Just hours after the Oscar nominations were announced, Hollywood gathered for yet another awards ceremony. This time, it was the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s turn to hand out the 20th annual Critics’ choice Awards.
The ceremony took place at the Hollywood Palladium and aired on A&E with Michael Strahan as host.
While Birdman took home the most awards with seven, Boyhood was the real big winner, taking home Best Picture. In total, the Richard Linklater film took home four awards.
Birdman’s seven wins included three for Michael Keaton alone. He won Best Actor overall, Best Actor in a Comedy and Best Ensemble as part of the film’s cast.
The Grand Budapest Hotel, which tied with Birdman for the most Oscar nominations, won three awards - Best Comedy, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.
Other key awards included Guardians of the Galaxy for Best Action Movie; Still Alice’s Julianne Moore for Best Actress; Whiplash’s J.K. Simmons for Best Supporting Actor and Boyhood’s Patricia Arquette for Best Supporting Actress.
It was also a great night for anyone snubbed by the Oscars. Gillian Flynn, who was widely expected to be nominated for an Oscar, won for the adapted screenplay of her own novel, Gone Girl. The Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself won Best Documentary Feature. The LEGO Movie took home Best Animated Feature.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Picture – “Boyhood”
Best Actor – Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Best Actress – Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Best Young Actor/Actress – Ellar Coltrane, “Boyhood”
Best Acting Ensemble – “Birdman”
Best Director – Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo, “Birdman”
Best Adapted Screenplay – Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl”
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”
Best Art Direction – Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator), “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Editing – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione, “Birdman”
Best Costume Design – Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Hair & Makeup – “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Visual Effects – “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
Best Animated Feature – “The Lego Movie”
Best Action Movie – “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Actor in an Action Movie – Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Best Actress in an Action Movie – Emily Blunt, “Edge of Tomorrow”
Best Comedy – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Actor in a Comedy – Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Best Actress in a Comedy – Jenny Slate, “Obvious Child”
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie – “Interstellar”
Best Foreign Language Film – “Force Majeure”
Best Documentary Feature – “Life Itself”
Best Song – “Glory”, Common and John Legend, “Selma”
Best Score – Antonio Sanchez, “Birdman”
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