LOS ANGELES, United States —
Jane Campion
rounded off a perfect weekend in
Hollywood’s award season by winning the top
prizes at the Critics Choice Awards Sunday, setting her dark Western “The Power
of the Dog” as the film to beat at the Oscars.
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Campion — who has already won prestigious gongs from
Hollywood’s directors guild and Britain’s BAFTA in a packed weekend — took best
picture and best director at the high-profile awards gala in Los Angeles.
The film’s award charge comes just days before
Oscars voting begins on Thursday, with the grand
Academy Awards ceremony itself
to be held in Hollywood on March 27.
“We are so proud and so grateful to the Critics
Choice Awards for choosing us. I’ve still got some PTSD from critics going back
to early in my career!” said Campion.
“I’m like the grandmother in the women’s movement in
film now. But I’m still here,” added Campion, who was up against a slate of
all-male directors.
Addressing Venus and
Serena Williams in the
star-studded audience, Campion said: “Serena and Venus you are such marvels —
however you do not play against the guys as I have to,” joked Campion.
The tennis greats cheered as
Oscars frontrunner
Will Smith added to his BAFTA best actor win earlier in the day for his performance
as their father, coach, and manager in “King Richard.”
Smith thanked the sisters in his acceptance speech,
telling them he had seen “the secret, scary, hard places that you went out on
that court, and you smiled and you did your job.
“Serena didn’t smile all the time on court,” he
joked of the 23-time Grand Slam winner, whose fiery temper has left her at
loggerheads with officials on occasions.
Jessica Chastain won best actress for “
The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” in which she disappeared beneath layers of the US televangelist’s
trademark heavy makeup.
The supporting acting winners, Troy Kotsur of “CODA”
and Ariana DeBose of “West Side Story,” added to growing award hauls as they
too pull ahead as Oscars favorites.
The Critics Choice Awards — chosen by almost 500
members of
North America’s largest critics organization — laid out a lavish red
carpet and gala in Los Angeles for Hollywood A-listers, at a ceremony hosted by
Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer.
On the TV side, “Succession” won best drama, “Ted Lasso”
continued its relentless award sweep of the comedy prizes, and “Mare of
Easttown” was named best limited series.
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