22 February, 2025 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

The 30th Critics' Choice Awards will be presented on January 12, 2025, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California, honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2024.[1][2][3] The ceremony will be broadcast on E! and will be available to stream the next day on Peacock. Chelsea Handler will return as host for the third consecutive year.[1][3][4] Like in the previous four years, film and television nominations will be announced separately. The television nominations were announced on December 5, 2024.[5] The film nominations were announced on December 12, 2024.[6] Conclave and Wicked led the film nominations with eleven each, followed by Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez with ten each.[6] Shōgun led the television nominations with six, followed by Abbott Elementary, The Diplomat, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Penguin and What We Do in the Shadows with four each.

Critical Postponement…

Chelsea Handler hosted the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards on February 7, 2025, the ceremony was both celebratory and featured a number of refrences to the recent Los Angeles wildfires. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 14, but due to the wildfires raging across Los Angeles, it was postponed to Jan. 26 and then pushed again to Feb. 7. Hander started the evening off by tributing those who braved thier way through the fires and saved countless lives and homes. “What we saw and the scope of loss has been almost impossible to imagine,” she said, adding that throughout the evening a QR code onscreen would allow viewers to donate to those affected by the fires, in keeping with the Grammys and other awards shows using the star-studded gatherings in part to raise money for relief efforts.

Chelsea Handler speaks onstage at The 30th Critics' Choice Awards held at The Barker Hangar on February7th, 2025 in Santa Monica, California while tributing the LA First Responders who assisited in the LA Wildfires. Photo Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images

Handler moved on to her monologue as the night’s host and highlighted some of this year’s nominees, which included Wicked and stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Babygirl and star Nicole Kidman and Anora and star Mikey Madison. The Critics Choice Awards also awarded the best in television for the year.

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Host Chelsea Handler speaks onstage during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: (L-R) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association

Directed by Jon M. Chu, with Screenplay by Winnie Holzman, and Dana Fox, and Based on "Wicked" by Stephen Schwartz, and Winnie Holzman, and "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire, and Produced by Marc Platt, and David Stone, Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, with Cinematography by Alice Brooks, and Edited by Myron Kerstein, with Music by John Powell (score), and Stephen Schwartz (score and songs), and Production companies: Universal Pictures, and Marc Platt Productions, and Distributed by Universal Pictures (2024)

Directed by Halina Reijn, and Written by Halina Reijn, and Produced by David Hinojosa, Halina Reijn, and Julia Oh, Starring: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde, Antonio Banderas, with Cinematography by Jasper Wolf, and Edited by Matthew Hannam, with Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer, and Production companies: A24, 2AM, and Man Up Films, and Distributed by A24 (2024)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Nicole Kidman attends the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association

Directed by Sean Baker, and Written by Sean Baker, and Produced by Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker, Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov, Darya Ekamasova, with Cinematography by Drew Daniels, and Edited by Sean Baker, with Music by Matthew Hearon-Smith, and Production companies: FilmNation Entertainment, and Cre Film, and Distributed by Neon (2024)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Mikey Madison poses in the press room during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association

The critical winners of the ceremony were Anora taking home Best Picture, while front runner films of the season Emilia Pérez, Wicked and The Substance all took home 3 awards each. With film stars Adrian Brody, Demi Moore, Zoe Saldaña, and Kieran Culkin taking home the top film-acting awards. On the Television side of the awards, Michael Urie, Hannah Einbinder, and Hiroyuki Sanada won top TV-acting awards. Hacks, Shōgun and Baby Reindeer won the best series awards.