Critics Choice Awards: ‘Barbenheimer’ Win Big Once Again As Harrison Ford Delivers Night’s Most Memorable Speech

Topline Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” continued to gain Oscar momentum at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night with eight major wins, with the Greta Gerwig-directed “Barbie” following close behind with six wins in an awards night that saw Harrison Ford deliver an emotional speech while host Chelsea Handler decided to “go rogue” with acceptance speeches. Emma Thomas, left, and Christopher Nolan accept the award for best picture for “Oppenheimer” during . .

. [+] the 29th Critics Choice Awards on Sunday. Key Facts In a repeat of last weekend’s Golden Globe, “Oppenheimer” had a big night once again, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Ensemble Cast and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.

), along with four other prizes for cinematography, visual effects, editing and score. “Barbie”, which was released on the same day as “Oppenheimer” and topped the box office charts for the year, took home prizes for Best Comedy, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design and Best Original Song, along with two others for costume design and hair and makeup. Despite its big wins, many of Barbie’s awards came during commercial breaks, prompting host Chelsea Handler to “go rogue” and call Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie to deliver an acceptance speech.

Robbie thanked Handler for the unexpected invite on stage, before handing the mic to Gerwig, who thanked everyone involved in the film—including Barbie’s parent company Mattel, for “letting us take their beloved icon and make something so unhinged. ” One of the most memorable speeches at the event was delivered by an emotional Harrison Ford, who was described as a “hypergiant” by “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” director James Mangold, who invited him on stage to accept the Career Achievement Award. The “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” star was greeted with a long-standing ovation as he thanked the crowd and joked he had only three minutes to give the speech before thanking people for the honor.

Crucial Quote “I’m here because of a combination of luck and the work of wonderful directors, writers, filmmakers. I feel enormously lucky,” Ford said, before thanking his wife Calista Flockhart, “who supports me when I need a lot of support…and I need a lot of support. ” Tangent Paul Giamatti took home the Best Actor award for his performance in “The Holdovers,” while Emma Stone won Best Actress for her role in “Poor Things.

” Giamatti’s co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress. Like the Golden Globes, the television segment was dominated once again by HBO’s drama “Succession” and FX comedy “The Bear”. “Succession” won Best Drama Series, while its stars Keiran Culkin and Sarah Snook took home the Best Actor and Actress in A Drama Series, respectively.

“The Bear” won Best Comedy Series, while the Best Actor, Actress and Supporting Actor in Comedy went to the show’s stars Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. .