16012024-LSTL-01.qxd 1/15/2024 10:42 PM Page 1 c m y b PRABHAS JOINS THE RAJA SAAB South Indian star Prabhas will be seen in the upcoming film The Raja Saab, a spellbinding romantic horror entertainer by director Maruthi. The Raja Saab, a pan-India film, will be released in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. TRIBUNE Invited! Life Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who was last seen in the film Dream Girl 2, has been invited to attend the Ram Mandir’s Pran Pratishtha event in Ayodhya. LUDHIANA | TUESDAY | 16 JANUARY 2024 ON THE HONOUR BOARD CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2024: Oppenheimer wins big with eight awards, Barbie follows with six D IRECTOR Christopher Nolan’s biopic drama film Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at the Critics Choice Awards 2024. The Cillian Murphy-starrer bagged awards in eight categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Score, and Best Acting Ensemble. It was followed by Margot Robbie’s fantasy comedy film Barbie with six wins out of their record-breaking 18 nominations, including Best Comedy and Best Original Song. The Best Actress award was bagged by Emma Stone ( Poor Things) and the Best Actor by Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers). There were fewer surprises on the television side, as The Bear, Succession and Beef won big, each taking multiple acting awards and winning best comedy, drama and limited series, respectively. The Bear and Beef each took home four awards, and Succession bagged three. Chelsea Handler hosted the Sunday night ceremony held at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. Harrison Ford accepted the career achievement award, and America Ferrera was honoured with the SeeHer Award. — Agencies PHOTO: REUTERS TOP OF THE TOP Best Actor: Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers Best Actress: Emma Stone for Poor Things Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr for Oppenheimer Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers Best Young Actor/Actress: Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers Best Acting Ensemble: Oppenheimer Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer Best Original Screenplay: Barbie Best Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer for Barbie Best Editing: Jennifer Lame for Oppenheimer Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran for Barbie Best Hair and Makeup: Barbie Best Visual Effects: Oppenheimer Best Comedy: Barbie Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Best Foreign Language Film: Anatomy of a Fall Best Original Song: I’m Just Ken Best Score: Ludwig Goransson for Oppenheimer STARS OF TELEVISION Best Drama Series: Succession Best Actor in a Drama Series: Kieran Culkin for Succession Best Actress in a Drama Series: Sarah Snook for Succession Best Comedy Series: The Bear Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White for The Bear Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri for The Bear Best Limited Series: Beef Best Movie Made for Television: Quiz Lady Best Foreign Language Series: Lupin Best Animated Series: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Best Talk Show: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Best Comedy Special: John Mulaney for Baby J Robert Downey Jr, Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy; and (above) a still from Oppenheimer Margot Robbie; and (above) a still from Barbie HARRISON FORD GETS EMOTIONAL Paul Giamatti Emma Stone Kieran Culkin POWERFUL WORDS BY AMERICA FERRERA Actress America Ferrera won the SeeHer Award, which honours the silver screen’s leading ladies who advocate for gender equality and portray authentic, boundary-pushing characters. America won the award for her role in Barbie. In her acceptance speech, she said, “I yearned to see people like myself on screen as full humans. When I started working over 20 years ago, that seemed impossible. It seemed impossible that anyone could make a career of Billie Eilish, Julianne Moore and Brie Larson Dua Lipa portraying fully dimensional Latina characters. But because of writers, directors, producers and executives who are daring enough to rewrite outdated stories, and to challenge deeply entrenched biases, I, and some of my beloved Latina colleagues, have been supremely blessed to bring to life some fierce and fantastic women. Because of that, we have had the chance to bring through some deeply layered Latina characters that I could not have seen growing up.’ Jodie Foster Hollywood star Harrison Ford gave one of the most memorable speeches at the awards. A visibly emotional Ford took the stage midway through the ceremony to accept the career achievement award, honouring his body of work, which includes some of the biggest blockbusters in history, like playing Han Solo in Star Wars and archaeologist Indiana Jones. Critics Choice Awards host Chelsea Handler had already called out Ford in her monologue for being one of her celebrity crushes, but it was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold who presented Ford with the prize. After a reel of Ford’s greatest hits was played for the crowd, the superstar kissed his wife Calista Flockhart and began his walk to the stage, scooting through the room of A-listers applauding his work. “First of all, I’m really happy to be here and just see what our business is turning into,” Ford said once he reached the microphone. “And all of the talented people who are getting opportunities that probably would not have existed in the early part of my career. I’m very happy about that.” Looking back own career, Ford said: “I’m here because of a combination of luck and the work of wonderful directors, writers and filmmakers. I feel enormously lucky.” The emotion of the moment seemed to sink in deeper as Ford thanked Flockhart, who “supports me when I need a lot of support — and I need a lot of support.” Then, he saluted his costars, many of whom were sitting in the room. “I’m grateful to all the fine actors I’ve worked with and I’m deeply happy to have had the opportunities that I’ve had and I’m grateful,” Ford said. — IANS America Ferrera Bradley Cooper Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart c m y b
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