.A. rapidly spreading fires cleared out at slightest 29 individuals dead and crushed more than 16,000 structures as the bursts burned more than 60 square miles.



But when it came time for her monolog, Handler inclined into political commentary, presenting herself as the “DEI host” for the evening.



And Handler once more talked around the upsetting later times both in L.A. and the U.S. at huge, talking almost waking up and not being beyond any doubt “what news will disillusion and alarm us.” But she was thankful, she clowned, for the “distraction” of the continuous lawful fight between Blake Exuberant and Justin Baldoni, expanding her “gratitude” to both of them.



Handler went on to highlight a few of this year’s chosen people, counting Evil and stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Babygirl and star Nicole Kidman and Anora and star Mikey Madison, kidding that the last mentioned film was Melania Trump’s story.



Near the conclusion of her monolog, Handler referenced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s spouse, saying of the night’s candidates, “Some of you will win, a few will lose, a few will address your life choices like Cheryl Hines at a Senate affirmation hearing.”



The Faultfinders Choice Affiliation displayed the to begin with three supporting TV grants together, with both the supporting performing artist and performing artist victors taking the organize at the same time, which the to begin with match of champs, Shrinking‘s Michael Urie and Hacks‘ Hannah Einbinder, played up, talking in harmony some time recently they each took their turn at the mic.



During their synchronous comments they pronounced, “trans lives matter,” and Urie talked almost how his guardians bolstered him and his sister when they came out as eccentric and said thanks to all of those who bolster strange kids.



The comments come as President Donald Trump’s organization has focused on the trans community with various official orders. Prior this week, Woman Gaga communicated her back for trans people at the 2025 Grammys, as grants appears appear to be getting more political in no time into Trump’s moment term.



Einbinder moreover called for activity amid her solo discourse, talking out almost climate alter, saying in portion, “We are on the brink of a truly dull time of climate refusal. … The fossil fuel industry is capable for the [climate] emergency, and they require to pay for the mess that they made.”



Later, when Hacks won best comedy arrangement, co-showrunner and performing artist Paul W. Downs called for expanding film and TV generation in Los Angeles, where Hacks shoots.



“This is an industry town, and we ought to have more preparations in L.A.,” he said in part.



Conclave and Evil went into the ceremony driving this year’s film candidates with 11 gestures each, counting for the beat prize of best picture. Hill: Portion Two and Emilia Pérez each landed 10 gestures, taken after by The Brutalist with nine and Anora and The Substance with seven designations each.



In the TV categories, Shogun was the most assigned program with six gestures, taken after by Abbott Basic, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Negotiator, The Penguin and What We Do In the Shadows, all of which earned four nominations.



The appear publicized on E! from 7-10 p.m. ET/PT, having moved to the NBCUniversal cable arrange from its past domestic of The CW. The ceremony was initially planned to take put Jan. 14, but due to the rapidly spreading fires seething over Los Angeles, it was delayed to Jan. 26 and at that point pushed once more to Feb. 7.



E! moreover happens to be the previous arrange domestic of Handler’s late-night conversation appear, Chelsea Of late. Inquired if she feels like she can get absent with more on E! than on The CW, Handler as of late told The Hollywood Correspondent: “Not essentially. I’m lovely great at getting absent with what I require to get absent with — wherever I am. This one is fair particularly fun since I’m returning to an ex-lover I broke up with so numerous a long time ago.”



Handler referenced her time facilitating Chelsea Recently at the beat of Friday night’s appear, saying that 10 a long time prior she was the as it were lady with a appear on late night. “Look how distant we’ve come,” she said, clowning that the anecdotal Hacks late-night conversation appear storyline is the closest Hollywood gets to giving a lady a late-night conversation show.

A total list of this year’s Faultfinders Choice Grants victors takes after.

Best Picture
A Complete Unknown
Anora (WINNER)
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Actor
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance (WINNER)

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (WINNER)
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez (WINNER)

Best Young Actor / Actress
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass (WINNER)
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Acting Ensemble
Anora
Conclave (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Director
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Wicked (WINNER)
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (WINNER)
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan – Conclave (WINNER)
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu (WINNER)
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

Best Production Design
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked (WINNER)
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

Best Editing
Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challengers (WINNER)
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – Wicked (WINNER)
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

Best Hair and Makeup
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance (WINNER)
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man

Best Visual Effects
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot (WINNER)

Best Comedy
A Real Pain (WINNER – TIE)
Deadpool & Wolverine (WINNER – TIE)
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma

Best Foreign Language Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez (WINNER)
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Song
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille (WINNER)
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

Best Score
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers (WINNER)
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Best Drama Series
The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Evil (Paramount+)
Industry (HBO | Max)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Old Man (FX)
Shogun (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who (Disney+)
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shogun (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander (Starz)
Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS) (WINNER)
Shanola Hampton – Found (NBC)
Keira Knightley – Black Doves (Netflix)
Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Anna Sawai – Shogun (FX / Hulu)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Tadanobu Asano – Shogun (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found (NBC)
Takehiro Hira – Shogun (FX / Hulu)
John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)
Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Moeka Hoshi – Shogun (FX / Hulu) (WINNER)
Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
Anna Sawai – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
English Teacher (FX)
Hacks (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
St. Denis Medical (NBC)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX)
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix) (WINNER)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)
Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu)
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher (FX)
Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)

Best Limited Series
Baby Reindeer (Netflix) (WINNER)
Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)
Mr Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)
The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

Best Movie Made for Television
The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
It’s What’s Inside (Netflix)
Música (Prime Video)
Out of My Mind (Disney+)
Rebel Ridge (Netflix) (WINNER)
V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)
Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)
Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max)
Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)
Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)
Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)
Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix) (WINNER)
Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)
Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz)
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix) (WINNER)
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

Best Foreign Language Series
Acapulco (Apple TV+)
Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)
La Máquina (Hulu)
The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO | Max)
Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Senna (Netflix)
Squid Game (Netflix) (WINNER)

Best Animated Series
Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)
Bluey (Disney+)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Invincible (Prime Video)
The Simpsons (Fox)
X-Men ’97 (Disney+) (WINNER)


Best Talk Show
Hot Ones (YouTube)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix) (WINNER)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Best Comedy Special
Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix) (WINNER)
Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)
Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video)
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (HBO | Max)
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO | Max)

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